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[Fenway]

Hi twinks- I decided to post here because my other thread is sort of buried. I did comment to you on how wonderful a person I think you are. So caring and thoughtful.

This is about the test I was to have last week for my inability to swallow liquids. I went in on Thursday. It ended up becoming a nightmare. The office at the doctors got information wrong and it messed everything up. So I didn't even get tested yet.I was there at 7:30. I didn't get any sleep at all the night before. I had lost twelve pounds from not eating or drinking, and had not taken my anxiety pill. So I was a wreck when I arrived at the hospital.

It's to long to go into everything that happened. I will say that when this appointment was set up they told my DH and I that I couldn't take the anxiety medication that morning, which didn't help. I was so weak, tired and nervous and answering all kinds of questions the nurse wanted. As I sat there my heart rate was going so fast. I told the nurse how I felt and told her about not taking the medication. She said "Who said you couldn't take it" and I said "someone over the phone" She said "well their wrong" you could have taken it.

I have had endoscopies before and I took it. I even called back to talk to this person and asked why I can't take it and she said "Go ahead but it will mess things up" so I didn't take it. Big mistake. I was so nervous and then we found out that the doctor had not read my chart and they needed to give me different medication to do the test and weren't ready!! So I was told most likely my problem was caused by anxiety and that they were not going to do the procedure that day. I sat in a bed from 8:00 to 12:00 noon! They let me take a pill at around 9:00 becuase I was so upset.

So it's now Monday of the next week. I'm trying to drink things but it is still difficult. I still choke but I keep trying to tell myself this could be a symptom of my anxiety. (I choked while trying to swallow in the past and it freaked me out) so now I'm scared. If only I could stop thinking while drinking, maybe I'd be o.k.

I'm going to keep trying this week. But if I don't get better, I'm going to have to get a test to make sure it isn't anything. My husband was pretty upset that they sent me home and never did the test. He felt that if something is wrong with you then it should be checked out with a test before they go and blame it on anxiety and I agree. They also should have set up the right medication for my procedure long before I got there. They weren't even ready to do this test. It's so frustrating, both this choking thing and the test situation. Thank you so much for caring about me twinkle and others. God Bless You.