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I just saw the pictures from my endoscopy/stricture

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pik    262

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I had told my drs over and over I thought I had a stricture and they would not do an endoscopy. Just kept telling me that nothing like that showed up on the Upper GI.

I can see the stricture and it is very closed off looking and it looks like there is something stuck there. It looks like one of my pills that had gotten me admitted into the hospital twice.

It shows the dilation of the stricture which is sooooo much larger looking than before the dilation.

Unbelievable. There is no wonder I couldn't eat and could barely drink!

I was very angry after the endoscopy when they told me I had a stricture, but at the same time very grateful they were able to do something about it.

Now looking at the pictures it just magnifies the fact that they weren't listening to me about how I was feeling.

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sunnywillows    9

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Pik, that's what I am dealing with now. At 11 weeks out, I cannot tolerate meats and mainly have soft foods. Anytime I eat or take meds, it feels like something is stuck and I get a nauseous feeling. I've had an upper GI and an abdominal ct scan which were negative. I asked my surgeon specifically about the possibility I may have a stricture and he said he didn't think so because it didn't show on the upper GI. I've read and you are proof that the upper GI doesn't always show a stricture. It's so frustrating! Right now, I'm trying a blood pressure medication that is supposed to relax the muscles of the esophagus because my Dr. is thinking I may have spasms. I still believe it is a stricture! I don't understand why surgeons with so much experience will delay performing a procedure that could bring relief, especially since I had complications post op already---two hernias resulting in 3 surgeries within 2 weeks.

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pik    262

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Pik, that's what I am dealing with now. At 11 weeks out, I cannot tolerate meats and mainly have soft foods. Anytime I eat or take meds, it feels like something is stuck and I get a nauseous feeling. I've had an upper GI and an abdominal ct scan which were negative. I asked my surgeon specifically about the possibility I may have a stricture and he said he didn't think so because it didn't show on the upper GI. I've read and you are proof that the upper GI doesn't always show a stricture. It's so frustrating! Right now, I'm trying a blood pressure medication that is supposed to relax the muscles of the esophagus because my Dr. is thinking I may have spasms. I still believe it is a stricture! I don't understand why surgeons with so much experience will delay performing a procedure that could bring relief, especially since I had complications post op already---two hernias resulting in 3 surgeries within 2 weeks.

I don't get it either, and I was in the hospital as an inpatient twice and they could have just done it. They only did it for me when I got to the point where I couldn't eat or drink and looked worse than a dead person. If I were you, I would insist. It went on with me from soon after my surgery up until a couple of weeks ago. I could not believe the difference in what it was and what it is now. There was no wonder I couldn't eat!!!

They thought I was having either a functional or mechanical issue as well. I was very bad off to the point there were talking feeding tubes!

I wish you well, and be your own advocate.

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countrygirl    84

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Drink plenty of fluids to prevent strictures preferably Water it hrlps.

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Some drs are ignorant asses. Mine refused to give me the one pain med that works on me after telling him nothing else works. So he made me suffer in pain after surgery.

I'm having issues with foods getting stuck but I know ifI tell them (dr and nut) they will just say to eat smaller bites and wait in between bites and leave it at that. I'm getting so frustrated with this. Eating is a pain in the ass anyway so I'll just drink my Protein instead.

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pik    262

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Some drs are ignorant asses. Mine refused to give me the one pain med that works on me after telling him nothing else works. So he made me suffer in pain after surgery.

I'm having issues with foods getting stuck but I know ifI tell them (dr and nut) they will just say to eat smaller bites and wait in between bites and leave it at that. I'm getting so frustrated with this. Eating is a pain in the ass anyway so I'll just drink my Protein instead.

Did you already have a stricture once? I can't remember if it was you or someone else.

Mine has gotten closed up again. Not like it was but capsules are feeling stuck. I have an appointment tomorrow and I am going to talk to him about it. The nausea is coming back also. I left a message on Monday and no one ever called me back.

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itsmekarenlee    129

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No but I could swear we have the same stupid dr......

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pik    262

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No but I could swear we have the same stupid dr......

lol

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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