Jimmy Eat World and Dysphagia

[melluransa]

There's nothing too odd about this video. It demonstrates a modified barium swallow study. But what made me and the rest of the class laugh was the background music. I hadn't heard this song in years! XD The Middle, by Jimmy Eat World; Orchestral version. Wth?

There was also this video, in which the phrase "naughty epiglottis" is used. What a naughty epiglottis!

Comments

[omgwtfskittles.livejournal.com]

that's such a weird music choice! i used to be a huge jimmy eat world fan, but i haven't listened to them in ages.

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it weird? It would have been less weird if it were the actual song, not this weird orchestry stuff.

This is the only song I know by them. Are/were they cool?

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, barium. One of my favorites!

Also, eurgh, I'm so glad I never actually saw my insides when I had an endoscopy done. It's one of those things I'm better off not knowing.

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

Barium... Mmm. They say it has a taste. I don't want to find out! :D

You had an endoscopy?? LUCKY. What did they look at, the larynx? Esophagus? I am deeply intrigued. I want to have on done on myself. Looking at my own larynx.... you know I love larynxes... *dreamy sigh*

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

I think they flavor the barium with some sort of fake flavor, but it can't hide the chalky yuck.

I did have an endoscopy -- the whole way down to my stomach! They were looking at everything because they weren't sure if I had vocal cord polyps or reflux or something else. The only thing the doc said was everything was normal. Whatever that means! I'm so glad he didn't try to give me a DVD of it or anything! Eeeeurrrrgh!

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

That's so cool! I'm glad you're ok.

I would want a dvd of my insides. Then I could gift it to my kids one day! Imagine their delight at seeing their mom's insides. Then I could say, "Whassa matter, kiddos? You were in there. It's nothing you ain't seen before!" Horrified, they'd then beg to go be adopted by another family or something.

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

*dies* Your poor kids! :D They would be so grossed out! "Mooooooooom! You're disgusting!" and you would be laughing and laughing your evil laugh!

I was sorta okay. The endoscopy and colonoscopy were clear, but another scan showed that I only had 9 percent function of my gallbladder so I had to get it removed. I was traumatized forever. I am gallbladder-less! :O I hope this doesn't make you love me less! Since there's less of me to love!

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

They'd hate me. XD

Your poor gallbladder! What does your gallbladder do? Something with bile? It's ok! I love you even if you are missing a gallbladder. ...so if they took it out, what happened to the space where it used to be?

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

Your kids will love and adore you! And suffer untold embarrassments courtesy of you! :D

A healthy gallbladder apparently stores bile until it's needed for digestion then squirts it out. (FYI I'm not a medical professional. :P) I told the surgeon I didn't want it removed because I was very attached to it. Get it? Yeah, he didn't think it was funny either. He didn't have much sense of humor at all.

I assume that the liver and my fat just sort of oozed together and filled the void. Honestly, I try not to think about it. *shudder* I almost died of terror before the surgery; I was a mess. Scared out of my mind. Then in a weird way it all worked out okay because I stumbled upon Tokio Hotel while I was on the couch recovering from the surgery. There's always a silver lining, I suppose.

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

:D

Gallbladders do that? GUESS WHAT I learned about bile the other day because I saw the would "biliousness" and thought of Bill. "Oh," I thought, "It's an adjective meaning Bill-like. How lovely!" Then I looked it up and means "pertaining to bile." Poo. It's not Bill-related.

I think that was funny! Of course you were attached to it. :D Doctors are left-brained, logical, detailed. The right-brain handles some abstract stuff like humor, sarcasm, and tone of voice. He with his left-brain dominance didn't appreciate you being cutely Zephy.

I bet it was scary! Abdominal surgery, hnng! Being cut open! Exposed organs! I'm glad surgery has come as far as it has. Imagine living in medieval times. *shudders*

But yay! And what a silver lining! A fabulous, twinly silver lining!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Weird music for such a video, but then again... What music SHOULD you have? X-D

I had to have serious critical surgery on my intestines... So I had a tube down my nose, throat and down to my stomach to relieve pressure for 4-5 days I think it was. Most horrible thing I've EVER done. :-P I am glad I didn't get to see any photoage from my own surgery though. :-P

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

I don't know what music? Maybe soft classical?

Glad you're better! Surgeries are really hard to recover from.