jeanie

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Greetings Co-Achalasian! Are you a fellow Rancher? What part of Montana are you in? You dont really say how you are doing currently, but we are so glad you are here. If you have "time" go through the data files, and read some old posts... Funny they are never outdated. In the last year and a half I have seen this group literally double in size, so the word is getting out. One of the premier specialists for Achalasia is in Seattle!!! Dr Pelegrini. It's a jaunt. it may be the same distance to San Francisco to Dr. Patti. There is a specialist in Colorado too, I think in Denver... We look forward to hearing about your 'long road' I will be in Idaho Falls all week.... Are you nearby?? Carolyn mom of Cameron..... in No. California! Dumping Syndrome is actually the emptying of the contents of the stomach before digestion there has completed, and the contents are dumped into the intestinal tract. The same can be referred to as the food is dropped into the stomach.. Gastric dumping syndrome, or rapid gastric emptying, happens when the lower end of the small intestine, the jejunum, fills too quickly with undigested food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins during or right after a meal. Symptoms of early dumping include nausea, vomiting, bloating, cramping, diarrhea, dizziness and fatigue. "Late"

dumping happens 1 to 3 hours after eating. Symptoms of late dumping include weakness, sweating, and dizziness. Many people have both types. In addition, people with this syndrome often suffer from low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, because the rapid "dumping" of food triggers the pancreas to release excessive amounts of insulin into the bloodstream. jeanie brown <jimnjeanie1979@...> wrote: Hi, my name is Jeanie. Today is my birthday, I'm 56

years old. It's so odd, most of the time I don't feel that old but then those aches and pains remind me. When I was 20 years old [1971] I was going thru a lot of stress due to a divorce. I was having a very hard time swallowing and my food wouldn't go down. I weighed approx. 200 lbs. and the drs. said I was suffering from 'marked' malnutrition. sounded ridiculous to me now I understand a little more about it but it still seems ridiculous. The way I figure it, if I have to suffer from achalasia I should at least be slim and trim. I know every problem has it's good and bad points but this seems really wrong somehow. Back to my A The drs. asked me to take a couple weeks and try to lose some weight, which I did try to do unsuccessfully. Then I had surgery I now know that it was a myotomy. I only found this out a few months ago. I've always known I had problems with swallowing and was careful to eat slowly, chew well and

drink plenty of fluids. I would frequently have a 'lump in my throat' and sometimes have to discreetly upchuck. I just in the last couple of days found out that's called "dumping syndrome". Actually, when I started this "book" my main objective was to say that in my 56 years I have NEVER met another person with achalasia I have recently joined a support group and am so pleased to know that I am not alone. In fact after 36 years I have indeed dealt fairly well with this affliction. However, now I have receive the news that I have endstage achalasia and probably in the near future will have to have an esophogectomy. I am listening to you guys and gleaning information that is very helpful and very appreciated. I live in rural montana and the drs. around here seem to answer all my questions with "that's a good question, I don't know" I love my drs. but they are basically general practitioners and are not equipped to deal with me. They have

referred me to a dr. in spokane wash. where I had all those icky tests I've been reading about in your emails. They are pretty awful. My heart goes out to the parents of the children who have been spoken of here, as well as the children. I thought this disease was mostly for people over 50 but from what I've read I was wrong about that also. I am a cockeyed opptimist and always have been, I'm also a christian and believe that God will take care of me, sometimes I don't understand but I try to keep the faith. For me prayer helps, in fact I don't know how people without faith get thru some of the trying times we go thru. I'm sorry to be so long winded, actually I'm usually rather quiet, depending on who you talk to. I will be praying for all of you. It can't hurt and it sure could help. My mom called me "jinx" Get your email and more, right on the new .com

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