Guest guest Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hello to this wonderful group first of all. I love reading what every one has to say. Now, as for me long story short. I had my first surgery almost 4 years ago to correct my achalasia. It went wonderful for almost 3 years. Then the symptoms returned and I had to do all the tests again before my surgeon would do a second surgery. I had my second surgery this past January 2007. Here we are in late September and everything is slowly regressing back. I need liquid to get food down. I had a few times over the summer where the food came back up. And the chest pains! They are worse and more frequent now than before my FIRST surgery. I had such a dilemma calling my surgeon. I didn't want to seem like I had nothing better to do or was exaggerating my symptoms. My wife finally got me to call and I made an appt for October 19. So my question is this I guess. Has anyone had more than 2 surgeries? What else is there they could do to fix me? I'm only 31 and do not want to keep getting cut open every 3 years. Is there an end all procedure after all else fails? Any information anyone could give would be so appreciated. I just miss the days of eating fresh fruit without my throat closing. I miss drinking a cold beverage without it getting stuck. I miss being able to eat a meal and not having to worry if I have enough to drink to force my food down. Now don't get me wrong, the food eventually goes down. I was just hoping that after surgery it would feel as close to normal. Will I ever be able to feel like that? Again thanks for all your time and I will keep you posted on what happens on the 19 of October at the docs. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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