Re: Need help for my cousin!

[Guest guest]

I'm so sorry for your cousin and her family. Nobody should have to suffer with this disease.

There is a TREMENDOUS amount of info here in the website. I suggest that you first check out the "Database" section for info regarding doctors/hospitals, etc. I don't know of any specialists in Italy, but I do know there are some (including pediatrics) in England that have been discussed here.

Then there are links to hundreds of different articles in the "Links" section -- there are folders w/ different subjects, etc. Does your cousin's family speak (or at least read/write) English? This group is NOT limited to just Americans, and in fact we have members from all over the globe - Europe, Africa, Australia/New Zealand, etc. They are more than welcome to read and post here themselves if they can communicate in English (and broken English is fine, too -- we just want to help, we don't care what someone's grammar/spelling may be like!)

And what part of the country are you from? We may be able to refer you to a doc in your region, etc.

Debbi in Michigan

Hello everyone,I have a cousin that has been diagnosed with achalasia about1 year ago, she is 12. I don't have many details, but herparents asked me to look for help. She's had surgery about6 months ago and the old symptoms are coming back (she can't swallow).They told her that she would have to go for dillatation about oncea month, but when she goes she's ok only for a couple of days andthey told her that there is nothing else they can do for her....They live in Italy and have asked me to look for something inthe United States or in Canada.Can anyone help????

[Guest guest]

Thank-you for the info, I live in Montreal, Canada.

I will let them know of this group, even though they don't speak

english very well.

S

> I'm so sorry for your cousin and her family. Nobody should have to

suffer with this disease.

>

> There is a TREMENDOUS amount of info here in the website. I

suggest that you first check out the " Database " section for info

regarding doctors/hospitals, etc. I don't know of any specialists in

Italy, but I do know there are some (including pediatrics) in England

that have been discussed here.

>

> Then there are links to hundreds of different articles in

the " Links " section -- there are folders w/ different subjects, etc.

>

> Does your cousin's family speak (or at least read/write) English?

This group is NOT limited to just Americans, and in fact we have

members from all over the globe - Europe, Africa, Australia/New

Zealand, etc. They are more than welcome to read and post here

themselves if they can communicate in English (and broken English is

fine, too -- we just want to help, we don't care what someone's

grammar/spelling may be like!)

>

> And what part of the country are you from? We may be able to refer

you to a doc in your region, etc.

>

> Debbi in Michigan

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I have a cousin that has been diagnosed with achalasia about

> 1 year ago, she is 12. I don't have many details, but her

> parents asked me to look for help. She's had surgery about

> 6 months ago and the old symptoms are coming back (she can't

swallow).

> They told her that she would have to go for dillatation about once

> a month, but when she goes she's ok only for a couple of days and

> they told her that there is nothing else they can do for her....

>

> They live in Italy and have asked me to look for something in

> the United States or in Canada.

>

> Can anyone help????

[Guest guest]

You're very welcome! (De rien!)

We have several Canadians in this group, too, spanning from east to west, I believe.

And even if they don't speak well, if they can read English they might find a lot of info in this group helpful. (I know that I can read a HECK of a lot more French than I can speak or listen to!)

Debbi

Thank-you for the info, I live in Montreal, Canada.I will let them know of this group, even though they don't speakenglish very well.S

[Guest guest]

solo11051970 wrote:

>I will let them know of this group, even though they don't speak

>english very well.

You probably know this, there are sites that will translate web pages for you.

http://www.google.com/language_tools

http://babel.altavista.com/

They can also copy and paste text into those sites for translations.

There seems to be a problem with cookies, at least for me. I can get

translations of the message index page, but if I click on one of the

messages the translation will not load because the cookie gets rejected by

the translating computer. The only way I can translate the messages is to

copy a message in English and then paste it into one of the translation

sites. This would work just as well coping from an email program as it does

from the web site.

notan