Esophagus

sharon2u · May 3, 2011

What can cause the espohagus to narrow out in order to stop food from going down? I had my UGI done and the radiologist told me that it looks good but then well not so good, those were his words to me. The esophagus is of normal size well now it is dilated again round three for me and as it goes down transverse about 2mm it narrows out and then towards the bottom it returns to normal size, there is no food stuck in my band at all however there is reflux that is evident. He said that removing some of the fill might help but it not the solution to the problem for this has happened to me several times more than I would like to even count. I was told I have achalasia which means a narrow passage that spasms and closes down to were nothing can get through, he also said but did not put it in writing for I ahve the report on hand that due to this I should ahve never had the band done due to the complications. My Mother also suffered from the same thing but well back then there was no lap band causing her problem as mine is with me. Can someone please give me some feedback on this just to ease my mind. And tomorrow I hope my Dr. will also ease my mind.

options123 · May 3, 2011

Why did u have to have this? What were your issues.

ambereye · May 4, 2011

Why did u have to have this? What were your issues.

Why did I ahve what done? the Lap Band or the UGI and my issues are. Vomiting during and after meals, heartburn, food not going down, sore esophagus at times. My Band seems to tighten up at any Gods given moment with out a real reason. I have not had a fill since January. Reason why was because I was not hungry and I was not showing signs of problems until about two weeks or so ago. My UGI shows that my esophagus in the mid section is very narrow 2 mm, no food will pass through causing my food to back up and to be stored in the esophagus causing it to dilate (again). I am not the typical Bandster I guess. I will be seeing my Dr. soon and I ahve my report to show him and the scans to back this all up and according the radiologist even though he feels some of the Fluid can be removed it will not fix the problem for my esophagus spasms this is why it closes up on me and well since no test was down before the surgery we had no idea that I had what is called Achalasia, read up on it.

Gabby

options123 · May 4, 2011

Got it. I meant the gi not the band. I will read up on this issue. I am sorry I am not much help. Good luck. Be patient there ar some real knowledgeable people on here. They will advise you. I was banded on 4/13 of this year.