I saw Catherine Fergusson who is an Otolaryngologist – Head/Neck Surgeon..
I explained my symptoms and she decided to examine my throat. She takes me into a room with a screen and explains the procedure. She will spray my nose with a solution that tastes like banana and put a camera up through my nose, then using manipulation will guide it down into my throat to check it.
Before I could freak out a bit I was there and she was checking which nostril was the best one. I was kind of dreading and feeling excited at the same time.
She sprayed up my nose.. waited a little while.. then passed this tube into my nose.. it felt weird like my nose was blocked.. after my nose I have no idea where it went but it was a bit sore as she kept pushing it in..
It wasn’t long until she took it back out.. That was equally as weird as I felt tugging through my nose..
She explained that everything looked ok.. and in her letter afterward diagnosed that I had Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and a throat spasm. She suggested taking Omeprazole and taking Gaviscon Dual action at night before I went to bed.
I had no idea what that diagnosis was about to do to me but It felt good to have a direction to go towards and hopefully it would solve my problems. It was also told that there seemed to be no damage but some redness and throat pressure
I drove home and can hardly describe how uncomfortable my nose felt afterwards.. It was the absolutely weirdest feeling and felt awful for a while. The banana stuff that had been sprayed up my nose was now in my mouth and tasted blah..