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I've had two done that way but now they use an endoscopy which believe me is
a lot less of a problem. The reason I was told the capsule method was used
as it was believed to get a representative sample it was necessary to get
further down the intestine. Now they feel the sample using the endoscope
gives a reliable sample. Getting the capsule which I thought was called a
"Crosby" capsule in the right location was a lot of fun which is why you
could not be sedated during the process.

>Leon Heller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>BTW, has anyone had a Carey's capsule investigation? I had to swallow
>>a steel thing about the size of a small egg with a very long plastic tube
>>attached. When this had gone from the stomach into the small intestine the
>>tube was pressurised with water at intervals, and a small cutter on the
>>capsule collected a biopsy of the gut lining. When they got the biopsies
>>they needed the doctor pulled the thing back up again. The first time they
>>did this the tube got a kink in it, so they had to try again a few days
>>later. I had to jump up and down for about half an hour to get the thing
>>down into the intestine. This was over 25 years ago, perhaps they don't
>>do this any more.

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