I need encouragement-please

Ok here goesI had the manometry, followed by the 24 pH on the same day.You get NO DRUGS.For the manometry, they shove a thick tube up your nose and down your throat. They give you water and tell you to swallow and each time you swallow, they shove the thing further down your throat, until its in your stomach.Then you lay down and they keep having you swallow water while they look at their computer screen, and they move the tube around. Try not to swallow air, but its hard to do when your lying down with a tube in your guts.Just in case you are having the 24 hour ph test too, which often goes along with the manometry, its the same thing, except they shove a smaller tube up your nose and down your throat, and they leave it in the esophagus instead of the stomach. Since I had a lot of air and water in my stomach after the manometry, I gagged and wretched about 8 times when the thing got caught on the way down, even though this tube is actually a lot smaller. No cleanup, however, since they had me not eat the morning of the test. I felt a lot better without all that air in my stomach.I had them pull it out and we tryed it again a few minutes later without the water, and all went well.The part that sucks is having tubes shoved up your nose (it hurts), and them jamming it down your throat everytime you swallow.What also sucks is having a tube up your nose and down your esophagus for the next 24 hours. It made it hard to eat and swallow, but it didnt bother my stomach. You may want to look down while swallowing, to minimizing throat & nose pain.This thing is hooked up to an electronic device you wear around your neck with buttons to push when you have reflux, when you eat, when you go to bed, etc, so it can monitor the pH of the esophagus in different situations.Yes, its unpleasant, but not worth worrying about. It only took 10 minutes for both tests.Most people will do better than me because I am one who suffers from nausea nearly 24/7.Good luck!slacker

Ok here goesI had the manometry, followed by the 24 pH on the same day.You get NO DRUGS.For the manometry, they shove a thick tube up your nose and down your throat. They give you water and tell you to swallow and each time you swallow, they shove the thing further down your throat, until its in your stomach.Then you lay down and they keep having you swallow water while they look at their computer screen, and they move the tube around. Try not to swallow air, but its hard to do when your lying down with a tube in your guts.Just in case you are having the 24 hour ph test too, which often goes along with the manometry, its the same thing, except they shove a smaller tube up your nose and down your throat, and they leave it in the esophagus instead of the stomach. Since I had a lot of air and water in my stomach after the manometry, I gagged and wretched about 8 times when the thing got caught on the way down, even though this tube is actually a lot smaller. No cleanup, however, since they had me not eat the morning of the test. I felt a lot better without all that air in my stomach.I had them pull it out and we tryed it again a few minutes later without the water, and all went well.The part that sucks is having tubes shoved up your nose (it hurts), and them jamming it down your throat everytime you swallow.What also sucks is having a tube up your nose and down your esophagus for the next 24 hours. It made it hard to eat and swallow, but it didnt bother my stomach. You may want to look down while swallowing, to minimizing throat & nose pain.This thing is hooked up to an electronic device you wear around your neck with buttons to push when you have reflux, when you eat, when you go to bed, etc, so it can monitor the pH of the esophagus in different situations.Yes, its unpleasant, but not worth worrying about. It only took 10 minutes for both tests.Most people will do better than me because I am one who suffers from nausea nearly 24/7.Good luck!slacker

mamamia, I was briefly told what was going to happen but I needed to hear it from someone who has had it done. I wanted some assurance that the test is "cake". I also looked it up on the net and read about it but it's just not the same if you know what I mean.DavidLA,Yeah, I have been having excrutiating pain that comes in spasms since I had my gallbladder out in 1997. I never know when it is going to happen--just whenever. Lying down, sitting up, standing, walking, after eating, before eating. etc...It goes away generally when I drink water, pepto bismol and walk the floor. Sometimes I have to vomit to get it to go away although that is not real often anymore. It may happen everyday for 4 or 5 days and then I may not have it again for 4 or 5 days. Then again, I may have it more than once during a day and maybe only once in two weeks. It is very sporadic. My GI has decided this test needs to be done. None of the acid reducers has worked consistantly. I have tried them all. I am presently on Protonix. It doesn't help either. I wonder if it could be something other than acid reflux because I do not get acid in my throat or burning. I just have PAIN.Slacker, I am definitely scared now A THICK tube? It hurts? I thought they numb your nose? I have to lay down and drink the water? I can tell already that this is going to be bad... I do not have to have the 24 PH to my knowledge. My attacks do not happen everyday so it would be a waste I think....Oh my gosh.....

mamamia, I was briefly told what was going to happen but I needed to hear it from someone who has had it done. I wanted some assurance that the test is "cake". I also looked it up on the net and read about it but it's just not the same if you know what I mean.DavidLA,Yeah, I have been having excrutiating pain that comes in spasms since I had my gallbladder out in 1997. I never know when it is going to happen--just whenever. Lying down, sitting up, standing, walking, after eating, before eating. etc...It goes away generally when I drink water, pepto bismol and walk the floor. Sometimes I have to vomit to get it to go away although that is not real often anymore. It may happen everyday for 4 or 5 days and then I may not have it again for 4 or 5 days. Then again, I may have it more than once during a day and maybe only once in two weeks. It is very sporadic. My GI has decided this test needs to be done. None of the acid reducers has worked consistantly. I have tried them all. I am presently on Protonix. It doesn't help either. I wonder if it could be something other than acid reflux because I do not get acid in my throat or burning. I just have PAIN.Slacker, I am definitely scared now A THICK tube? It hurts? I thought they numb your nose? I have to lay down and drink the water? I can tell already that this is going to be bad... I do not have to have the 24 PH to my knowledge. My attacks do not happen everyday so it would be a waste I think....Oh my gosh.....