Re: Re: Pepper and wine and anything else?

[Guest guest]

My doctor told me absolutely no pepper. there is something in it that aggitates

the E. If I make something for a dinner party, I will lightly season it with

pepper for flavor.

 

Kim a

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From: lindsaykite <lindsaykite@...>

achalasia

Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 6:08 PM

Subject: Re: Pepper and wine and anything else?

 

It's very much a game to try and see what happens. The only problem is that if

something doesn't agree, you have to put up with the pain for hours! It's going

to be a very long haul trying different foods, and eating out I think will be

next to impossible.

Hopefully, after the surgery settles down, it might be a different story. I have

to keep reminding myself that it's early days post op!

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> > ... I could taste lots of pepper and that night I had the worst sleep

> > ever (spasms and general stomach pain). ... Then I had a wine and had

> > to leave because I was in so much pain. ...

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> We are all different. Some are able to eat anything without problems

> after the surgery, others have problems. Both pepper and wine are

> irritants to the esophagus and perhaps that is why they caused you

> problems. Your esophagus may still be irritated from the surgery and

> adding to it may have been enough to trigger the problems. The 's,

> coffee and chocolate could also be irritants even though they didn't

> bother you. The milk may have helped the 's. Sometimes it is a

> mystery why one food is okey and another is not.

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> notan

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[Guest guest]

One thing I have noticed is that since I had the last dilation, 6 weeks ago

Friday, I am still getting these stomach aches. I understand the body having to

readjust after you get used to eating again, but boy oh boy I am still bloated.

I drink Miralax everyday but I still don't feel right. It seems like every night

around 8 pm I get this burning in my stomach. Then I am forced to sit down and

relax, whether I want to or not.

 

This will gte better soon won't it? Does anyone else have digestive issues since

a dilation or even myotomy I guess? My PC told me as long as it took me to get

real sick ( I guess 4 months ) it will take me to feel better.

Then I get what I call internal hiccups and I have a hard time catching my

breathe!

And hypotension along with that! ( very low blood pressure)

 

I am sorry I don't mean to complain. I am just trying to figure out if this is

temporary or permanent. I am thinking temporary......

 

Also -I have read conflicting things on the subject of autoimmune/immune disease

and it's association with Achalasia. Does anyone know if it is classified as an

AID?

Kim A

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From: puddleriver13 <puddleriver13@...>

achalasia

Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:12 PM

Subject: Re: Pepper and wine and anything else?

 

Oh, noes! Don't take my pepper away from me! (I'm living on puree,

pretty much, and without my special non-salt/pepper blend (using a

potassium replacement 'cause my potassium is so low) everything would

pretty much taste like everything else. I am NOT an expert on

myotomies, mine or anyone else's, but prolly should point out that *all*

they do from the point of view of your esophagus is open the LES so food

can drop through. I would also guess that our entire GI system from the

tummy on down is VERY out of practice by the time we get to a Heller's.

.. . . If I recall correctly from my third grade trip with ny

Microbe, *all* kinds of stuff lives in the guts of normal regular peeps.

We, none of us, are that any more, and need to give the rest of the

system time to get up to par. Yogurt with *live* cultures (check the

label/mostly it's dead stuff), and pro-biotics can give the gut a hand

up, but aren't a quick nor perfect " cure. " It *may* have been more the

fiber with the pumpkin soup than the pepper. . . . pumpkin has a *load*

of it. . . .

At any rate, take your time and *go slow* ~~ and ignore the fact that

it's Christmas and you WANT to be normal. You're not yet, and may not

ever be. But it sure is an improvement, no?

I do my spitty at home into dry catfood (18 0unce) bags, and I'm simply

enormously grateful when I have a one or two bag day instead of a three

bag day. . . . (It's what *doesn't* go into that third bag that keeps

me alive till the docs kind find something better to do with me, lol!)

Gross, eh?

xox, (in the dark wilds of WV)

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> Ok, it's the Christmas season which means attempting to be social.

> Friday night I went out and ordered pumpkin soup which I thought would

be safe.I could taste lots of pepper and that night I had the worst

sleep ever (spasms and general stomach pain). The other other thing I

had was water. So, I am guessing that pepper is a no no after a HM! In

future I will have to check before ordering.

> Saturday was my husbands work Christmas dinner. They were kind enough

to arrange a special pureed soup and I was able to have the brulee for

dessert. I only drank water again, and didn't eat all the soup or

dessert because I got painfully full. I took a Buscopan and Pariet

before sleeping and only woke once with spasms which was good.

> Sunday, I went to a friend's house for an afternoon drink. I decided

to try a 's and milk which I think went down ok. Then I had a

wine and had to leave because I was in so much pain. The spasms

wouldn't go even after drinking nearly a liter of water, I had a stomach

ache and it felt like it was going to explode.

> I am 3 1/2 post HM, hardly eating anything but my stomach feels

bloated nearly all the time.

> Is this all normal. Should I not be drinking any alcohol at all?

It's the Christmas season and it's pretty boring only drinking water!

> What other foods, spices or drinks should I avoid. This week I am

allowed to progress from pureed to soft foods.

> I am able to have coffee and chocolate without a problem.

> So here it is Sunday afternoon, after having a busy social weekend,

and I feel sore and annoyed!

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