Guest guest Posted November 29, 2001 Report Share Posted November 29, 2001 : I had an endoscopy last month and the nurse mentioned how often they get RNY people in for " unclogging " . She said it was painful, messy and frequent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Jodi - thanks for posting this. This may be in our line of things to do to in the near future. - H > > Max has had many of these. It's really not a big deal, but it does > involve general anesthesia. > > Liam will have to fast for several hours before it can be done. I > think the " norm " is for 6 hours. Then, as a same day procedure, you > would take him to the day hospital where he would be hooked up to an > IV in prep for general anesthesia. When the time comes for the > endo., he would be taken into the procedure room, put to sleep and > then a very small camera on a very thin tube is inserted down his > esophagus. The GI doc can then take pictures and even do a biopsy > while he is asleep. The whole thing takes maybe 20 minutes??? > Well, the last one Max had was a bit longer because he had so many > ulcers and irritation. They wanted to look around more. After it > is over, he is brought back to you where he is awakened. You have > to wait a certain amount of time for him to wake up and then eat > before you can go home. > > Sometimes Max has complained of a sore throat afterwards, but not > much else. He has not even been really tired from the anesthesia. > > The really cool part is that our GI gives us copies of the pics he > takes. I think it is so fascinating to look at them and study the > effects of reflux and ulcers, etc., then to know that they can treat > him and make him better. > > To be honest, of all the tests that Max has done, this is the > easiest. He gets to sleep through it and there is no pain. > Everything else involves drinking yucky stuff, waiting forever, and > having him lie still for sometimes hours. I'm not trying to > minimalize your anxiety because I understand it all too well, but > please know that you can relax about this test. It is very > informative and tells so much about what is going on inside. > > Jodi Z > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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