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Esophageal Self Dilation Therapy: An Effective Alternative Mar 24 6:57am | By Shawn Bishop (@shawnbishop)
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@manuelo Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate it. Ha! I don't think my doctor would be amused if I told him that I wanted to learn how to self-dilate.
I ordered a tube from Ebay and it should arrive in a few days. What was it like learning to do this?
Can you give me some pointers on how to get past the gag reflex?
Also, how do I dm you?

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manuelo | @manuelo | Mar 24 6:57am

@jrbkan hi , sorry for taking so long, I don’t see these posts as they come in,

You should do your dilation first with doctor, ideally at hospital and under his supervision. Many people do it but it has to be done carefully so you don’t damage your esophagus. Your dilator thickness should not be thicker than what your esophagus measures when they first dilate it. In my case they would first dilate to 17 mm for a couple of minutes then they would ho to 18, then 20mm, so my first dilator I purchased was 17mm. You can dm me to info@royalmarine.net and mention “ dilation “

I highly recommend you are supervised the first self dilation

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