throat dilation

thank u hwt and hondo.

dj

jim and i said:

No way I would let them do

No way I would let them do that without meds. I would die just thinking about it. Never heard of this. Can you not ask to be put under at least with twilight?  I pray there is no pain during or after for you.

Debbie

that's all i needed to hear!!  i'm not doing it w/o twilight or something  :0)   i'm not putting myself thru any more pain.  i'll just continue to let pills take thier time to go down.  food too.  i know i'm prabably being a baby but i just can't stand the thot of any more pain.  i had a biopsy on my tounge and i was in SEVERE pain for a solid month and still in pain after that just not severe.  i wish radiation didn't keep on giving  :0(

dj

rachel12yrsuv said:

Deb,
throat dilation or

Deb,

throat dilation or esphogus?  I didnt know they could do throat, i have a lot of scar tissue that is impeding my swallow greatly and that could help me, just didnt know that they could do that, please let me know how uou make out.  Ill be praying its easy!

 

God bless,

 

Rachel

rachel, i guess its my esphogus.  food and pills get stuck so we stretch it every so often, when it gets bad.  if i remember, i'll ask when i go if its the throat or esphogus.  at this point i'm still going 4 the appt. but f they don't medicate me i'm not getting it done.

dj

Roar said:

my fatherinlaw

my father in law was suppose to have a simular proceedure as he cant swallow to good - he has been cancer free almost 10 years , and back then they didnt have the technology they have now - i am in much better shape than he is post treatment wise. but anyway he went to his surgeon last week for what he thought was going to be a scraping of his throat and what they did instead was inject botox. it appears so far that it helped a lot

roar, i'm glad it helped b/c it sounds awful !!  i let them try n the office but made them stop.  i had it done n the or last week.

dj

George_Baltimore said:

Dilations

I've had over 50 dilations since 2007 and I have always been "under".  I have only had trouble twice.  In November 2007, the anesthesiologist gave me too much Propofol and I stopped breathing.  They bagged me for 15 minutes and took me to the ER.  They held me for a couple hours for observation and then released me.  Months later, I unfortunately had the same anesthesiologist.  He remembered me and instead of using Propofol, he used Ketamine which, to this day, I refuse to have again.  I sort of hallucinated.  It's hard to describe but what I remember vividly is I started coming out of the anesthesia before the dilation was done.  I remember fighting with them to get the danged thing out of my throat.  With that experience, I would NEVER allow a doc to do a dilation without being under.  Before anybody starts fearing Propofol, the first experience was on my third dilation and he just misjudged the amount to give me.  Other than the one Ketamine experience, I've had Propofol the other 50+ times with no bad experiences.

My dilations don't do me much good anymore since I still can't swallow but we do it to keep the esophagus open just in case.  I have one scheduled for the 6th of August.  I think it the fibrosis in my neck that is the main culprit in keeping me from swallowing.  I can't stress enough that if your neck starts stiffening up on you years after treatment, don't ignore it.  See a swallow therapist and start doing exercises to keep things open.  I let it go too far and am now paying for it.

thanks george.  i had it done in the or last week and all went well.  i let them try n the office but made them stop.  i'll never do that again.  i am swallowing much better.  my pills don't get stuck any more.  only problem is, like u, i have 2 keep getting it done.  it doesn't last 2 long.  i hope urs goes well next month and u get the right amount of meds.  i'm sorry it doesn't work better 4 u.  who knows, maybe it will one time.  i'll keep my fingers crossed.

dj