Also, finally starting to feel human again. I had an endoscopy on Tuesday last week because I've been having dysphagia problems and other assorted things that led them to be concerned about h. pylori or SIBO, etc.
During my procedure they took 6 samples to biopsy, and dilated my esophagus. They got my esophagus up to 56Fr (normal is 60-90Fr) and it began to tear. I don't know where it started honestly, I'm going to ask in my follow-up next week when I find out the results of all my biopsies. I had no voice for a few days, I can still kind of feel the lump where it was healing as well. If getting it to 56Fr doesn't fix the dysphagia, they want to do 2 more dilation procedures to move it an additional 2Fr each time. I couldn't honestly tell you if it made a difference yet because of the difficulty swallowing related to the pain of the tear.
I have to be on omeprazole for 2 months. My first appt with this md he went on a rant about how much he hates omeprazole and told me to stop using it and use my famotidine (already on it 2x daily for my mcas) 3-4 times a day if I feel like my acid reflux is being problematic. I hadn't needed to take anything extra in probably a month because it's been feeling fine. Now he's telling me to take the med he hates for 2 months straight? Guessing the dilation was necessary from acid reflux damage, also a little concerned since I've been feeling okay in terms of acid reflux lately.
