Comment from the father:   Thanks for the response. It's so good to hear from other people who have this, and especially who have had some sort of medical intervention. Seeing as I'm almost on a liquid diet now (if I want to pain free), surgery probably isnt' that much of a big deal. I haven't lost any weight though, and if I snack early enough in the day I can still eat chips, lollies, cake etc. Even steak and chips without too much pain, if I take it slow. Though generally it does hurt some, and it's just not really worth it. Plus, it's not healthy anyway :) That said, for the last few weeks, I can't wait until I can get some sort of relief, be it only botox, or surgery.  (Talking about its achalasia : https://www.reddit.com/r/achalasia/comments/31v2la/recently_diagnosed_with_achalasia/)