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I'm sorry
Nancy Harris Bonk
Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 03:54 PMto hear your appt. was a disappointment. Can you ask your GP for a referral to another doctor to do an LP for PTC?
re: I'm sorry
Eva
Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 11:30 PMHey Nancy, most definitely I can. My GP and I have a really good relationship, so I don't think it is going to be a problem. But for now, I want to know what the second opinion specialist will say regarding PTC when I ask him. -
Esophageal spasms
nutcracker1
Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 08:44 PMI also have esophageal spasms. I get my user name from my esophagus condition--nutcracker esophagus. Is is the tests for the spasms you are not relishing? Indeed, an esophageal manometry should not go on anyone's list of top ten fun things to do. But it's definitely survivable.
I'll tell you what the nurse who carried out my manometry did. It worked great. First she numbed my nose. I sat up while she ran the tube into my nose and down my throat. She stopped just before the gag point. Then she handed me a glass of water with a straw, and told me to drink the water hard and fast, and not think about anything else but drinking the water. While I was busy with that, she rushed the tube past the gag point, and I didn't gag at all!
They gave me a lot of reflux meds, too, and it is true that reflux can trigger a nutcracker esophagus, but I don't have reflux. We know that for certain from a 24-hour Ph test. So I sympathize with your being asked to take reflux meds when your problem is something else.
A gastroenterologist treats me for the nutcracker esophagus. Good luck with your migraines and your esophagus.
re: Esophageal spasms
Eva
Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 11:34 PMHi Nutcracker,
I was actualy thinking a lot about you in the past couple of days. I remember you asking about smaller pills (magnesium or something), boy do I have a problem with swallowing pills now. In the past I could swallow a grapefruit without any issue. Now my 17 suppplements and pills are scaring me.
Well of course I am not liking the idea of any form of endoscopy (any form of -scopy), but it is not something that would scare me from talking to my doctor. And btw thank you for explaining a few things, it did help.
I hope you are feeling well.
re: re: Esophageal spasms
nutcracker1
Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 12:17 PMAn endoscopy is a different test. If you have an endoscopy, you will probably be sedated so that you won't know anything from the time your doctor says, "Lie on your side and open your mouth" to the time he/she says, "Wake up!" After that test, I felt fine, except a little tired, but the endoscopy center wanted me to have a ride home (not drive or conduct important business the rest of the day) and rest for the remainder of the day.
If the endoscopy comes back normal, ask your doctor about the esophageal manometry test, which is the test I described. In fact, your primary doctor may not have heard of it, but the gastroenterologist should have. You must be alert for the manometry test. As I said, don't put it on a top-ten-fun-things-to-do list, but it's survivable.
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your esophagus
Anonymous
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 at 08:53 PMHi, I just found your post doing a search on Sansert. More on that later. However, I wanted to address your esophagus pain - it can very well be acid reflux. I have very bad migraines, and I also have a condition called Sjogren's Syndrome (you can google it). It causes esophageal spasms and pain, and can cause acid reflux as well. I ended up having to have surgery to make it better - it did make it better for a year or so, the symptoms are coming back a little now. But don't freak out, that's probably not what yours is (Sjogren's).
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