3 weeks post op VATS Heller Myotomy, no wrap

[Guest guest]

I am three weeks post-op -- feeling my energy coming back and doing really

well. I was able to walk for an hour this weekend -- about 3 miles.

Spasms have dropped off to almost nothing -- whoever mentioned the three-

week mark for spasms subsiding was certainly on target. Popsicles were the

key for abating the spasms once they started. This group helped me a lot to

prepare for this effect of surgery.

I am swallowing well -- it is a new normal with lack of peristalsis -- but

everything is going down. I still feel a bit of soreness when I swallow more

solid things, so I am chewing thoroughly and taking adventuresome foods

slowly. I assume things will improve more with reduction in swelling. Most

adventurous was a piece of bacon, an artichoke and a small tea sandwich.

No reflux or heart burn -- one of the big worries I had in not getting a wrap.

Still feeling quite sore in my thoracic area -- to be expected, but I am really

pleased to be this far along.

Best to all approaching decisions about treatment and surgery

Peg