Wisdom teeth out this wednesday

January 4, 2009

I have had achalasia for awhile now had all the tests, but decided to

put off any surgery. I've learned to live with it for the most part.

In order to get food down I use a bottle of water and down a enormous

amount of water to force the food into my stomach. I usually go

through about 3/4 of a liter bottle for most meals. It's been working

ok, besides from some looks if I eat out, I actually could stand to

loose some weight. Of course as all you know, no matter how you try

achalasia is on your mind most of the time, even trying to live a

relatively " normal " life. I'm getting nervous the closer I get to my

wisdom teeth removal, that this may really make it hard for me to eat.

The pain of the extraction area or the problem with dry sockets,

because i have to really chug the water to get the food to get in my

stomach. Most " normal " people would be able to drink shakes or things

like boost to get nutrition. But foods like these are actually worse

because the more liquid a substance is the harder it is to get into my

stomach with the water and it's not getting in there without any help.

Maybe a little bit of liquid food gets into my stomach without any

assistance but I'm not sure how much. I guess I don't know what to

expect and don't always think of how my swallowing issues will effect

me until it happens. I really can't skip the removal I need my wisdom

teeth out. I guess i don't know what to expect out of this message (I

get nervous posting for some reason) But if anyone has any feedback. ??

January 4, 2009

Hi

Thank god someone else is holding off on an operation,guess we are

in the 1% group, once the LES is cut it will be impossible for a

cure. I have had two 16 mm dialations last year and the year before

and lost 35 lbs, but now much better and gaining weight several lbs.

My cure is Coke 2-3 a day, Ensure plus 2-3 a day, soups, pasta with

olive oil,mashed potatoe with gravy,ice cream, milk and chocolate and

a bit of chili at lunch with a coke.It has to be ground meat or very

tender turkey mixed with the beans, some times the bean shell comes

up.

Somebody on this site said that magnesium 500 mg helped so I started

this several monhs ago, also Vit D3 2000 iu. These two really

helped.Also take Arginine Tr plus from CVS 2 a day, 500 mg, most

days. They are large but the weight causes them to go down.

When you look at all the problems that the operation causes, that for

some, maybe 25%, they are no better off than I. I am almost normal

most times, of course once in awhile I would like to shoot myself.

When I go to a restaruent I get thin soup and take a cold Coke if I

have any problem.

You have to get into a routine of what works like Coke the CO2 part

at Mcs every morning during my walk, then I can get 20-30

ounces down. I used to have coffee but it came up after 1/3 cup. Then

I go home and have milk and cereal, follow later with Ensure.

Before I go to bed I have a Coke or Ensure and regurgitate any thing

left in the E. I used to spit up on the sheets 12 months ago.

I have also found that breathing deep, many times during a meal like

pasta or chili helps a lot, suddenly the food goes down, of course

with a Coke.

I stopped taking Nexium a year ago as my GI prescribed it 3 years ago

for my GERD in the middle of the night. My belief is that Nexium may

have caused the Achalasia which I got diagnosed last March with a

manometry test ( my 4th GI).

rayme CA OC 78

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> I have had achalasia for awhile now had all the tests, but decided

to

> put off any surgery. I've learned to live with it for the most part.

> In order to get food down I use a bottle of water and down a

enormous

> amount of water to force the food into my stomach. I usually go

> through about 3/4 of a liter bottle for most meals. It's been

working

> ok, besides from some looks if I eat out, I actually could stand to

> loose some weight. Of course as all you know, no matter how you try

> achalasia is on your mind most of the time, even trying to live a

> relatively " normal " life. I'm getting nervous the closer I get to my

> wisdom teeth removal, that this may really make it hard for me to

eat.

> The pain of the extraction area or the problem with dry sockets,

> because i have to really chug the water to get the food to get in my

> stomach. Most " normal " people would be able to drink shakes or

things

> like boost to get nutrition. But foods like these are actually worse

> because the more liquid a substance is the harder it is to get into

my

> stomach with the water and it's not getting in there without any

help.

> Maybe a little bit of liquid food gets into my stomach without any

> assistance but I'm not sure how much. I guess I don't know what to

> expect and don't always think of how my swallowing issues will

effect

> me until it happens. I really can't skip the removal I need my

wisdom

> teeth out. I guess i don't know what to expect out of this message

(I

> get nervous posting for some reason) But if anyone has any

feedback. ??

>

January 17, 2009

Have you ever seen a surgeon? When I saw mine he said none of this

patients had ever closed after his surgery and the oldest patient had

the surgery 20 years ago. He said I could expect the surgery to last

until I was at least 80 and probably longer.

Don't take the success rate in this group as the success rate you

might have. We are too varied in cause. Find out what the success rate

is for your surgeon and for your individual case and then make a

decision. Don't make it based on what you read here.

Maureen

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> Hi