Testing, Testing, Testing!

[mom2five 292]

LOL.. I've had a lot of tests done the past couple days! I'm pre-op.. I'm hopefully having surgery in December. Yesterday and today, I had a pulmonary function test, sleep study test, and upper endoscopy. All at a hospital almost 3 hours away. My husband and kids and I spent the night at a hotel so that we wouldn't have to do so much traveling. Whew! I think the only test I have left now is just the psych eval. That will be next week.

My sleep study was one of those that you take home with you... so I did it in the hotel. I hope it turns out ok, because I don't wanna have sleep apnea, even though I think I do. My pulmonary function test was really good they said. And the upper endoscopy went really well too... no problems except a large hiatal hernia but I already knew that. I tried to tell my dr that it was really big but he didn't believe me. He had told me that he won't repair it while he is doing the VSG because he likes to see if they will improve on their own with weight loss.... but after seeing mine today, he says he is going to repair it while doing the VSG... I had a feeling he would say that. LOL

[FDclerical 318]

congrats! it feels good to finally get the tests done one by one! surgery will be here sooner than you know it. i read alot about these hernias. do they hurt???good luck to you. hope you get your surgery date soon.!

[mom2five 292]

My hernia doesn't hurt at all unless I try to eat or drink something... food (and drinks) get stuck and won't go down.. while its stuck there, it hurts... and its really uncomfortable. I knew mine had gotten a lot bigger because pretty much everything gets stuck now... in the past, it only happened sometimes and never when I was drinking fluids. Now everything gets stuck and its very uncomfortable. I'll be glad when he repairs it!