totally new to this....i have my surgery scheduled for 11/5 and i'm told i MUST have an endoscopy :huh2: is that correct? thanks to anybody who helps!

An endoscopy is where they go down your throat with a light, in fact I am having mine this Thursday. You will be put under local anestisia (sp) at least i will be. I have had so many of these things it's second nature to me, because I had a liver transplant in April of 2008. I was going about once a month for an endoscopy so they could courterize(sp) the varicies in my esophagus. This was before my transplant and a whole other story. Your doctor is most likely looking to see if you might have a hiatal hernia as 90% of over weight people do. If so, he will repair it at the same time as your lapband surgery.

Good luck and hang in there, it's not so bad!!

My surgery is scheduled for 11/30 but I'm thinking about putting it off till the 1st of the year since I am self-pay.

Hi there - I had my endoscopy 10 days prior to surgery - and my doctor recommends it just because it is the first and last time he can look at the stomach before banding. Hernias can be found, ulcers can be found and it's essential for the physican to know this before performing the banding. My endoscopy was done under sedation, and it was not horrible.

good luck with everything!