Sawblade's speeches

I went to see the gastroenterologist again yesterday, and he reviewed with me the results of my esophageal manometry test. He said that the motility of my esophagus is low, and while it's not terrible, there's not much that can be done to improve it. As for the aerophagia, he said that he's not really sure how or why I'm breathing air into my stomach... he said that usually he can see people swallowing air even though they might not be aware of it; with me he doesn't see any motions to suggest how it's getting in; it just is. He says there's not really anything else he can do for me. Now what? I've stumped the medical profession (at least in DE), and I've prayed to know how and be able to be able to breathe properly again, but to no avail so far. I can't feel myself breathe into my stomach but I know it's happening because of how much I belch. I wish I knew how to override it, although I've tried yoga relaxing breaths and it doesn't seem to help. Several months ago it was only at night when I felt significant pressure on my throat making it feel like it's hard to breathe. Now it happens virtually all the time. Even though I've stopped exercising, I continue to lose weight because I can't eat very much, and I never have much of an appetite anyway. I never would have guessed that a little tube in the center of your chest could cause so much trouble. I need a miracle right now...

Does anyone have any suggestions on treating aerophagia? After my GI doc recommended surgery, I went and got a second opinion, and that doc noticed that a significant amount of my air was going through my esophagus just as I breathe (which is clearly not supposed to happen)! He says that's the only way I could be belching over 1000 times/day and have chronic nausea. I said I had tried just breathing through my nose and clenching a pencil between my teeth, common anti-aerophagia techniques; he says that doesn't matter, air is still finding its way in there. Apparently surgery isn't that great of an option either; if I became unable to belch then I would blow up like a balloon from all the gas inhalation.