Difficulty with Manometry

Good morning! I'm so glad I found this site as I've been struggling with reflux for years and was diagnosed last year with a gaping lower esophageal sphincter.

I tried to have the manometry procedure done last year, but NP couldn't even get the catheter down my nose as I was gagging so much and had nasal congestion. I'm at the point where I have to do something about this reflux and the possible hiatal hernia. I have a deviated septum and chronic non-allergic rhinitis. Anyone have any suggestions or experiences like this?

Thanks in advance for your help and best wishes for your good health.

That's why I won't let an NP touch me. Nobody could get the tube down my nose without it curling up on one side and not even going down the deviated side. A doctor finally got a pediatric endo tube down and put a wire down inside that, pulled out the endo tube out and put the little manometry tube over the wire. All this over the whole afternoon, with only a little lidocaine gel.

I didn't get the Bravo capsule that day because it got to be closing time. I had to go without PPIs for another 10 days to get the capsule. All this with a wide open lower esophageal sphincter and my stomach stuck in my chest.

At least I did get the manometry done, which was important because they were able to see that I had a "wimpy" swallow, which made a big difference in the type of wrap I got. I would not have been able to swallow past the full wrap!