Achalasia and sport

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Are any of you managing to carry on with fitness activities to any high level

with achalasia.

I am 43 and row competitively (in a boat not argue), my current attrition rate

is about 6lbs per month, but to get the calories in i attempt to eat and drink

nearly all the time, work allowing. I am a business owner and spend a lot of

time driving between meetings so can pick up starbucks etc to try to keep the

calories going in. I started off at 220lbs and am now at under 200. I know this

sounds good compared to some of you but the hospital near to me will not deal

with me until the next financial year due to the cost of operation and the me

not being a priority case yet. By the time i get to an operation though i will

have lost a third of my bodyweight

My swallow function has been impaired for some time but has only got to the

point of regurgitation in august. It has obviously built up over some time but

had been misdiagnosed prior to me having the barium swallow. Also my gp has

never dealt with a case of achalasia before, he finds me fascinating but i am

educating him.

How long did it take to get really bad for you if it has?

I have now reached a point where about one day per week i can get nothing in at

all. Is this a sign of things progressing? Have any of you just got to the same

sort of point and then plateaud with it just staying the same?

Help me obi wan, you are my only hope.