Bronchoscopy

[Psyborg]

So I'm having a Bronch tomorrow to try to figure out what's up down in my lungs. I'm starting to get nervous about it. The tracheal scope was pretty uncomfortable, I can't imagine going deeper being pleasant. Am I worrying about nothing here?

That and I'm preoccupied with conflicting emotions. I hope they can see what is wrong in my lung(s), and at the same time a bit worried that there is some sort of damage that will necessitate more issues. Or on the flip side that the damage won't be anything they would do anything about and I just have to live with not being able to breath deeply without weezing. I'm a dork...I know...a lot of you go through much worse so I apologize in advance for whining

[renidrag]

Bob: I hope you get this before you go, I have had two of them and really not a big deal. They spray a mist into your throat to numb it so you don't feel any thing. You have to sort of be aware a little bit during the procedure, but they will also sort of knock you out. No residual pain or anything after, just a little hoarse. Oh and you sit up during the procedure.
Dale

[Brooke]

I have had about 4 or 5 bronchs. From what I remember, I was laying down for the procedure.
I know for one of them for sure, I didn't want the breathing tube in. I can't remember why, I just remember crying before the bronch (I always do) and I told the doc I don't want them to do any lasering and I don't want a breathing tube put in. I just wanted them to take a look. And the doc said, sure no problem whatever you want to do. Turned out, it looked good down there and they didn't even need to laser any scar tissue.
I am wondering if it might be better with a breathing tube, because I think they can give you stronger meds to knock you out a little more if needed. One of the bronchs I had, I didn't like at all, I just remember tapping on my IV on my wrist to have the doc give me more meds because it was really uncomfortable. I'm not trying to scare you, just telling my experience.
I'm sure you will be just fine. I would not be scared to have another one, I have had so many and they do them all of the time.

[Psyborg]

Thanks folks Nice to know what it's like in advance a little bit.

[Sangye]

I was supposed to be pretty knocked out for mine but I wasn't. They fixed it.

As far as your hopes and fears right now, just try to stay in the moment. I know how hard it is! But like you said we have no idea what to hope for and our fears may never happen.

[Psyborg]

Gotta love a disease where you don't know whether to hope for something obvious or not. It is really aggravating to know something isn't right, but nobody can find it.

I had kind of a bad night last night sleeping, could only get comfortable on my sore side. Consequently I didn't sleep well. Probably why I'm overthinking it

[Jack]

I could remember nothing at all about mine, just like having a general anaesthetic.

[Sangye]

Every thought we have is a hope or fear. It's not unique to Wegs but having Wegs makes it easier to see. It's actually a very useful aspect of Wegs--seeing how much we all cling to future unknowns.

[drz]

I don't remember any discomfort from mine and remember being fascinated by what the my lungs looked like on the inside. I could watch what the camera showed on the screen while they were exploring. They were looking for some bleeding that they could cauterize but couldn't find any hot spots. It reminded me of those science fiction films where micro people are surfing through the human body to find a problem they can fix.

[pberggren1]

I had a bronch back in Feb. It was necessary with the lung infection I have because they were not sure if Wegs was creeping up as well. As it turned out I needed the bronch as it showed active wegs in the lungs. I was out most of it. pretty drugged up. I had a pretty bad reaction to is afterwards where I had bad chest pains but other than that it went OK.