Guest guest Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Hi, all! I want to start with saying I'm happy to hear our members who've had surgery recently are recovering so well! Also, to , it sounds like Tia is in good hands. I'm hoping her surgery goes smoothly and that it brings her MANY, MANY years of relief! Today, had an EGD done by our local gastro. doc. The doc said he did a dilation, so I right away asked if it was balloon or savory. He said savory and I think 54? Does anyone know, does that refer to the size, like balloon dilators come in different sizes? Anyway, I asked him where in the E he dilated and he said that the savory does the whole length of the E. I never knew they worked that way. I know that it's a much milder dilation than with the balloon, though, because 's had that before and it didn't do much. At his last EGD last year, he had a few spots with some irritation, which they biopsied. We were a little worried that he was getting some reflux and that he might have some more irritation going on this time, the good news is that the tissue in there looked healthy. I asked him if he wanted to see a neurologist (like he hinted at at 's office visit last week) and he said it might not be a bad idea. That makes sense to me, but I don't know if the neurologists even know a lot about E motility disorders (let alone have any tricks yet to treat it). I'll keep you posted if he does go and if this doc has any special tricks up her sleeve. Have a great day, everyone! in Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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