Again varices banding

[Indre123]

Hi everyone:)So i had my 4th endoscopy and banding of varices.Question is why sometimes they hurt bad after banding and sometimes its not!after my 3rd banding i was ready to eat sandwiches in few days,and this time even baby pured food from jars is hurting so badly:(Thank you

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I was told that the pain comes from the ulceration of tissue. Can't explain why it is worse sometimes than others (I have experienced this too).

[Indre123 in reply to Hidden]

Maybe is the position of varices or something.Ech i have to survive.one day i hope they are gone

[Hidden in reply to Indre123]

I'm with you on that one. I hate endoscopies

[Indre123 in reply to Hidden]

It’s 21st century,why they can’t invent much thiner tube:)))

[Brett11 in reply to Indre123]

I was told that the further up the bandings are, the more they will hurt. My bandings have always been fine. I could eat etc with no pain at all. My last round of bandings sent me back to A&E. They gave me strong morphine and that didn’t work. It hurt like buggery for 2 weeks.

Cheers,

Brett

[Indre123 in reply to Brett11]

Oh my:(I hope it’s not going to be that bad.For how long you have them?Is it posible for them just to be gone one day?

[AyrshireK in reply to Indre123]

It can take a while. My hubbie first presented with 7 burst varices April 2012. He was banded every few months after that for nearly a year at local hospital then when transferred to Edinburgh his consultant went 'aggressive' on the banding regime. In June 2014 he had his first all clear endoscopy after a total of 42 bands and his varices were deemed to be eradicated. He isn't on a beta blocker. Hubby now only has yearly endoscopies and sadly July this year consultant noted some 'barely visible varices' in the upper oesophagus .......... no treatment at the moment, back in July next year.

Katie

[Indre123 in reply to AyrshireK]

Oh so they can eradicate and then reappear?I was very naive to believe after they are gone they gone.I suppose better i start to take it as “another one for life” (i hope long life).Fingers crosed for your husband varices to stay small.All the best xx

[Brett11 in reply to Indre123]

I was told not to worry about my last endoscopy. You will be grade 1 they said. Wrong!! 3 bandings and stage 3 varices again.

[Indre123 in reply to Brett11]

How annoying:(But i keep hoping everytime to hear them saying “its no varices,Indre” :)))Ech

[Brett11 in reply to Indre123]

I think varices come part and parcel with cirrhosis. I don’t think they will ever fully clear. You can get TIPS surgery done to stop varices but the side effect is an increase of hepatic encephalopathy or HE as we call it in the trade.

Cheers,

Brett

[Indre123 in reply to Brett11]

Yes i heard about TIPS,but probably it’s to early for that,and definitely i dont want to get HE🤦🏼‍♀️stupid cirrhosis and all autoimmune hepatitis

[Hidden in reply to Brett11]

Brett - thought I always call it HE because I can’t remember hepatotic encaphopophy

Miles

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