for those of you who have shown an interest in the past in the blue family saga, be it known thatjed had his surgery for achalasia today. although took a little longer that the surgeon anticipated, he was quite satisfied that it was successful. what i found interesting is that the condition is caused by a breakdown in the communication between nerve and muscle of the oesophagus why am i the only one to see the con nection between tre fact that my son has had this old man's disease sincer age 15, and i have had pd since age 24? hikary