Supreme Court overstepping their boundaries

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Things are great. Haven't felt this good in about 1.5 years.

I'm so glad.

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Can eat and drink with no problems whatsoever, but do have some other annoying - though completely managable - symptoms of my disease achalasia that I have to deal with.

You know I did wonder if the procedure might lead to some reflux problems down the road. Is that what's bothering you?

[scaeagles]

Actually, no reflux issues at all. It is standard practice when performing the surgery I required to also perform an anti-reflux procedure called a "toupet fundoplication", which involves some sort of manipulation of the junction of the esophagus and the stomach to prevent that. I guess around 80% of people needed it later, so they just automatically include it rather than having to do another surgery later on.

There are two problems I experience - I must take a drink of water after every bite or two of food to wash the food down, as the nerves are dead in the esophagus and it doesn't move food down. Took a while to adjust to that as habit, but the pain involved if I didn't made it something quick to catch on to. The other is a that I get some pretty severe spasms in my esophagus. Some are debilitating, others just an annoyance, but I'm used to them enough by now that they are only a problem if they happen at night and keep me awake.