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Hello

I was diagnosed with achalasia in 2004, I decided to have a heller

myotomy with an anterior fundoplication in May 2005. I was able to

have clear liquids a day after surgery and had to have soft foods

for six weeks post-op. My swallowing is 90% better now, although

when I am stressed its at about 80% better. I still have to drink

water after a few bites but not as much as what it used to be like.

Life now is much better in terms of swallowing. As for chest pains

that I still battle with, I have 3 children and cant consider

finding employment until my chest pains are under control, I am not

on disability but feel that I would need to be if my husband didnt

support me financially. I did lose alot of weight before the heller

but am putting on weight steadily.

Biljana

> Hello every one ?my name is im 36 years old and

for a year I

> have ben having problems with getting food down it started with

when I

> would eat my cheast would hurt then begun me bringing up food that

I

> would put down I whent to the doctors and she had me to do the

test

> were I would drink soe fluid the test stated that they felt that

the

> secondary to achalasia what ever that means. my doctor then has

made

> an appointment to see an gi doctor so that he can put an camera

down

> into me to confrim that if this is all thats going on she also

gaive

> me some meds to take untill the 13 of this month but now the med

are

> not working I wake upwith paine and I can tell if it is going to

be a

> good day or not .is there anyone in this group who had to go on

> disabilaty becuase of this .and is there anyone in this group

thatis

> in the washington d.c. area were we can get together as support ?

also

> want to know what has worked for some of you and what did you

chose to

> do far as a long term fix to achalasia

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[Guest guest]

Hi -

I look forward to hearing from , thanks for the headups. I've done some

research into spondylolisthesis as well and I would agree that surgery is the

only way to correct it but I'm just have such a hard time accepting that I'm not

supposed to be doing anymore lifting. I've never had a doctor tell me that yet,

although the chiro. told me that this past visit.

My age is the sad part, although I'm sure the years of being in retail lifting

heavy furniture all the time didn't help either. I had no idea that my back was

bad then.

I worry about having childern and having this affect me with them, but having

childern is a whole other different problem for me since I have endometriosis

and have complications from that at the moment as well.

Thank you for taking the time to write to me,