tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post8566483840498276603..comments2024-03-28T03:16:58.351-04:00Comments on A Matter of Life and Breath: On Tubes and TestingPiperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01992462169607238118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-54489923660079707302013-09-11T14:38:59.523-04:002013-09-11T14:38:59.523-04:00I'll be doing that study soon. Just waiting to...I'll be doing that study soon. Just waiting to schedule it. Ugh..<br />Good luck to you!determinedcferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05219018504810196555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-16551917200674793742013-08-28T12:44:23.346-04:002013-08-28T12:44:23.346-04:00My son had an pH probe done about two years ago no...My son had an pH probe done about two years ago now....he was 3 at the time. It was placed under sedation because he was having another procedure done at the same time. Apparently it doesn't work well doing it that way, because the x-ray to confirm placement showed it had kinked. It is better when you can swallow and help it get down. So they had to pull it and do it agin bedside, then another x-ray. Unfortunately, we were not so fortunate to leave the hospital after that and had to stay 24 hours, and he had to drink apple juice every 4 to show some baseline something. We also had a little device which we used to input his eating, non-eating, and laying, sitting up position. <br />The result was he received a nissen. I am assuming that is the surgery you are referring to. It is not pleasant and it was several weeks before he felt comfortable enough to eat anything. It was a big deal to us, not as dramatic as a lung transplant I'm sure, but he was in the hospital for 3 days and on heavy duty pain meds for several weeks. It also means he can never drink soda as you are generally unable to burp and vomiting becomes almost impossible although he does retch. The doctors made it seems like no big deal, but the healing process was a lot longer and more intense than I thought. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-64255093483402455482013-08-23T08:05:35.939-04:002013-08-23T08:05:35.939-04:00The first time I had a pH probe down (I've don...The first time I had a pH probe down (I've done it 3 times.. and had surgery now.. never again! Did I just jinx myself?) I'll never forget that the person who put it down said 'No one will notice... It just looks like you're carrying a Discman!'(that probably shows the era I first had it). Yep.. A discman I was listening to through my nose. Subtle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924439865196022375.post-5769155713496717932013-08-22T20:59:31.689-04:002013-08-22T20:59:31.689-04:00Ugh. I had an NG tube for a bowel obstruction once...Ugh. I had an NG tube for a bowel obstruction once. The thing was HUGE, made me gag and throw up. It scraped my esophagus all the way down and I was sore down the middle of my chest (on the inside) for a week. I'm so not looking forward to this test. Of course I had no lidocaine for the big tube. That might have helped. My nurse said, "I'm not gonna lie, this will make you gag, you have three gag reflex spots." and she was right. I threw up three times. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305645531219980595noreply@blogger.com