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    Have You Ever Seen The Inside Of Your Stomach?

    I did today. I've been having some problems with severe acid reflux for about a year now and I finally got tired of dealing with it. So since I am a guest of Uncle Sam I decided to let him see whats wrong with me. Turns out that I have a small hernia. Doctor said it isn't big enough to consider surgery and since the meds they gave me have brought the reflux under control, it really isnt necessary. I can tell you it's a big relief. Finally I can get a decent nights sleep. It has made a world of difference.

    Has anyone ever had an upper GI before. It's kind of surreal to see your stomach on the monitor as you swallow the barium. The Barium tasted kind of like a milksake made from chalk and the power they used to create gas inside my stomach made me feel like it was about to explode. The whole downside to getting procedures done in goverment hospitals is that sometimes you get to be a training aid for people that have never done it before. But it wasnt all bad since it was a really cute looking blonde that was there.

    A link if you want to read up on it

    Not Found - NIDDK
    http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/diagtest/upgi.htm
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    Pics! Pics!
    urgh.NSFW

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Azazel
      Pics! Pics!

      I never asked for pics. I thought maybe they would have thought I was some kind of sicko
      Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh

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      • #4
        I wouldn't go through any ports that have radiation screening. They are likely to think you're a nuke

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Dissident
          I wouldn't go through any ports that have radiation screening. They are likely to think you're a nuke
          That would be embarrasing to explain to customs wouldn't it. But it was well worth the discomfort to know whats wrong. I'm usually not that eager to go to a doctor or take a bunch of pills, but last week was the best sleep I've had in ages now that the acid reflux is under control. The hernia I can live with as long as it doesnt get any bigger..
          Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh

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          • #6
            aren't hernias caused by lifting heavy things?

            I'm still not sure what a hernia is. I've seen jokes on tv and such, but I don't understand the mechanism. Something about your nuts or something. But how do they end up in your stomach

            it may be time to check out WebMD.

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            • #7
              I don't do doctor visits.
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              • #8
                I had colonscopia. I saw it all on the screen. AAAARGH! It was one of the most terrible experiences of my life.

                They bloody shoved a camera up me arse and didn't even find anything! Bastards.
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                • #9
                  A hernia is where tissue from an organ bulges out into an area where it isnt supposed to be. In my case it is near the diaphragm and it is causing acid from my stomach to back up in my esophagus. That creates a many sleepness nights. The hernia is small and he said as long as there is no pain and blockage I'm ok. I will have to take acid reducers though to keep acid reflux from happening. I'll probably have to get it checked out from time to time.
                  Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Firelad
                    I had colonscopia. I saw it all on the screen. AAAARGH! It was one of the most terrible experiences of my life.

                    They bloody shoved a camera up me arse and didn't even find anything! Bastards.
                    The alternative to an upper GI is endoscopy. That is where they shove a thin tube down your throat where it expands. All in all, I'll take the barium milkshake over the camera any day.
                    Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul Tigh

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                    • #11
                      If you want intubation and camera stories to make you cringe, a guy I worked with years ago had a motorcycle accident when a car ran a light in front of him.

                      He went flying over the care, made a three point landing (turned his palms to hamburger even with gloves, and you can guess what the third point was )

                      He had his urethra torn halfway from tip to base (so the worst place to operate), so they first cammed him, and then put him back together.

                      Hurts just thinking about it, doesn't it?
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
                        If you want intubation and camera stories to make you cringe, a guy I worked with years ago had a motorcycle accident when a car ran a light in front of him.

                        He went flying over the care, made a three point landing (turned his palms to hamburger even with gloves, and you can guess what the third point was )

                        He had his urethra torn halfway from tip to base (so the worst place to operate), so they first cammed him, and then put him back together.

                        Hurts just thinking about it, doesn't it?
                        Ouch!
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                        • #13
                          I got the barium too. This, I think, was even more embarrassing. I'll let you guess why.

                          BTW the reason for all this is that I have some yet unknown problem in there and a relative (grandfather) who died of colon cancer.
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                          • #14
                            My own stomach, no. The inside of other stomachs, yes.
                            Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
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                            • #15
                              Oh yes, and MTG: OUCH!
                              I HOPE he lost his consciousness.............
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