Guest guest Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I'd be you likely have aspiration pneumonia, or just regular pneumonia. Go to a doctor ASAP. good luck, let us know! sandy > > Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin my throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Debbie wrote: > ... I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand It may be that you had one infection that produced the fever and your body was able to deal with it. The lungs are a part of the body where opportunity is more likely to lead to infection than in some other parts. Aspiration is of course one of those opportunities. Sometimes one infection can be the opportunity that leads to another infection. You could have ended up with more than one infection after the aspiration. Your body may need some help with what remains even if it dealt successfully with one infection. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Sounds like pneumonia to me. Achalasia has given me pneumonia twice in the last 6 years and I have a constant battle with coughing every night, even if I don't eat past 5pm, so I can understand what you are going through. But ya, you might need some antibiotics. Jen ________________________________ From: debbie <dromangirl@...> achalasia Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 9:48:42 PM Subject: AspirationPneumonia Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin my throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 So my doc calls me today to cancel my appt for tomorrow , i explain the situation to her and she hears me coughing over the phone and says she hears wheezing and it might be bronchitis or some acid reflux in my lungs, she goes on to tell me she doesnt accept my new coverage and gives me a name for another doctor who does, then she tells me I should him to make an appt. stat. so now I have to wait until tomorrow morning to make an appt. to see this other doctor who knows nothing about me or my achalasia but I'm going to be very patient about it:) and not freak out > > > > Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin my throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 That actually sounds logical thanks for the input, hoping to find out soon, i cant take this coughing anymore feels like im going to pop a vein in my head LOL > > ... I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > > It may be that you had one infection that produced the fever and your > body was able to deal with it. The lungs are a part of the body where > opportunity is more likely to lead to infection than in some other > parts. Aspiration is of course one of those opportunities. Sometimes one > infection can be the opportunity that leads to another infection. You > could have ended up with more than one infection after the aspiration. > Your body may need some help with what remains even if it dealt > successfully with one infection. > > notan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Im reading a lot about achalasia and pneumonia and this is all new to me, and I've had achalasia forever , only once did i have pneumonia and that was after my second myotomy and that was about9 years ago. no fever but antibiotics will be nice, I think you're right that's what I need:) thanks for replying. I'll keep everyone updated > > Sounds like pneumonia to me. Achalasia has given me pneumonia twice in the last > 6 years and I have a constant battle with coughing every night, even if I don't > eat past 5pm, so I can understand what you are going through. But ya, you might > need some antibiotics. > > Jen > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: debbie <dromangirl@...> > achalasia > Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 9:48:42 PM > Subject: AspirationPneumonia > > > Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin my > throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left > side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with > chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 That really sucks Debbie, keep us posted as that's gotta be very frustrating. Jen ________________________________ From: debbie <dromangirl@...> achalasia Sent: Mon, February 21, 2011 6:57:02 PM Subject: Re: AspirationPneumonia So my doc calls me today to cancel my appt for tomorrow , i explain the situation to her and she hears me coughing over the phone and says she hears wheezing and it might be bronchitis or some acid reflux in my lungs, she goes on to tell me she doesnt accept my new coverage and gives me a name for another doctor who does, then she tells me I should him to make an appt. stat. so now I have to wait until tomorrow morning to make an appt. to see this other doctor who knows nothing about me or my achalasia but I'm going to be very patient about it:) and not freak out > > > > Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin >my throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left >side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with >chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 That is a nasty illness! I had Asp. Pneumonia last Christmas, really awful. Keeping you in my prayers. Merilee Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hi Debbi Once in awhile if I eat something that doesnt go down or if I get hicpups,I use a COLD COKE, the CO2 opens the LES (medical report) and the Coke pushes it down. Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. Hope this will help. Ray > > > > > > Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin my throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Ray wrote: > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 CO2 doesn't work for either and for me it mostly makes it worse. ________________________________ From: notan ostrich <notan_ostrich@...> achalasia Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 8:05:41 AM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia Ray wrote: > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I was going to say the same, but I thought maybe I was a rare one... all coke does for me is cause horrible pain, and more often than not, regurgitation kim in canada > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Bubbles do me in. I swallow too much air/gas and the food cant get beyond it. No where to go but up! I also have a huge amount of foam that wont break up, so food and drink sit on top of it. Also suspect a sigmoid E. Air/gas gets trapped. Good news is absolutely NO GERD since Hellers Myotomy and Dors Fundiplication in April 2009! At Cedars Sinai in LA. I eat less. Favorite food is ice cream. It slides right down. in Santa Barbara In a message dated 2/22/2011 7:14:14 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, kimmydawn42@... writes: I was going to say the same, but I thought maybe I was a rare one... all coke does for me is cause horrible pain, and more often than not, regurgitation kim in canada > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Kim Let me know if you find any solution. All I can do is drink a little liquid and go to the sink and roll my belly up like a Middle Eastern dancer to bring it up....otherwise... no room for food. I would love a better solution....anyone have a hint? in Santa Barbara In a message dated 2/22/2011 1:16:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, kimmydawn42@... writes: I have the exact same thing ... the foam is out of control and everything just sits right on top until the only place to go is out. I'm stuck with barely anything " eatable " until this baby comes out and I can get in for extensive testing with my surgeon... I'm currently spending most days struggling to even get water in and down. kim in canada --- On Tue, 2/22/11, _julieok@..._ (mailto:julieok@...) <_julieok@..._ (mailto:julieok@...) > wrote: From: _julieok@..._ (mailto:julieok@...) <_julieok@..._ (mailto:julieok@...) > Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia _achalasia _ (mailto:achalasia ) Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 4:54 PM Bubbles do me in. I swallow too much air/gas and the food cant get beyond it. No where to go but up! I also have a huge amount of foam that wont break up, so food and drink sit on top of it. Also suspect a sigmoid E. Air/gas gets trapped. Good news is absolutely NO GERD since Hellers Myotomy and Dors Fundiplication in April 2009! At Cedars Sinai in LA. I eat less. Favorite food is ice cream. It slides right down. in Santa Barbara In a message dated 2/22/2011 7:14:14 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, _kimmydawn42@..._ (mailto:kimmydawn42@...) writes: I was going to say the same, but I thought maybe I was a rare one... all coke does for me is cause horrible pain, and more often than not, regurgitation kim in canada > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Kim wrote: > I was going to say the same, but I thought maybe I was a rare one... all coke does for me is cause horrible pain, and more often than not, regurgitation > kim in canada I should probably clarify that my statement about it not working for me was for acid in the esophagus. If I take a PPI I don't have any acid problems. If I don't take a PPI I sometime I do have an acid problem and coke does not help. Any carbonated drink, not just coke, did help with getting food down before I had the myotomy. But it does not work for everyone that way. You are not alone. It causes problems in some cases. We have UESs that like the LESs can function differently in some of us than in others of us. Depending on how your UES functions, or doesn't, fizz could make you choke. Also some people have longer and bigger esophagi so there is more room for fizz to do its thing or be dissipated and do nothing. In some people carbonation may stimulate peristalsis but in others it may just stimulate a dysfunctional spasms of the muscles, which could still help some but just cause it to come up for others. And then there is the LES which has different pressures in different cases. Things that reduce LES pressure in some will not in others. There are things that should reduce LES pressure but in achalasia actually increase LES pressure. So if you read that something has been found to decrease LES pressure, even if it is true for most people, it may not be true for you, and may even increase LES pressure. If a carbonated drink, such as coke, can't get through the LES all that fizz has to go somewhere and it is going to want to distend the esophagus, causing pain, and come back up. But it did help me get things down before the myotomy. It just doesn't help me with acid. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Debbie Yes, go to MD for Advair and meds right away. I've had it several times. It'll knock u down hard if not attended to. D Mac > > > > Ihave been coughing for 9days now, it feels like there is something stuckin my throat more than the usual achalasia stickiness I've experiencedand the left side of my back hurts. I had fever the first few days of this cough along with chills, no fever now,no chillsbut the cough has worsened especially when I stand > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 I have the exact same thing ... the foam is out of control and everything just sits right on top until the only place to go is out.  I'm stuck with barely anything " eatable " until this baby comes out and I can get in for extensive testing with my surgeon... I'm currently spending most days struggling to even get water in and down.  kim in canada > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 identical to me  I submit myself to the group for diagnosis and treatment as well kim in canada > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Hi notan For the new people on this site, PPI's have a problem with hip fractures. If you have been on then 5-7 years and over 50, DONT fall, you may break a hip. http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/postmarketdrugsafetyinformationforpatientsan\ dproviders/ucm213206.htm http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/179/4/319?ijkey=93a26ff511c90a4b30da64fc\ 696b20eb81b45ce9 & keytype2=tf_ipsecsha I have a lady friend who had myotomy at 80, and is doing well.I tried to get her to join this site. How ever she just fell and broke a hip, now in a rest home. I am not sure if she was on PPI's, but she had Achalasia a long time. COKE seems to help me with the GERD, but I have never let the doctors play with my E. Many other on this sit use diet COKE to get the food down. Ray 80 old as dirt! from Kalifornia OC MV > > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. > > This trick does not work for me. > > notan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Any gasy drink makes things worse for me as well. Have to let the gas go flat before i can drink anything like that. from the UK From: Crouch <jencrouch@...> achalasia Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:08 PM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia  CO2 doesn't work for either and for me it mostly makes it worse. ________________________________ From: notan ostrich <notan_ostrich@...> achalasia Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 8:05:41 AM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia Ray wrote: > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Hear, hear Notan i totally agree with you in regards the effects of carbonation drinks. I now have Cricopharyngeal Achalasia in my little bit of gullet that i have left after the ectomy and any carbonation just makes the tightness much worse and goes down the wrong way that is one reason that i am booked to have a dilatation on March 21st after my chest infection clears (this is due to stomach acid and saliva going down the wrong way into my left lung). from the UK From: notan ostrich <notan_ostrich@...> achalasia Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia  Kim wrote: > I was going to say the same, but I thought maybe I was a rare one... all coke does for me is cause horrible pain, and more often than not, regurgitation > kim in canada I should probably clarify that my statement about it not working for me was for acid in the esophagus. If I take a PPI I don't have any acid problems. If I don't take a PPI I sometime I do have an acid problem and coke does not help. Any carbonated drink, not just coke, did help with getting food down before I had the myotomy. But it does not work for everyone that way. You are not alone. It causes problems in some cases. We have UESs that like the LESs can function differently in some of us than in others of us. Depending on how your UES functions, or doesn't, fizz could make you choke. Also some people have longer and bigger esophagi so there is more room for fizz to do its thing or be dissipated and do nothing. In some people carbonation may stimulate peristalsis but in others it may just stimulate a dysfunctional spasms of the muscles, which could still help some but just cause it to come up for others. And then there is the LES which has different pressures in different cases. Things that reduce LES pressure in some will not in others. There are things that should reduce LES pressure but in achalasia actually increase LES pressure. So if you read that something has been found to decrease LES pressure, even if it is true for most people, it may not be true for you, and may even increase LES pressure. If a carbonated drink, such as coke, can't get through the LES all that fizz has to go somewhere and it is going to want to distend the esophagus, causing pain, and come back up. But it did help me get things down before the myotomy. It just doesn't help me with acid. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Ray wrote: > For the new people on this site, PPI's have a problem with hip > fractures. If you have been on then 5-7 years and over 50, DONT fall, you may break a hip. Actually it has not been proven that PPI use causes an increased risk of fractures. Even the FDA advisory that you provide a link to makes it clear that they are just being cautious in case PPI use does increase the risk, but that the evidence is not as good as they would like, even contradictory, but because of the amount of it they wanted to put out an advisory caution. What the studies in question seem to have found is correlation not necessarily cause. They call for better studies to rule out other causes. The other link you provided is a good example of correlation. It significantly points to correlation, but it does not control variables to prove causation. Your point though, that older people and those on long-term PPI use should use some caution, is valid. I found the FDA advisory a good excuse to get a bone density study done. It was fortunate for me because that lead to finding other things that were causing me a bone density problem that I would not have known about if I simply just quit the PPI. In my case I still take the PPI and don't feel it is a problem for me, in spite of the density issue. notan > http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/postmarketdrugsafetyinformationforpatientsan\ dproviders/ucm213206.htm > > http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/179/4/319?ijkey=93a26ff511c90a4b30da64fc\ 696b20eb81b45ce9 & keytype2=tf_ipsecsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 In a message dated 2/22/2011 8:06:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, notan_ostrich@... writes: Ray wrote: > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 The trick does not work for me either. If anything it makes the acid worse as i cannot swallow anything with fizz in it. I must let the fizzy drink go flat before i can drink it if i want the taste that is. from the UK From: " LunaIam2@... " <LunaIam2@...> achalasia Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2011 4:03 PM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia  In a message dated 2/22/2011 8:06:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, notan_ostrich@... writes: Ray wrote: > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 My daughter's assigned dietitian told her that stay from any carbonated drinks and also avoid using straws. ________________________________ From: Hulmes <christine.hulmes@...> " achalasia " <achalasia > Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 11:15:58 AM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia  The trick does not work for me either. If anything it makes the acid worse as i cannot swallow anything with fizz in it. I must let the fizzy drink go flat before i can drink it if i want the taste that is. from the UK From: " LunaIam2@... " <LunaIam2@...> achalasia Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2011 4:03 PM Subject: Re: Re: AspirationPneumonia  In a message dated 2/22/2011 8:06:12 A.M. Central Standard Time, notan_ostrich@... writes: Ray wrote: > Also the Coke helps with acid in the throat, much better than PPI's. This trick does not work for me. notan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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