Re: Hi... I will finally introduce myself

[Guest guest]

hello and welcome to the group I should but do not post much, well i

sometimes get chest pains in fact so bad gone to hospital with hubby put

into emergency, to cut story short they did all tests to make sure it

wasen't the heart and it wasen't, it was my esphogus trouble, the dr said

the pains that I get with achalasia and i have also difuse spasms will

mimic a heart attack pain, scary, she said not to just take it has being

that if you get the pains don't take chances still get it checked out. also

I had surgery for the achalasia its was good but still have the difuse

spasms, and the trouble is coming back not like before but at times seems

like its getting worse again, but that could be the difuse spasms at top of

esphogus not the achalasia part, also i was getting pains in stomach and

bloating, turns out with test i have alot of small gallstones so they did

another test, seems i have a chronically inflammed gallbladder, so having

surgery in a couple of months to get it out.

anyways when i saw you say you got chest pains make sure you always get it

checked out the chances are it is the esphogus trouble, but worth getting it

checked out

sue

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:13 AM, sarahliz <princesslizzy2015@...>wrote:

> Hi everyone. I have actually been a member of this group since 2009 just

> never knew what to post. I started having symptoms of achalasia during the

> summer of 2006, since I was engaged to get married in the next year, I dealt

> with my symptoms. At this time, the symptoms was not that bad and I thought

> they would just go away. After getting married in 2007, my husband convinced

> me to get it checked out. After an EDG, my gastro told me I had acid reflux.

> Since I was young, being only 21 years old and stupid, I refuse to go back

> for a follow up. The protonix they placed me on didn't do me any good. In

> Feb of 2009, I ended up in the heart hospital for severe chest pains. This

> is when the nurse staff and my own gastro, who diagnosed me with acid

> reflux, saw that I couldn't eat without my heart racing. After another EDG

> and other tests, they say that my esophagus was indeed dilated. In the

> months to follow, I had tons of x-rays, scans, and swallowing tests. Finally

> in April I was diagnosed with achalasia and surgery was scheduled for May. I

> had the best surgeon at Rush University in Chicago. He does surgery for

> achalasia a least once a month.

> I am thankful for the Heller Myotomy for the fact that I can eat in public

> without getting embarrassed. Before my surgery, it would take me at least an

> hour to eat a full meal and I had to burp consistently to get the food down.

> I started not eating simply for the fact that I couldn't, although I would

> force a meal or two down. The only down fall to my surgery is that I now

> have chest pains when I exert a lot of energy, like shoveling snow, or when

> it is hot outside. I also have the occasional stomach ache and bloating

> which can get embarrassing. I do see my gastro every 3-6 months, he loves to

> keep a very close eye on me. I have been tested several times for the chest

> pains but none of my doctors can figure it out. Is any else experiencing

> these same symptoms?

> For everyone else out there deciding weather or not to have the surgery, I

> would say go for it. I feel so much more healthier because of my surgery and

> can actually enjoy food by myself or in public.

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

After getting stretched by balloons (dilated)and after my Heller,

I would get racked by chest pain that started dull and after ten minutes or so

would become so acute, I'd be incapaticated ! Went

to the cardiologist but all was well with the heart.

Wherever I was. I could not function at all for twenty minutes to

an hour. After the acute " session " the dull pain would remain for

a few hours.

I learned to recognize the onset of these attacks and immediately

head for a quiet place to lay down and be calm, focus on relaxing,

consuming a lot of water and alka seltzer or club soda to lessen

the severity of the attack.

If I got active too quickly after the acute portion of the attack,

it would return for seconds, a very unpleasant affair.

(from this site) suggested a few years ago that if the body

muscles are doing something else..it may take away the focus from

the nerve fibers involved in the muscle spasm episode.

I now get the " muscle spasm " attack now once or twice a year,better

than the every other month event.

You can search previous posts with searchword " spasm " and you will find a ton of

info on this and how various members have dealt with it. There are so very many

knowledgable people and ten year history of posts on this site that it may be a

suitable reference to your concerns.

Best Wishes

M.

>

> Hi everyone. I have actually been a member of this group since 2009 just never

knew what to post. I started having symptoms of achalasia during the summer of

2006, since I was engaged to get married in the next year, I dealt with my

symptoms. At this time, the symptoms was not that bad and I thought they would

just go away. After getting married in 2007, my husband convinced me to get it

checked out. After an EDG, my gastro told me I had acid reflux. Since I was

young, being only 21 years old and stupid, I refuse to go back for a follow up.

The protonix they placed me on didn't do me any good. In Feb of 2009, I ended up

in the heart hospital for severe chest pains. This is when the nurse staff and

my own gastro, who diagnosed me with acid reflux, saw that I couldn't eat

without my heart racing. After another EDG and other tests, they say that my

esophagus was indeed dilated. In the months to follow, I had tons of x-rays,

scans, and swallowing tests. Finally in April I was diagnosed with achalasia and

surgery was scheduled for May. I had the best surgeon at Rush University in

Chicago. He does surgery for achalasia a least once a month.

> I am thankful for the Heller Myotomy for the fact that I can eat in public

without getting embarrassed. Before my surgery, it would take me at least an

hour to eat a full meal and I had to burp consistently to get the food down. I

started not eating simply for the fact that I couldn't, although I would force a

meal or two down. The only down fall to my surgery is that I now have chest

pains when I exert a lot of energy, like shoveling snow, or when it is hot

outside. I also have the occasional stomach ache and bloating which can get

embarrassing. I do see my gastro every 3-6 months, he loves to keep a very close

eye on me. I have been tested several times for the chest pains but none of my

doctors can figure it out. Is any else experiencing these same symptoms?

> For everyone else out there deciding weather or not to have the surgery, I

would say go for it. I feel so much more healthier because of my surgery and can

actually enjoy food by myself or in public.

>