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Brumbear
| | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 09:54 pm: | 
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hey I Know that chick
just kidden
glad your AWAKE |
Jumpinjewels
| | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 10:37 pm: |
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Very interesting, Jamie. It brings back memories of working in the GI lab. After the person is out, in order to get the tube down the throat we had to literally scream at the patient to SWALLOW. By swallowing the epiglottis opens so they can jam (only kidding) down the tube, otherwise there is the risk of it going into the airway. I'm glad for the drugs cause I wouldn't want people remembering me screaming at them.
The weirdest one I saw was a person that had a habit of pulling her hair out and eating it. She had a HUGE hairball in her esophagus. |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 10:45 pm: |
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Jewels, after they woke me I was pushed out the door less than 30 minutes later.
I still find that very alarming. I don't think I was in ANY condition to be pushed out the door, even with a chaperone. |
Jumpinjewels
| | Posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 11:02 pm: |
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Yea, they don't keep you in the hospital very long. When I was doing this about 11-12 yrs ago, as soon as the doc's were done and the patient started coming out of sedation, which doesn't take very long, they were sent back to the recovery, then out the door.
Unfortunately this is standard practice, get em in and get em out. |
Swordsman
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 10:04 am: |
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That's crazy stuff. I dunno why, but I always expect there to be some mechanical contraption to fix things like this... maybe some kind of internal throat squeegee or something. Medicine needs to catch up with my imagination.
Heal up quick!
~SM |
Greenlantern
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 10:40 am: |
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Glad you are back up and running Jamie. (Not that I ever had any doubt you would be!) |
Zane
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 11:10 am: |
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Hey Jamie,
Glad to hear you're still with us. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 11:44 am: |
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Glad that it went ok, I hope that the surgen's card was not forshadowing things to come,
Prayers get answered. |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 01:23 am: |
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I finally spoke to the doctor today.
I only have 2 options and both of them are not pretty.
If they go in and attempt to release the constriction on my esophagus I will run the risk of suffering from nearly constant heartburn (acid reflux) along with not being able to keep food down.
If they don't release the pressure, I am stuck with a less than ideal eating ability.
To quote the doctor "Of all my patients, you are in a real sh#@#y situation"
For the time being I have to decided to do nothing as I am not critical in my eating ability, yet...
I will decided on surgery later this year before my deductible resets.
I wish I could go for a double scotch right now  |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 02:28 am: |
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sumna biatch. second opinion available? |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 02:33 am: |
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That is a second opinion...
At this point with the amount of BMW's I have brought for my doctor "team" I figured they could just transplant a new esophagus in me. |
Mikexlr650
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 07:38 am: |
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what actually happens, does the food get "stuck" on the way down? |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 07:45 am: |
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That is just one of my problems.
If I am not careful, I will end up attempting to swallow while my insides decide to upchuck.
The combination can send food into my lungs. It is VERY painful, and it can lead to a nasty case of pneumonia.
Sometime I can't swallow period. That was the problem the first time around. That is how I lost over 30lbs, basically a forced eating disorder. |
Drummer
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 09:43 am: |
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Sorry to hear Bro. I know you said this was a second opinion and I know it can get disheartening and exhausting...but how about another opinion from whatever facility in the country may specialize in this kind of thing? Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, John's Hopkins?
You are in my prayers.
Best,
Steve |
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