Hello A Family

[Guest guest]

Unbelievable! I called Dr. Rice's office at the Cleveland Clinic and

inquired about his willingness to do the heller myotomy with

fundoplication on me. HE returned my phone call within two hours and

spoke with me. Tentatively, Dr. Rice scheduled my surgery for May

10. Meanwhile, the surgeon who plans to operate on me in Boston

hasn't returned my phone messages or email. His loss!

Also, I started drinking soda again after reading all of your

postings. It totally washes down my food!

I have another general question about this condition. Can its

severity fluctuate within one person? Last summer, I was

regurgitating my food regularly, aspirating like crazy, waking up

with food on my pillow, having spasms, etc. Currently, I have not

regurgitated in a while, only aspirate when I go too quickly, don't

wake up in the night with any problems, and occassionally have

spasms that go away with nifedipine. Has A ever changed like this

with no treatment whatsoever during the period of change for people?

-Aileen

[Guest guest]

Aileen,

Not sure if this will be useful info for you or not. My A gets worse

when I don't take my reflux meds or when its time to switch them.

Stress and hormonal changes makes it worse too.

Also I know A seems to get " better " when the E stretches/distends

because it finds a way to put all the stuff since it can't empty. I

don't mean to scare you but I've read that here on the board and on

the net when I'm doing searches for articles.

For me, it also gets better when I have no sores in my E because of

the acid. Then again it could just be your regular E having a good day

versus bad day.

Lisbeth

Philly, PA

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Hello Aileen

I found that over the years things did fluctuate. Sometimes it was

quite tolerable and other times just as bad as you described. For me

some of the worst times were when I was on vacation and away from

home. I think the stress of worrying about being in public if I

needed to make a run for it made things worse. In my case though it

was good or bad for shorter periods than you described. By that I

mean it would get very bad for a week or so then ease some for a month

or two then another really bad spell.

Liz

Cambridge, ON

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Hi Aileen,

Yes it happened to me before surgery too. I was reminded by so many

that even tho you are feeling better, remember it can still be

regressing or stretching.

-- In achalasia , " aileenmonroe " <axbarbet@...> wrote:

>

> Unbelievable! I called Dr. Rice's office at the Cleveland Clinic

and

> inquired about his willingness to do the heller myotomy with

> fundoplication on me. HE returned my phone call within two hours

and

> spoke with me. Tentatively, Dr. Rice scheduled my surgery for May

> 10. Meanwhile, the surgeon who plans to operate on me in Boston

> hasn't returned my phone messages or email. His loss!

>

> Also, I started drinking soda again after reading all of your

> postings. It totally washes down my food!

>

> I have another general question about this condition. Can its

> severity fluctuate within one person? Last summer, I was

> regurgitating my food regularly, aspirating like crazy, waking up

> with food on my pillow, having spasms, etc. Currently, I have not

> regurgitated in a while, only aspirate when I go too quickly, don't

> wake up in the night with any problems, and occassionally have

> spasms that go away with nifedipine. Has A ever changed like this

> with no treatment whatsoever during the period of change for people?

>

> -Aileen

>