15-04-19, 07:15 PM
Quote:Hi VNA. Thinking of you this morning as I was undergoing an endoscopy.
What! You were thinking of me whilst undergoing endoscopy? :eek You’ve got serious problems dude! :lol
Good to hear it all went fine for you Anquetil.
Quote:We'll have to form an endoscopy club.This place is becoming the old foccers club. :\
Anyway all done. Was a bit nervous as like I say I had a very bad experience with the wee winkie cam.
Very professional set up. Got pre-prep interview, told them I was a bit nervous and why. Blood pressure was up – surprise surprise. The pre-prep nurse told me it was two nurses doing it. Claire and her trainee Lynn. Was asked if it was OK for the trainee to do it. I said yes as long as she didn’t mind a nervous patient – I mean folks have gotta learn how to do things. Was told she needs to do 200 before she is signed off. Anyway, Claire decided she was doing the first 3 of the afternoon, and I was first in.
To my surprise you don’t get changed or anything. Two nurses and an assistant. They gave me plenty of spray. Got me on the table, gave me the gum shield thing and away we went. It’s not pleasant. I wretched a bit when it first went in, and getting down into the stomach was OK where she had a brief look around. Couldn’t feel anything. Then she went for the upper bowel. I can see her feeding it in, and you can sort of feel something which made me wretch again. I got a bit excited when she came out of there as I thought that was it. But she wanted a good look round my stomach after the upper bowel. So just as thought she was coming out, she stopped and fed it back in. By this time I’m getting keen for it to be over, and retching more and more. But eventually she pulled the thing out. I’d say it was 4 or 5 minutes start to finish, no more. It’s OK but I don’t think I could handle say ten minutes or more of it.
Anyway, I don’t have the hiatus hernia that I had previously been told I have. I have a slightly relaxed hiatus and some mild gastritis. Nothing too serious. So back to the GP.
Back to work tomorrow. Then Wednesday I’m off to another hospital for lipotripsy to hopefully smash a kidney stone or two. Happy days.