Good Afternoon!
Im soo glad to meet you as well as sorry that u are going through this thing called achalasia. I came down with what we folks call a for shor 2 to 3 years ago during the winter time I was eating tums every day 2 whole packs @ the time I was thinking i had hartburn then my coworker told me that i realy needed to go to the docs that it might be a that i might be getting ready to have hart problems.
So I did go to the doctors and the doctor told me that the lneing seperating my lungs from m chest was inflamed and put me on some drugs but as time went on I did not get well I got very bad could not Drink eat and lost a lot of lbs.
Then I went to another doctor and she was telling me that I had Achalaia not know what it was I was thinking that sh was joking with me but when she looked at me and saw that i was thinking she was joking she then told me that 1 in 1000 persons come down with it.
In my case it too then 1 whole year to do anything for me but test finaly last April they sent my case to a doctor at Gw Hospital by The name of DR Traceodius might have spelled his name wrong he in turned looke at all my test and did see that m case was very bad I saw him this time last year and that day he told me that I am going to have my operation on April 2,2007
I looked at him so dumb like that I could not beleave that I was about to get what was wron with me fixed well whent into the hospital on April the 2 with the understanding that I was only going to be in there 4 a week but the I started leaking and bleeding inside so the had to rush me back ino the Or for an second surgery soo I was very sick with A then in october I found out thet du to the 1st 2 operations that my stomach and my colen had whent up into my ches and I had to have another operation. SO ALL TOGETHER i WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FORTWO MONTHS .i NOT SAYING THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I had but i want to be real with you so that u will know that even if u have one operation for a its not going to be a walk in the park you will never be able to eat chips ,pineapple hard shell tacos,and you will nevr eat a full late of food like you use to.
But might I recommend a very good doctor that did my last operation and has be dong Achalasha operations for over 17 years his name is Dr. Brody he is at Gw hospital if you go onto gws hospitals websit and type in his name you will get his numbers sorry i dont have them right next to me now.
But hey if you would like to talk sometime and maybe meet out some place to talk and i can fill u in on moor it will be helpful to know someone who is near by that u can lean on that is going to understand wha u are going thru and soon to go thru my number is my name is Daniel i usually go to bed around 8:45 pm and get home around 5pm