Living on the Edge

[dextrous63]

'Aw, there's lovely'

Am sure it was just some medic who made it up to compete with the train station in Anglesey.

[GrannyMac]

I have received an online letter confirming my repeat procedure to be carried out in a month.

Such a catchy little name for it....

Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy with dilatation.

Sounds like a village in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿☺️

[JBR]

Sounds like a village in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿☺️

I bet he wishes it was.
A horrible flexible tube down the throat, winding back and forth almost all the way to the backside.
Well, perhaps I exaggerate a little.  Just after the stomach, actually.

[dextrous63]

Thank heavens for sedatives.  

[klondike]

Give them a chance and they'll ram anything up any orifice they can find and if there isn't one conveniently placed they'll make one at the drop of a hat.

[Mups]

Thank heavens for sedatives. 

Two or three years ago, I had the camera down the throat job, too  - without any sedatives.

So there!   

[dextrous63]

Give them a chance and they'll ram anything up any orifice they can find and if there isn't one conveniently placed they'll make one at the drop of a hat.

They made 5 in my stomach for the laparoscopic procedure.  One was used to blow me up like a balloon so they had more space to work in.  The CO2 they used was left to work itself out naturally, and was mightily painful indeed.  

[GrannyMac]

They made 5 in my stomach for the laparoscopic procedure.  One was used to blow me up like a balloon so they had more space to work in.  The CO2 they used was left to work itself out naturally, and was mightily painful indeed. 

I had a laparoscopy years ago, the aftermath was the worst.  😳

[dextrous63]

I had a laparoscopy years ago, the aftermath was the worst.  😳

Bet you weren't as brave as I was...

[GrannyMac]

I'm a wimp, so no I wasn't.  🥶

[dextrous63]

I'm a wimp, so no I wasn't.  🥶

The gif I posted disappeared....

[klondike]

I only had three holes i think. It was a hernia repair and it failed. Tried a second one but switched to conventional repair. There are YouTube videos on the after effects. Mine didn't hurt. Maybe because of the years of practice behind me.

[GrannyMac]

I've had the 'other' camera, twice.  Once without any sedation, which was dreadful, 😱 but the other time wasn't too bad.  

[Scrumpy]

I've had a baby...  

[dextrous63]

I've had a baby... 

What did you have to have inserted to get that process under way?  Did it involve sedation and a few observers to check on progress and perhaps learn how to perfect their technique?

August 13, 2024, 10:07:43 AM
Unrelated to that post!!!, I've got a very sensitive gagging reflex, and having me wretch and convulse while they're trying to hold things steady to do what they do is hardly helpful.  Hence why I have sedation.  Other than that, I laugh in the face of pain and danger, 'cos I'm a man goddammit.