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I had my endoscopy this morning.
It showed that the ulcer has healed, but there's a patch of Barrett's Oesophagus, so a couple of biopsies have been sent to the histology lab to see if they're important or interesting.
The hiatus hernia hasn't changed.
So that's pretty good news.
However, the sedation that didn't affect me last time has completely clobbered me.
There's bits of the procedure I can't remember, and I've been asleep pretty much since I had some food & drink when we got home.
I feel really rather spaced out!
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Anh H. đến bệnh viện làm nội soi dạ dày, nhưng trong quá trình sàng lọc bác sĩ phát hiện dấu hiệu nghi ngờ nhồi máu cơ tim, kịp thời can thiệp cứu sống. #SứcKhỏe #TimMạch #NộiSoi #Endoscopy #HeartAttack #Health #Medical #Vietnam #gastroenterology #timmach #sứckhỏe
I've done the hoovering, and dealt with the dishwasher, wiped over the worksurfaces in the kitchen.
It's only 10 o'clock - I need displacement activities to stop me thinking about being hungry.
It's endoscopy day today, so no food or drink until it's over.
Appointment at 2pm.
Great fun!
Now I've got the Famotidine I can definitely feel that my stomach is settling down.
The appointment for the urgent endoscopy has come through for Monday afternoon.
The blood test results from yesterday are all now in the NHS app, and all are within the reference ranges.
I'm no where near as sleepy as yesterday, thank goodness
🩺 Nội soi lấy khối bã thực phẩm khổng lồ 15 cm trong dạ dày của bà 85 tuổi tại Bệnh viện Đa khoa Hồng Ngọc. Đầu laser tán nhỏ giúp loại bỏ thành công, không gây tổn thương, không cần phẫu thuật. #yte #suckhoe #NộiSoi #DạDày #Endoscopy #Medical #BácSĩ #Vietnam #BệnhViệnĐaKhoaHồngNgọc
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In October, I'm going to get spit-roasted. I'm going to get an upper endoscopy to see what's going on with my esophagus. I'm likely to be suffering from GERD.
I'm also going to get a colonoscopy as a routine cancer screening.
Both procedures will take place one after the other.
I've started a course of proton pump inhibitor for my GERD yesterday... and... strangely... I feel that my mood has improved. I did a search and found medical articles that talk about the relationship between GERD and depression and anxiety. The relationship apparently goes both ways.
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