Thank you all for your support and responses. Unfortunately, changing my PCP is not an option with my insurance. I can only go to a different PCP in the same clinic and I think I have the best that's...
I do not currently have a diagnosis. I've had about 5 months of joint pain/swelling affecting the middle joint of all my fingers/thumbs on right and left hands. The pain and swelling came out the...
Vernita, Thank you for responding. I'm sorry to hear that you are facing another surgery so soon. I can see that I need to get as clear a picture as possible about what my options are and a longer...
Straydog, I had my first surgery done at the Laser Spine Institute in Scottsdale, AZ and it was performed by an Orthopedic surgeon. At the time, we were looking for a less invasive answer and this...
Thank you all for your responses. I do plan to get another opinion and am honestly just too scared to rush into a surgery. However, I think that I waited too long before my first surgery and that it...
I had a Foraminotomy done at C4/5 and C5/6 on the right side in 2008. I had lost the use of my right arm prior to the surgery. Surgery was a nightmare (I woke up during the surgery) and recovery was...
I had an Esophyx take-down and Toupet fundoplication done in June 2013. Some bloating has just been a part of life since the surgery and I had read enough expect it. However, in the last couple of...
I'm not sure this is the information you are looking for but there is a book by Arthur Cocoa M.D. called The Pulse Test. This physician says that food sensitivities cause an increased heart rate...
Bill, Thank you for your reply and good wishes. Sounds like you have been through an awful lot. I'm glad things are finally better for you. I am praying that my spasms are just a matter of further...
Thank you for responding. I had the TIF done three years ago. At the time, it was the only option offered to me by the surgeon. I don't tolerate meds well and we were told the TIF would be less...
I'm hoping to find out if anyone has any experience with esophageal spasm after fundoplication. I am about 7 weeks post-op and had my TIF taken down and a Toupet done. My surgeon had to do a lot of...