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Hi I have oesophageal spasms , these are incredibly painful. The pain builds up within seconds into an incredible crescendo, and then dies down . Similar to contractions when in labour. I have been diagnosed with a condition called Jackhammer oesophagus, and After trying every remedy under the sun, including Botox injections, I am now having P.O.E.M. surgery, scheduled for October. I have learned NOT to eat or drink anything citrus or spicy. I can’t have caffeine. This has been going on for 18months now . Hope this helps !
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@franduffy I just joined this thread. Your post was 7 years ago, but if you're still in this chat group, how did the surgery go? I was diagnosed with jackhammer and severe GERD a month ago. It has gotten worse alarmingly fast. My question for the moment is what do you eat? It seems like a majority of the GERD-friendly foods are counterproductive for jackhammer. I had bad reactions to calcium channel blockers. For the moment I am just on proton ox and Pepcid to try to help with GERD since it's such a major trigger.
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I feel for you because I have had them for over 20 years and it wasn’t until recently when I was at the mayo for my back that the anesthetist said I think you have esophagus spasms. I have the same type you have and it really kicks like a mule to your throat and back and the muscles on the side of your neck. I’m getting in with the gastrointestinal doc but all the best to you because you can understand it really unless you’ve experience it and trying to explain it to someone is very difficult.