Re: Re: HM and fundo at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for writing this. I am 23 y/o and i was just diagnosed two

weeks ago with achalasia. Im from philadelphia pennsylvania. I am suppose to be

getting a botox treatment but by the way people are writing about it i think i

am just going to get the surgery. Now do u have any left over scaring from the

surgery?

On Wed Jul 27th, 2011 3:04 PM EDT ladawki143 wrote:

>OH yeah...meant to add that my left shoulder really hurt worse than anything

for about a week after surgery! I'd read that would happen, but I was surprised

at how much it did hurt! It was worse than my abdominal pain.

>

[Guest guest]

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If you have the surgery done lapro...you will have 5 tiny incisions, I had the

surgery a year ago and you would really have to look hard to see them now, they

will heal up and no biggie.  Good luck! 

 

Julee So. Calif.

From: Fiorino <katief0811@...>

achalasia

Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:51 PM

Subject: Re: Re: HM and fundo at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN

 

Thank you so much for writing this. I am 23 y/o and i was just diagnosed two

weeks ago with achalasia. Im from philadelphia pennsylvania. I am suppose to be

getting a botox treatment but by the way people are writing about it i think i

am just going to get the surgery. Now do u have any left over scaring from the

surgery?

On Wed Jul 27th, 2011 3:04 PM EDT ladawki143 wrote:

>OH yeah...meant to add that my left shoulder really hurt worse than anything

for about a week after surgery! I'd read that would happen, but I was surprised

at how much it did hurt! It was worse than my abdominal pain.

>

[Guest guest]

I have only seen Dr. Beirhoff and Dr. Boon. Dr. Beirhoff gave me a dilation last

year but it only helped for about a day. Dr. Boon was the one who just recently

diagnosed me several weeks ago with achalasia. Dr. Boon had suggested I get the

botox and so then I went for a second opinion to Dr. Beirhoff who also said to

do the botox even though he had not seen any documents about my prior visit to

Dr. Boon. He had no records of what was found during my esophageal minometry so

then I was really questioning if it was the right thing to do. Yes, I do live in

Philadelphia.

From: ladawki143 <lauramccarty77@...>

Subject: Re: HM and fundo at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN

achalasia

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 10:55 PM

 

I know!!! He's great! He made us feel like I was his only patient.

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anything for about a week after surgery! I'd read that would happen, but I was

surprised at how much it did hurt! It was worse than my abdominal pain.

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[Guest guest]

If it were me, I would bypass the botox and do the surgery!