Re: New Member - Possible Achalasia

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome neighbor. I live in Alabama. I spent 15 years in Gulfport, MS, and loved it. Where in MS do you live?

I am sorry you have Achalasia but so glad you found this group. It is nice to be able to talk to people that understand the weird things we have to deal with.

As Cindi said, if you start on the group site and read from the files and database you will find lots

of information that members have posted there including doctor recommendations. It is very important that you find a doctor that has some

experience in treating Achalasia. Not all doctors understand this disease. My doctor is at UAB in

Birmingham.

Feel free to ask any specific questions you have.

There are no silly questions.

Maggie

Alabama

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to this list a great bunch of people. It might be to early pass

along to much advise until you know for sure if you have Achalasia. I hope

you get good news from you barium swallow.

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New Member - Possible Achalasia

> Hello everyone! My name is and I'm from Mississippi.

> Earlier today, I went to the doctor due to severe pain while

> swallowing and sometimes breathing. I expected it to be acid reflux

> or something of the sort. Well, the doctor suspects that I may have

> Achalasia. I will be having a barium swallow done sometime in the

> near future. Until today, I had never heard of Achalasia, so I have

> a lot of questions and concerns. Any help would be greatly

> appreciated! Just send me a message. Thanks so much! -

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[Guest guest]

Thanks ! I will have my barium swallow done on Friday, March 10th. Fitzgerald <efitzgar@...> wrote:

Hi ,Welcome to this list a great bunch of people. It might be to early passalong to much advise until you know for sure if you have Achalasia. I hopeyou get good news from you barium swallow. F New Member - Possible Achalasia> Hello everyone! My name is and I'm from Mississippi.> Earlier today, I went to the doctor due to severe pain while> swallowing and sometimes breathing. I expected it to be acid reflux> or something of the sort. Well, the doctor suspects that I may have> Achalasia. I will be having a barium swallow done sometime in the> near future. Until today, I had never heard of Achalasia, so I have> a lot of

questions and concerns. Any help would be greatly> appreciated! Just send me a message. Thanks so much! - >>>>>>

[Guest guest]

Maggie - Thank you for the welcome! Currently, I am living in Hattiesburg going to school at USM. I am originally from . Do you have any doctors in MS that you could recommend??

- MaggWho@... wrote:

Hi and welcome neighbor. I live in Alabama. I spent 15 years in Gulfport, MS, and loved it. Where in MS do you live?I am sorry you have Achalasia but so glad you found this group. It is nice to be able to talk to people that understand the weird things we have to deal with.As Cindi said, if you start on the group site and read from the files and database you will find lotsof information that members have posted there including doctor recommendations. It is very important that you find a doctor that has someexperience in treating Achalasia. Not all doctors understand this disease. My doctor is at UAB inBirmingham.Feel free to ask any specific questions you

have.There are no silly questions.MaggieAlabama><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> "We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." --Eeyore"For love is heaven, and heaven is love." --Sir Walter

[Guest guest]

, I am sorry, it has been many years since

I lived in MS, so I don't know any doctors there.

You are about 200 miles I think from Birmingham and if you think you would be able to drive there

I would be glad to send you my Doctors name

and phone number.

After you have your barium swallow, if they

think it is Achalasia and want to do further

testing you could call or have your doctor call

and set up the appointment. If you explain

that you are driving from Hattisburg, they

can set up the EGD and the manometry test

all the same day. That did that for me.

Let me know if I can help you.

Maggie

AL