 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Have some faith in yourself!!! You have a whole army of support right here to guide you along.
Scoping is something that you will get used to. It sounds horrendous, but its no big deal after the first couple times. Its a tiny flexible tube with a light and camera on the end. This gets put up your nose and down your throat. The doc will use numbing medicine so you barely feel it. The numbing medicine will take care of your gag reflex. To get scoped, it takes longer to get numbed up than it does to do the scoping. Its another important medical tool to help the ENT make sure you are healthy.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
