Scared about esophageal manometry or esophageal motility test!? Update

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Thank you so much for replying! It's really is helping me to be less scared and

more confident about taking the test. I am still quite a bit scared, but thanks

to you guys, I know I will try my best to be calm during the test. It will be

tommorow pretty early in the morning. Again, thank you all for replying, and I

will be sure to write again soon about for people in the future who are going to

take this test. I forgot to introduce my self in the original post so I will

now. My name is Harry. Right now, I am 14 years old. I started showing symptoms

of whatever I have 4-5 years ago. I didn't ask for help until about one year in.

I was taken to a gastrolegest and she thought I had GERD, and ordered an

endoscopy. I went to a cooks children hospital to do it, and it was the worst

experience of my life. They did all the prepartations for the endoscopy in an

area surrounded by curtains. A lot of people were in the area, and I could hear

some screaming, and I did see a mother who was going to give birth or something

being rushed through these hospital doors. I was not in a room. I was extremely

scared. After an hour of wating, a nurse bought me down to the room, and right

when I get in there, they did not explain anything to me. All the guys in the

room just grabbed me and held down by my hands and feet. Then they put a mask on

me, while I was struggling as hard as I could. They gassed me, and It was the

worst smell ever! Smelled like very strong nail polish, and rotten bananas. I

felt every single one of my senses, hearing, feeling, and seeing, just slowly

drift away. It was terrifying, especially since I was being held down and was

struggling the whole time. Then, I was out. They did a endoscopy and also put

some weird wire down my throat into my stomach, and it had an moniter attached

to it. I could feel the wire in the back of my throat and the wire was taped

under my nose. It is suppose to measure reflux. I had to have it on for one day.

It turns out, I had mild reflux, and the doctor put me on reflux medicine for

half a year. Every single time I went to the pediatrician, which was two times a

year, I told her about my symptoms of dyphagia and regurgitation, but she never

listened. Finally, 4 years later when I am 14, there was a different doctor. She

believed me. I had to do a barium swallow at a x-ray place over Christmas break.

When she saw the results she sent me to a gastrologist, who is not with cooks

children. He then ordered another endoscopy since it has been so long since the

last one (And I still remember it like it was last week)at a different hospital.

This time everything went great. They told me exactly what they were doing

before the procedure, and even offered to let me hold the mask up to my

face(Though I didn't since I was still very scared due to my previous

experience, in fact I admit, I got kind of worked up). Afterwards, the doctor

told me that it seems very likely that I have achalasia, and I am going to have

to have an esophageal manometry. He also mention that it might be a problem

considering that I got pretty worked up about the gas. This was in late

December. I knew what it was, and I was like no big deal, it is going to be

quite a while before I have to do it. It has been quite awhile. Today is April

12, 2012. My procedure is tommorow, on Friday the 13th. I kind of have a fear of

the number 13... And... I am going to have it ironically, where I began. At the

cooks children hospital I had my first horrible hospital experience almost 4

years ago. Friday the 13th... That hospital... not a good combination. I am very

scared, but because of all your replies, I may just build up the bravery to do

this. I just hope I am not... unlucky... and have a horrible experience like the

first time. Thank you for reading it, thought I doubt anyone will read this

whole thing but if you did, thank you! I will probably be up all night tonight

due to nervousness, but thanks to you guys I will try to be calm, in fact, I

will be calm. I will be sure to tell you how it went, and what the results were.

Again, thank you for replying and reading, it is really helping.

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> Has any one had this done before, if you have, what was it like. From what I

know, the doctors anethesize your nose, then put a tube down your nose into your

esophagus while you are awake. I heard it is painful and there is a lot of

gagging! The doctor said it would take one hour!? Why would it take an whole

hour!? It seemed more like a 15-20 min. test! Is this true? I am so scared and I

am going to have it done this Friday!!!!!! (The doctor thinks I have achalasia

due to evidence from an barium swallow and an endoscopy)

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