I went and saw the thoracic specialist and she told me that I suffer from the motility disorder of esophageal spasms, which is what I already suspected. She told me that there was nothing I could do...
I just had this test and your not allowed to eat any fruit, chocolate or tomato products!! So I didn't and it was too uncomfortable to eat most other foods anyways so I noticed my symptoms were...
I just had the Esophageal Manometry and the 24hr pH Monitoring tests done. When I went over the results with the specialist this morning, he showed me the graphed results and explained to me that my...
What does the doctor suggest?! Sounds stupid but they'd know best :)...
Wow thanks for the awesome feedback everyone. I'm going for my PH testing/manometry tomorrow but I'm super nervous for a couple reasons; for one, it's freaky having 2 long tubes go up your nose, for...
Thanks for the reply Alice. I'll have to start a diary of every food I'm eating. I saw someone actually posted on this site that they're spasms are triggered by NOT eating! I'll make sure I watch out...
Hello I'm Heather, I came across this site through some google research I've been doing. I'm relieved to know I'm not crazy and I'm not alone in fighting this mysterious esophageal motility disorder....