The Dr. appt I could not miss!

So as earlier promised, here is what is up with my doctor appt I could not miss. For the past three years every so often I would feel like I would have a lump stuck on the left side of my throat. However, it would only be for a day or two so I figured it was just something I ate. I am allergic to fish, and mildly allergic to eggs so I would just think I ate something in it that had eggs and I didn't realize it. However, since Bree has been born I had noticed it more and more until for the past two months it had been there constantly and started to affect my swallowing when I am eating. (things getting stuck and having to reswallow to get it down)

As most of you know, I am a super worrier and my own mind was enough of a hinderance with this problem.(that is why I didn't tell anyone until after my appt!) Luckily the ENT specialist was able to get me in earlier than most first time patients do. So, I could not miss the appt! At my appt, he numbed up my nose and throat by squirting some sort of liquid up my nose (it smelled and tasted like dirt...literally!). Riley was with me because this was when Bree was still in the hospital and she did great..didn't fuss at all when the doctor was examining me.

Once I was numbed up he stuck a long thin cord that had a camera on the end up my nose, and down the back of my throat. What he saw was an inflamed voice box and surrounding tissues, which is what was causing the lump. I have what is called laryngopharyngeal reflux. You can learn more about it here. As it is a form of heartburn (but only 30% of people feel it with this condition...and I am not one of those!) I am on heartburn medication twice a day at least 30 minutes before I eat.

I will go back into the doctor's next month for a check up to see if it is doing the job...if it is that's great but so far I have not felt too much of a difference. (but it's only been a week!)