Re: A delicate topic/Peggy

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Dear Peggy,I'll respond to your other email tomorrow. Hectic day.But to relax you a little... I had maybe 2 or 3 instances of what I called backwash of bile. (We seem to be the only 2 VATS myotomies, so this may not apply to others.) Probably w/i the first 6 months after surgery. Seems like one was after eating and full stomach and I bent over to put things into the dryer. Not good. Gross part.... I'd call it a splash, then went right back down, but that taste is memorable isn't it.Other time was probably bending over also, seems like after a really large glass of water. I didn't worry, because it was rare. I'm subconsciously careful now not to overstuff. Eat lots of times during the day, smaller meals. If I do happen to gulp a lot of liquid, then don't bend over for a while. Haven't had a problem since I subconsciously follow those rules.Never bend deep into the dryer after full tummy. In fact what the heck am I doing in the dryer anyway... those kids should do that.I'm 99% sure I don't have reflux. Could be wrong but no symptoms. (To newbies, we VATS myotomy people don't have wraps.) The only lingering symptoms I have are occasional spasms and kind of strange burps, that I can generate after a meal by bending over.... But, heck, they are burps, but lower and different than pre-achalasia burps. (Who remembers those anyway.)Sandi, water bottles... funny... our dog has a ball fetish... tennis ball size. Those are best also because she loves to pull the fuzz off. She hasn't ever had puppies and I swear she treats her pile of balls kind of like puppies. Knows if one is missing and likes to keep them in a very unattractive pile in the front yard. Soooo funny about the glasses. (Boring dog story here.... skip if bored....) Took her to the vet for a checkup last week. She hadn't been for a year. As soon as the tech walked in to do a prelim exam she sat down right away. She seemed to immediately remember the temperature routine. So funny... Silly look of determination on her face. We called her and bribed her... which always works, but she would come to us and immediately sit down. She is very large, just a little overweight, but huge golden... about 100 pounds... so I had to ram her into a corner, both kids tried, but I held her up and the deed was done. Not a happy dog.Okay, done w/ the dog stories. To all upcoming surgeries etc. Good luck.... Sandy in So Cal. never vomited after surgery, and seldom before... not my thing. Guess it is good to know I could if needed.PS Peggy feel better. Rest up. Catch you tomorrow maybe. >> It has been very interesting to catch up on posts from the past few days -- lots of good > information shared and communicated -- about achalasia AND golden retrievers, of which > I only have the former!> > It has been five months since I had my VATS myotomy, no wrap, with great success in > return of swallowing. I recall our discussion about the ability to vomit after myotomy. I > have late breaking news on my own capacity to do so.> > I was in Redding CA at an unnamed hotel establishment with 35 trainees this week. After > two days together at the hotel for a class, the morning of day 3 found that 11 of us had > severe gastrointestinal problems in the night with nausea and vomiting. Was it food > poisoning or the stomach flu?> > I was fully capable of projectile vomiting (sorry, folks) -- which was the only glimmer of > good news I had the whole week. I guess the lack of wrap makes this possible.> > My whole digestive system has suffered, and is still making efforts to come back to > normal, as you can imagine, from this experience. While I figure that most of what I am > experiencing can be written off to the effects of irritation and upset from this bug, I had > two scarey symptoms over the past couple of nights since falling ill: I had an aspiration > when sleeping on the first night (it was acidy, bilely stuff -- sorry again) and coughed and > coughed like the old days. Last night, after a bowl of cream of wheat and a few hours > sleep, I had funny spasms in my esophagus that felt like my esophagus was closed off. > After my system settled down some in the night, things were better.> > Just adding my experience to the tome being collected on this site.> > Peggy, who hopes 2006 goes better after this week.>