I have to fast for this procedure. I check into Radiology in
the afternoon and am taken back to the procedure room. We start the usual
stuff. I get changed into a gown and the nurse explains what they are going to
do. The Dr. comes in that is going to do all the testing and place the tube. I
take my position near the x-ray machine and start drinking all their lovely
concoctions of barium. The test is completed and it’s time for the feeding tube
to be placed.
I lay on my back underneath an x-ray machine and the fun begins.
The first thing that happens is they inject a lidocaine jelly into my nose and
have me snort it in. This will numb the cavity and throat. He begins sliding it
through and I only gag 4 times as it goes in. It takes a good 10-12 minutes
before it is all the way in place. The tube gets taped to my nose and cheek. He
then brings me in the room to explain what he can see is going on from the
x-rays.
The first is I have either another hiatal hernia or the one
that was fixed in the initial surgery has come undone. Second, I now have a
lovely case of reflux. And last, the surgical anastomosis (surgical connection)
appears to be pinched off and is measuring at 1 cm (10 mm). This measurement is
the same as when we first started doing the dilation procedures.
So to me and the Radiologist,
some form of the surgery needs to be re-done. How much of the surgery, neither
of us know.
Machine that runs the feeding tube
Feeding tube bags that hold the "food"
Staying positive. Evening of feeding tube placement.
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