Re: Chronic Cough suffer in Charlotte

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This is quite common -- try to limit eating/drinking for a few hours

before bedtime, try to empty your esophagus as much as possible before bed

(some can do this, some can't), and try to sleep on an incline -- use lots

of pillows, or prop up the head of your bed on blocks, or just sleep in a

reclining chair so you're still sitting up a bit.

I used to HATE that feeling of waking up coughing and feeling the burn in

your lungs, etc.

Debbi in Michigan

> Hi ,

>

> Somebody may have touched this subject ,but do any of you suffer from

> chronic cough in the night due to achalasia.My Doc says that the stuff

> that is stuck in the oesophagus move up to the wind pipe when I sleep at

> night , hence the cough.So I am planning to have the myotomy to relieve

> this condition( I do also suffer from the swallowing problem).

>

> Guys, thanks for the input on surgeons in Charlotte,appreciate it .

>

> Thanks,

>

> Manoj

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In a message dated 4/7/2004 10:21:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, peter.scott@... writes:

experienced this symptoms first before swallowing was much of an issue. It affects everyone to differing degrees. A lot of it will depend on your schedule, how active you are at night, How much you drink at night, and your condition.

I find if I eat earlier or am active before I go to bed I have no problem. If I eat late, I cough and often vomit at night, unless I do activities which help the food to move. This can include drink a nice hot cup of tea or two without any food about an hour or two after dinner.

I do yoga, this helps move the food down the esophagus. Especially the twisting poses. Many of these poses are designed to work the internal organs as much or more than the muscles.

I also do horseback riding. A trot along a long trail ride can really move things along, sometimes even a ride in the car along a road full of potholes can cause the food to shift. But ultimately, I just try to eat early, and go to bed later. This usually fixes the problem.

Pete

I routinely had the problem of waking up at night, coughing so violently that I had to gasp for air to breathe, it was just that bad. I kept thinking........what the heck is wrong with me, am I getting ashma, or what is going on. At that point, my family doc prescribed ani biotics, thinking I had a sinus infection, and when that didnt help, I sent myself to an ENT.

They said I was having a layngopharengial spasm, due to acid reflux.

This was in a large way responsible for my decision to have nissen fundoplication, thinking that my problem was only GERD, or laryngeal-esophageal reflux. Whew!, what a title!

Little did I know that the swallowing problems I had early on would come back to haunt me, big time!

What is it they say about hindsight being 20/20?

Jan in Northern KY

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I second what said -- there are a few people here who are helped by carbonation, and others who are hindered by it. Same w/ hot and cold.... some people find that hot relieves the NCCPs and others swear by cold!!! This disease is so screwy, it can't even make up its mind about its symptoms!!!!Debbi, another one who won't even THINK about carbonation when there's food in her esophagus

Don,Just to let you know, not all of us achalasians are able to drink carbonated drinks. Before my myotomy carbonation was a BIG no-no for me. It made it much worse, I couldn't drink any at all. I would leave my soda out to make it go flat or stir out the bubbles just so I could drink it. So while your "method" was good for you and may be good for some people, not all of us can use it. For some reason, this disease doesn't affect all of us in the same way and we each have to find our own way to cope. I'm glad you found something that works for you.

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When we’re having lunch at the CC,

we could order carbonated beverages. I’ll ask for mine warm with no

bubbles please! LOL

Deb, you could ask them to shake it up

first to get the bubbles out!

Seriously,

I too have problems with carbonation Don,

but some of us swear by it!

Welcome to the group! I’m glad that

you have found something that works so well for you.

Sandi

Re: Re:

Chronic Cough suffer in Charlotte

I

second what said -- there are a few people here who are helped by

carbonation, and others who are hindered by it. Same w/ hot and cold....

some people find that hot relieves the NCCPs and others swear by cold!!!

This disease is so screwy, it can't even make up its mind about its

symptoms!!!!

Debbi, another one who won't even THINK about carbonation when there's food in

her esophagus

Don,

Just to let you know, not all of us achalasians

are able to drink

carbonated drinks. Before my myotomy

carbonation was a BIG no-no for

me. It made it much worse, I couldn't drink

any at all. I would

leave my soda out to make it go flat or stir out

the bubbles just so

I could drink it. So while your

" method " was good for you and may be

good for some people, not all of us can use

it. For some reason,

this disease doesn't affect all of us in the same

way and we each

have to find our own way to cope. I'm glad

you found something that

works for you.