Hey All,
anyone evr have one of these done? http://www.barrettsinfo.com/content/...ith_biopsy.cfm
I been having stomach problems and might have to have one done
Scoping
Hey All,
anyone evr have one of these done? http://www.barrettsinfo.com/content/...ith_biopsy.cfm
I been having stomach problems and might have to have one done
Re: Scoping
I had one done about 20 years ago. The memory still makes my eyes water.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
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Conforting, really is!
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As my old mentor used to say when I was a junior manager.....
"If you don't know the answer, don't ask the question."
Good luck with it.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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I had an endoscopy done about 5 years ago, it's no big deal. They'll try to give you valium to make you relax (Which I refused), sit you in a very quiet room for awhile, and then they spray a 'caine based anesthetic down your throat and make you swallow. It tastes like acid, really horrible, and it's uncomfortable, but it works. They'll have you do that 4-5 times probably, until you're pretty sure you're numb, and then the doc takes a semi-flexible metal tube and gradually inserts it all the way down to your stomach from your mouth.
This is also uncomfortable, and if you're unprepared you might panic at the brief sensation of being unable to breathe, but that's an illusion. You can breathe without difficulty unless you freak yourself out and start coughing. Remain calm and the Doc's exam inside your stomach won't take too long. Then he'll remove the tube and yer done.
If you don't look flighty the Doc will let you see the monitor relaying the information from the camera at the tip of the tube. That was absolutely fascinating to me, especially when he found a little dark spot and used the sort of grabber thing on the end of the tube to take a sample. The single oddest sensation of my entire life to date was feeling something sort of pull on the inside of the half numb edge of my upper stomach. There is no way to effectively describe it, even getting deep stitches doesn't really compare in my experience.
I coughed/gagged twice when the tube moved through the valve between my throat and stomach, and the coughing makes it worse, not better, but otherwise it was a cakewalk. Took about 10-12 minutes from the time I swallowed the 'caine stuff. My biopsy came back negative for anything serious, and I only very rarely have to take anything for acid problems anymore. In my case the #1 cause of my trouble was drinking high acid and sugar soda too often.
Good luck.
Last edited by Ramses II CP; 11-07-2008 at 21:40.
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There, that's you settled down then.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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OMG, I want one!
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