TESTS
My doctor is trying to get my insurance to
approve the surgery through chronic acid reflux, or acid
relux disease. I have to have two tests done this
month, one is an EGD and the other is a ph study. The
first test is the one the put the scope down your
throat and take a look around. The other test is similar
in that they insert a small tube down your throat
thru the nose into your stomach, and you have to wear
it for 24 hrs. You have to wear a monitor around
your waist and keep a journal of when and what you eat
and drink. The hard part in my opinion is that I have
to go off my Prilosec for 5 days!!!!!!!! Has anyone
had these tests done? Any information would be
greatly appreciated!
September 2nd, 2003 at 1:15 pm
Dear Mossy1s,<br>No I haven’t been through what
you are going through, but my son Elijah has. He gets
PH probes done once a month. He was diagnosed with
GERD at 2 months old. He is 17 months now. He was on
prilosec for a while, but is now back on Zantac and
Cisapride (propulsid). He is also on an Apnea monitor
because he stops breathing during the night. He had close
to 250 GERD episodes during the last probe. It
doesn’t even phase him when they tube him now… so it
can’t been too terribly uncomfortable.. probably more
of a nusiance.<br>I wish you the very BEST of luck
on getting your approval for the surgery! Keep us
posted.<br>Crossing my fingers for you–<br>Lisa Boone