10th April 2005
Hello to all
I had my EGD done Friday. I was given 9 mg versed (two mg is a "normal" dose for an EGD, plus 200mg of demerol. Apparently I react differently to versed and was, to put it mildly, a wild woman. My husband said that when they brought me out to the recovery area I was screaming at them, "This is a shady operation you have going on here!" I don't remember it, thankfully. :)
Anyway, I was told by my husband that they checked for H. Pylori bacteria by snipping a piece of my stomach tissue to send for a biopsy. (I'm a nurse at the hospital where my EGD was done, so I check the results- negative). Has anyone been checked for H. pylori? Husband said it was due to "patchy irritation in my stomach" that he checked. I also had my esophagus dilated to 54fr. Why? I don't know.
Well, when I went to bed Friday night, I woke up nauseated and threw up a small amount of blood and yellow bile. I did take all of my meds as normal on Friday. All day saturday I've had a dull ache in my stomach, and a raw feeling in my throat. I keep worrying that I am bleeding inside from that biopsy... (Ahhhhh... and anxiety makes things feel worse!!) :nono:
Just wondering if anyone else has been checked for h. pylori. Also, I wasn't given a follow-up appointment!!! Agh! I asked my husband, "well... what do I do now???" I'm taking 40mg prilosec twice daily, 300mg zantac twice daily, and pepto bismol with terrible symptoms of GERD still.
Hmmm... thanks for letting me vent!
Jen
I had my EGD done Friday. I was given 9 mg versed (two mg is a "normal" dose for an EGD, plus 200mg of demerol. Apparently I react differently to versed and was, to put it mildly, a wild woman. My husband said that when they brought me out to the recovery area I was screaming at them, "This is a shady operation you have going on here!" I don't remember it, thankfully. :)
Anyway, I was told by my husband that they checked for H. Pylori bacteria by snipping a piece of my stomach tissue to send for a biopsy. (I'm a nurse at the hospital where my EGD was done, so I check the results- negative). Has anyone been checked for H. pylori? Husband said it was due to "patchy irritation in my stomach" that he checked. I also had my esophagus dilated to 54fr. Why? I don't know.
Well, when I went to bed Friday night, I woke up nauseated and threw up a small amount of blood and yellow bile. I did take all of my meds as normal on Friday. All day saturday I've had a dull ache in my stomach, and a raw feeling in my throat. I keep worrying that I am bleeding inside from that biopsy... (Ahhhhh... and anxiety makes things feel worse!!) :nono:
Just wondering if anyone else has been checked for h. pylori. Also, I wasn't given a follow-up appointment!!! Agh! I asked my husband, "well... what do I do now???" I'm taking 40mg prilosec twice daily, 300mg zantac twice daily, and pepto bismol with terrible symptoms of GERD still.
Hmmm... thanks for letting me vent!
Jen