@lillian32

I know how awful the vomiting is... sometimes it has been the food just come back up. Now it doesn't want to do either. Food nor water will go down. They say if it last for more than two hours to go to ER.

Make sure you have the head of your bed raised. I have slept in my recliner at times.

Eat slowly... small meals. Maybe every two or three hours during the day. I have to eat soft foods.. tender meats. I do best with ground beef for meat. I cannot tolerate raw foods other than a ripe banana. I had to have a gastric bypass to fix the hiatal hernia that kept the acid going. I had a Nissen Fundoplication years before that but it failed and the repairs failed. I now also have Barrett's esophagus.

You will probably have a barium swallow test and an endoscopy to tell exactly what is going on. This swallow test involves drinking barium while maneuvering around on a table and the radiologist watches a fluoroscope as you swallow and takes pictures. During the endoscopy they will take biopsies as well as pictures. There are other esophagus problems than achalasia... the tests should sort it out.

ZeeGee

@lillian32 you may also be interested in following the discussions in these groups:
- Lung Health https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/lung-conditions/
- Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: How are you dealing with it? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sarcoidosis-2c9d88/
- MAC & Bronchiectasis https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/mac-bronchiectasis/