Scope #2

A week after my IV therapy appointment, I have to go to the hospital for the second dilation of my stomach. I check into IMC and once again go through all the motions of being checked in and prepped for the procedure. I am taken back to the procedure room where Dr. Frech is waiting.

He asks me what in the world happened and I inform him of all of the previous week’s adventures. The stones, the low potassium, and the hospital stay. He seems very concerned and we go over the procedure again. He informs me of all the risks and then the standard happens, I am given propofol and this time I can withstand the drugs for about 20 seconds and then the world goes black.

I wake up in the recovery room and wait for Dr. Frech to come in. He comes in a little bit later and gives me the results. The connection has shrunk from 16.5mm to 14mm. He was able to stretch the connection from 14mm to 18mm. He is optimistic that this will be the last stretch unless I feel the need to have it done again. He also gives me a prescription for Carafate. This should help keep the inflammation down and allow the stretching they do to heal. He wants to see me in 2-3 months.