new member-please talk to me

Hello there! I'm looking for other people to talk to about this horrendous condition that is currently affecting every aspect of my life.

First a bit about me:

i'm a 32 year old female and have been married for a year. I've recently had my first baby and my son is currently 10 weeks old. I have recently been diagnosed with Achalasia through an endoscopy. I am due to have a manometry in a weeks time, and hopefully treatment soon after.

My problems started about 3 years ago. The first thing I remember was experiencing a \"gurgle\" every time I ate and drank. This soon progressed to feeling that the food was \"stuck\" in my throat and I was unable to eat anything without the aid of freash cold water.

Meanwhile, whilst out and about, I would frequnetly experience these sharp pains in my chest that would have me doubled over in agony. Again, only water would relieve these symptoms.

At this point, I was going to see my GP about once a week (i never used to visit the doctors). at the time, he was convinced that it was acid reflux (despite my protests).

About a year later, i started vomiting, mainly after eating bread/ carbohydrate foods. Again I went back to the gp who told me I now had bulimia (i do not!!!). This then progressed to vomiting after eating and drinking any type of liquid or food.

In March 2010, I got married and got pregnant quite soon after. During the latter three months of my pregnancy, I was vomiting up to 20 times a day. The hospital was monitoring me to make sure that my baby was developing normally (he was -thank goodness!) as I had only gained just under a stone during my entire pregnancy

2 weeks after giving brith I weighed less that what I did prior to pregnancy. I have always been around the 10 stone mark. 2 weeks after giving birth, I was 9 stone 7.

Since then my symptoms have been getting worse. I'm still vomiting up to 20 times a day and the pain I experience when I do eat is horrendous. I'm currently, 8 stone 7 and my weight continues to drop by the week.

I never could imagine how not being able to eat or drink could affect someone's life in the way it has now. Not only does it affect me physically but I feel like i'm a shadow of my former self. I just want my life back!

Please talk to me if any of you are going through this. I feel that it would help me a great deal to know that other people are out there who are going through what I am.

Hope to hear from you.

sasha

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