Hamilt10

I'm 52 and had esophageal spasms right after my July 2010 surgery. Doc gave me Donnetal. It helped right away and I stopped taking it after two weeks. I now am restricted to my "sweet spot" and frequently get the spasm which makes it difficult to impossible to swallow. I find that going back to the Donnetal an hour before I eat does the trick. I am losing weight and finding the routine that works for me.

Today is my 3rd week post surgery and I spoke to my doc today about what I believe are esophageal spasms I have been having periodically for the last week (since last doc visit). When they started, I thought it was trapped gas/air trying to come up. The pain starts very low and slowly rises to a crescendo that feels like there is a big rock stuck in my esophagus over my chest. Then the pain subsides. There is no pattern to the spasms. I now have a dull ached in my chest from the continued spasms and did not sleep well last night. Today I was prescribed Donatal and we are setting up an appointment for an upper GI. I had a small hiatal hernia repaired with the banding. No reflux or heartburn problems previously and honestly I have been doing great otherwise and thrilled with the band. Now I'm a little scared something might be wrong. Hope to get the xray soon. I will post the results.