Heartburn

[normskih]

A lot less than a year. I think it must’ve been put through as an urgent 2 week wait/suspected cancer

This is to rule that out. Nothing else. Positive thoughts, my most funniest poster. Good luck for tomorrow.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Having an endoscopy tomorrow. Is it advisable to have the sedation??

Good luck for tomorrow. I always have sedation and it should make the procedure more bearable. They spray the back of your throat with some "banana" flavoured liquid which numbs the back of your throat so you can't swallow. They'll lie you down on your left side and dim the lights.

They put the probe in and ask you to swallow but you can't and you shouldn't remember much after that.

Sedation adds about 2 to 3 hours in the unit but they'll let you be picked up after a sandwich/biscuit and a brew

I hope everything goes well for you.

 

[davyhulme blue]

I'm under the Royal Liverpool a Dr Smart. They have completely got rid of my Esophagus cancer, and very nearly all my Barrets with the trial treatment of Radio Frequency Ablation".

If your Barrets is stable and you've stopped the reflux then with monitoring you should be ok.

I fell through the cracks as my specialist retired and I wasn't listed with anyone else. So I went from every 2 years of monitoring to about 5 years when a throw away mention to my GP as I was leaving the surgery, that I'd not been seen for ages.

The next examination showed my Barrets was now full blown cancer but in the embryonic state.

I'm so lucky to be here and I count my blessings every day.

Glad you are in a good place with your Barrets:-)

That is so good to hear , can’t begin to think what you must of been through . Wishing you well mate !

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Thanks all. I’m not worried. It’s my second two week referral within a year and the last one was fine

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

That is so good to hear , can’t begin to think what you must of been through . Wishing you well mate !

Thanks for that. I'm in a really great place at the moment and slowly getting back on track.

I went to my local on Sunday to watch the derby with my sons. My eldest lad had a gig so he'd sold his season ticket, and the emotion of beating those rag cnuts, with my lads, was really special. Mind you I'd had 6 pints of Guinness and I had the starts of "whirly pit" so had to give my 7th Guinness away:-)

 

[davyhulme blue]

Thanks for that. I'm in a really great place at the moment and slowly getting back on track.

I went to my local on Sunday to watch the derby with my sons. My eldest lad had a gig so he'd sold his season ticket, and the emotion of beating those rag cnuts, with my lads, was really special. Mind you I'd had 6 pints of Guinness and I had the starts of "whirly pit" so had to give my 7th Guinness away:-)

a great day let’s get the red scouse done on Sunday , all the best blue

 

[Coatigan]

Thanks all. I’m not worried. It’s my second two week referral within a year and the last one was fine

How did you get on blue?

 

[dronefromsector7G]

How did you get on blue?

Nothing sinister found thankfully but being put on lansoprazole as have hiatus hernia and some inflammation down there

 

[Coatigan]

I get two types of heartburn. What I imagine is the regular one that keeps me up, where my gut churns and the over a stretch of time acid 'gently' makes its way up and down my oesophagus, roughly as far up as where the heart is. It is annoying, it is a pain in the arse, all that. It takes a while but eventually some rennie or gaviscon seems to sort it.

But it is nothing compared to the second kind that occasionally hits me. I'd be comfortably fast asleep, and out of nowhere without warning or any build-up, acid would instantly and violently shoot all the way through to my mouth, and wake me up as I desperately try contain it splurting out, and trying to on the spotjust awoken decide whether to swallow it back down (usually happens by instinct) or if I have enough time to run spit it out. And then either way, it's gone back and that's that. No point taking anything as it doesn't come back. That one is just fucking horrible. Had it last night, and my whole throat, vocal chords and insides of my cheeks still feel burnt and raw this morning no matter how much I girgle wash.

Anyone got any tips on that one? No need to say go see a doctor btw, I'm on a waiting list for an endoscopy.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

I get two types of heartburn. What I imagine is the regular one that keeps me up, where my gut churns and the over a stretch of time acid 'gently' makes its way up and down my oesophagus, roughly as far up as where the heart is. It is annoying, it is a pain in the arse, all that. It takes a while but eventually some rennie or gaviscon seems to sort it.

But it is nothing compared to the second kind that occasionally hits me. I'd be comfortably fast asleep, and out of nowhere without warning or any build-up, acid would instantly and violently shoot all the way through to my mouth, and wake me up as I desperately try contain it splurting out, and trying to on the spotjust awoken decide whether to swallow it back down (usually happens by instinct) or if I have enough time to run spit it out. And then either way, it's gone back and that's that. No point taking anything as it doesn't come back. That one is just fucking horrible. Had it last night, and my whole throat, vocal chords and insides of my cheeks still feel burnt and raw this morning no matter how much I girgle wash.

Anyone got any tips on that one? No need to say go see a doctor btw, I'm on a waiting list for an endoscopy.

The second one happens to me if I have eaten after 8 o'clock or if I am in a bed with thin pillows. If my head and torso are slightly raised I find it helps.