What is your opinion on cleaning out the E?

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Hi all,

Spoke with a surgeon yesterday, and when I told him that I cleaned out the E

every night, he

1. Didn't know what that meant

2. Advised me against it, strongly!!!! I'm not sure why, but the best I could

understand was that it was bad for the esophagus.

My question is, what are you supposed to do when you have a half gallon of

liquid/mucus/bolus in there and either the LES is too tight or something is

stopping it up? What about if you have some spinach or something that won't go

down? The worst spasms/symptoms I ever had were when I left some food in there

overnight, and I got NCCPs and no relaxation of the LES for a week. I really

think that cleaning out the E every night has been what has kept me healthy

enough to nurse my E back to semi-normal health.

What do you think? Has any research been done on the effects of purposely

throwing up? From what I am aware, you're not throwing up acid because you do it

a couple hours after you eat, so the stomach is empty, it's just mucus and bits

and pieces that come up. Have any other doctors advised against this? Has

anyone perforated their esophagus from purposely or accidently throwing up?

Thanks for your comments,