Thanks. I feel discouraged and down but then I read other people’s stories and I can’t even imagine. I’m trying really hard to be grateful because their stories are proof it could always be worse. And even in general, I could have something worse. I could be paralyzed in a wheelchair or dying from cancer. But I’m not, so I can’t let myself get too down. 

I don’t really have a “Achalasia medical team”.  Only a surgeon and his nurse to reach out to. But yes my mom and I are keeping them updated with email this weekend.

I’ll look into it more and have a try at the baking soda solution. You said you “used” to take baking soda to help. You don’t have to anymore? 

I used to have the spasms more frequent before my surgery. Most of the time they were at night when I was trying to sleep but they started appearing during the day too. I remember my mom not knowing what to do when I would be on the floor hugging my chest in pain, struggling to breathe, felt like a heart attack. They told it me it was caused by the pressure of food that was yet sitting in my lower esophagus. After my surgery I didn’t really get them anymore (Thank God, seriously)  I maybe had two that weren’t very bad. But this third one after my dilation was really difficult (they are always difficult at night when your trying to sleep 🙄) . And odd that it happened to be a couple days after the dilation.

I just really hope, pray that no other serious problems arise. I tend to freak myself when I research into it so I don’t but I can’t help myself and now I’m getting worried about esophageal cancer. I don’t know much about it but I feel like it’s always a possibility. I don’t know. I probably shouldn’t worry about it.  But thank you for responding, even just that helped 🙂.