two balloon endoscope???

my Dr thinks that i may have an ulcer in my old stomach or in that area, so i'm going to Dr Ross at Virgina Mason to have a two balloon  endoscope, has anyone had this done before???

thanks

 Yes, I have had a double-balloon endoscopy. It is very similar to the regular endoscopy procedure, except the doctors are able to see more of your small intestine. The way Dr. Schembre (Virginia Mason) explained the procedure, he said it was kind of like a "push and pull" system. He placed a tattoo at the portion of the intestines where the scope ended (that was in the summer of 2007).  The following summer of 2008, he did another procedure but this time it was a colonoscopy and he was able to find the tattoo that he left the previous year, which let him know he had seen my entire small intestine. (Unrelated to WLS).

Good look with the procedure.