Famous people with Achalasia

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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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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.

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

>

>

>

>

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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

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> >> 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

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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, he was a famous astronomer and broadcaster.

Calgary, Canada

Gallin wrote:

Why

is that name so familiar?

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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.

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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

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[Guest guest]

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

>

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