Sending love to Deanne
HEY GAY,
I JUST LOVE SAYING THAT, IT HAS SUCH A RING TO IT.
NO HONEY YOU'RE NOT STUPID. AN EGD IS AN ESOPHAGOGASTROSCOPY, IT'S WHERE THE SURGEON TAKES A SCOPE, GOES DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS (food tube), LOOKS AROUND AT THE STOMACH AND STRETCHES THE ESOPHAGUS. THE D STANDS FOR DILATATION WHICH MEANS TO STRETCH.
ALOT OF TIMES ONE OF THE SET BACKS FROM THIS SURGERY IS A STRICTURE, A NARROWING OF THE ESOPHAGUS. THIS STRICTURE DOES NOT ALLOW "NORMAL"FOOD TO PASS EASILY BUT LIQUIDS PASS JUST FINE,
DONNA, SFY