Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Carl Sagan had Achalasia. That was in this Forum a year ago and can be find in biographies of him. Lars. > As I am sure we all know our disease is very rare. Only a handful of > people per 100,000 are diagnosed each year. With these numbers > Achalasia will never be a high profile disease like cancer, heart > disease or AIDS. We probably never will have a national > spokesperson. Interesting, I did find out that Doris (Everyone > Loves ) is a spokesperson for GERD. Although I am sure that the > people suffering from GERD is significantly higher than Achalasia. > > I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous or > maybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probably > unlikely but you never know. > > > Calgary Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Why is that name so familiar? Re: Famous people with Achalasia Carl Sagan had Achalasia. That was in this Forum a year ago and can be find in biographies of him. Lars. > As I am sure we all know our disease is very rare. Only a handful of > people per 100,000 are diagnosed each year. With these numbers > Achalasia will never be a high profile disease like cancer, heart > disease or AIDS. We probably never will have a national > spokesperson. Interesting, I did find out that Doris (Everyone > Loves ) is a spokesperson for GERD. Although I am sure that the > people suffering from GERD is significantly higher than Achalasia. > > I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous or > maybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probably > unlikely but you never know. > > > Calgary Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous ormaybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probablyunlikely but you never know. Dr. Carl Sagan (Astronomer) suffered from Achalasia. He died several years ago. He had the "Cosmos" series on television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 And Blunkett (UK politician) was in hospital a few months ago for what sounded very like Achalasia - thought the word was never used. Kev In message <bivljt+crh3eGroups>, Lars <larne72@...> writes >Carl Sagan had Achalasia. That was in this Forum a year ago and can be >find in biographies of him. > >Lars. > > >> As I am sure we all know our disease is very rare. Only a handful >of >> people per 100,000 are diagnosed each year. With these numbers >> Achalasia will never be a high profile disease like cancer, heart >> disease or AIDS. We probably never will have a national >> spokesperson. Interesting, I did find out that Doris >(Everyone >> Loves ) is a spokesperson for GERD. Although I am sure that >the >> people suffering from GERD is significantly higher than Achalasia. >> >> I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous >or >> maybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probably >> unlikely but you never know. >> >> >> Calgary Canada > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 Just read up on some info on the follow ing sites: www.labour.org.uk/blunkettop and http:news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2558643.stm Never mentions its " A " only " the long standing problem with swollowing " > >> As I am sure we all know our disease is very rare. Only a handful > >of > >> people per 100,000 are diagnosed each year. With these numbers > >> Achalasia will never be a high profile disease like cancer, heart > >> disease or AIDS. We probably never will have a national > >> spokesperson. Interesting, I did find out that Doris > >(Everyone > >> Loves ) is a spokesperson for GERD. Although I am sure that > >the > >> people suffering from GERD is significantly higher than Achalasia. > >> > >> I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous > >or > >> maybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probably > >> unlikely but you never know. > >> > >> > >> Calgary Canada > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 , he was a famous astronomer and broadcaster. Calgary, Canada Gallin wrote: Why is that name so familiar? -----Original Message----- From: Lars [mailto:larne72@...] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:38 AM To: achalasia Subject: Re: Famous people with Achalasia Carl Sagan had Achalasia. That was in this Forum a year ago and can be find in biographies of him. Lars. --- In achalasia , <johngriffin@s...> wrote: > As I am sure we all know our disease is very rare. Only a handful of > people per 100,000 are diagnosed each year. With these numbers > Achalasia will never be a high profile disease like cancer, heart > disease or AIDS. We probably never will have a national > spokesperson. Interesting, I did find out that Doris (Everyone > Loves ) is a spokesperson for GERD. Although I am sure that the > people suffering from GERD is significantly higher than Achalasia. > > I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous or > maybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probably > unlikely but you never know. > > > Calgary Canada Your use of is subject to the Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 He had the TV Series Cosmos, he wrote several popular science books and the novel " Contact " . A Film was made from this novel with the same title. Jodie Forster acted there as the main character. And he was a strong supporter of the Project SETI (Search for Extra Terestrial(?) Inteligence). Lars. > > As I am sure we all know our disease is very rare. Only a handful > of > > people per 100,000 are diagnosed each year. With these numbers > > Achalasia will never be a high profile disease like cancer, heart > > disease or AIDS. We probably never will have a national > > spokesperson. Interesting, I did find out that Doris > (Everyone > > Loves ) is a spokesperson for GERD. Although I am sure that > the > > people suffering from GERD is significantly higher than Achalasia. > > > > I was wondering if anyone in the group has ever known of any famous > or > > maybe infamous person that has or has had Achalasia. It probably > > unlikely but you never know. > > > > > > Calgary Canada > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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