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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here it is:
http://www.rd.com/health/conditions/amazing-medical-mysteries-solved/2/

Turned out to be a problem with the esophagus

There’s another similar case I read about, but I’ll FReepmail the details to you.


45 posted on 07/04/2014 9:51:13 PM PDT by Ellendra ("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
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To: Ellendra

It took years to get an achalasia diagnosis. Doctors wanted to blames smoking, acid reflux, .... Lost 35 pounds when It finally got bad. Went to a surgeon for acid reflux surgery. He ordered a couple of extra tests to nail down how tight to make the esophagus. Opps it’s not acid reflux at all. I thought t was living a nightmare. Made me hate pill pushing lazy doctors. Never went to them after they fixed it, I was 26 when they did a pneumatic dilation of my lower esophagus to break the muscles up. 10 years later started getting sick, tired breathing troubles. Doctors suck so I just kept working and doing the dad thing. 8 months go by and I’m doing real bad. Long story short stage 4 bulky lymphoma weeks shy of being dead. That was 7 years ago. I’m still here. Still don’t swallow we’ll but it’s manageable.


54 posted on 07/05/2014 11:22:12 PM PDT by wgmalabama
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