Question: Hello. My husband is suffering from what he thinks are spasms of his esophagus after eating anything. He also has some chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath. He has been evaluated by his regular Dr. with ekg, chest xray, ct scan. All of which were normal except for the ekg which may have indicated an "old injury" and he is having a stress test today for that. His blood pressure is also normal. He has had GERD for years, and takes pantoprazole for it. He had his gallbladder removed 5 months ago, and had a herniated disk in his neck removed 3 months ago. This was happening before both surgeries. It stopped for awhile after disk removal surgery, which led us to believe it was due to pinched nerve at C7. It has come back with a VENGEANCE! He has seen GI dr, who thinks it is over production of bile, and started him on sucrafate. This does not seem to help. I wonder if he might have an injured or clogged bile duct. Liver function is normal on blood test. When gallbladder was removed, the surgeon said it was "very sick - diseased, but no stones" and said all should now be well. WELL, IT'S NOT! He can hardly function normally. PLEASE, any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you for the quick reply. I'm sorry, but YES he did have an upper GI which showed no erosions or ulcers. It said "NERD" instead of GERD. Hope this helps.