This past month, I had to undergo a colonoscopy procedure. As many would infer, I was not looking forward to it. I was referred to a group of Gastroenterology surgeons for my exam by my regular doctor, who went over with me the different colonoscopy procedures. It still made me uncomfortable considering it wasn’t my regular doctor. But considering the sheer amount of pain I was experiencing, I wasn’t exactly in a position to argue.
I went in for my consultation, and they said based on my symptoms, it may be something in my pancreas or duodenum… which is good considering my description was basically “my stomach hurts, I feel terrible, help, etc”. So they recommended that I have an endoscopy procedure, either a ERCP procedure or a Esophago Gastro Duodenoscopy. Both would be endoscopes introduced orally, so I was far more comfortable than the usual means you think of when referring to an endoscope. So they put me under anesthesia for my comfort (and because of my insufferable begging). Of course, due to my oh-so specific description, they couldn’t find any issues. So, when I came to, they told me about how I have acid reflux and I should probably consider addressing that, and they also suggested that I undergo another imaging procedure.
This one, however, is far better than any I’ve seen. It’s swallowing a pill-shaped camera, called a wireless capsule endoscopy procedure. Apart from swallowing it, I didn’t really notice it at all. From there they determined that I had some inflammation and a sore caused by an unusual increase in acidity in my diet… which makes sense considering how much Thai food I’ve been eating lately. But after a bit of regular medication, it subsided, and I considered their advice to have a transoral incisionless fundoplication, or Tif procedure, to fix my Acid Reflux Disease and live more comfortably.
I went in for my consultation, and they said based on my symptoms, it may be something in my pancreas or duodenum… which is good considering my description was basically “my stomach hurts, I feel terrible, help, etc”. So they recommended that I have an endoscopy procedure, either a ERCP procedure or a Esophago Gastro Duodenoscopy. Both would be endoscopes introduced orally, so I was far more comfortable than the usual means you think of when referring to an endoscope. So they put me under anesthesia for my comfort (and because of my insufferable begging). Of course, due to my oh-so specific description, they couldn’t find any issues. So, when I came to, they told me about how I have acid reflux and I should probably consider addressing that, and they also suggested that I undergo another imaging procedure.
This one, however, is far better than any I’ve seen. It’s swallowing a pill-shaped camera, called a wireless capsule endoscopy procedure. Apart from swallowing it, I didn’t really notice it at all. From there they determined that I had some inflammation and a sore caused by an unusual increase in acidity in my diet… which makes sense considering how much Thai food I’ve been eating lately. But after a bit of regular medication, it subsided, and I considered their advice to have a transoral incisionless fundoplication, or Tif procedure, to fix my Acid Reflux Disease and live more comfortably.
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