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EGD - Swallow, Don't Bite

joatsaint

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blogs/blog-0123670001361329240.jpgThe pain! Oh God, the pain! - no, just kidding. They put me under and I woke up with a scratchy throat. I wouldn't even have noticed my throat if I hadn't been warned that it might be sore. ;)

 

I was under for about 20 minutes, woke up and was back in the car headed home within the hour. If they haven't told you, they won't let you drive yourself home, but I felt alert and had no after effects of the anesthesia.

 

They gave me the same stuff used on Micheal Jackson, to put him to sleep.

 

It was funny, they put a mouth guard in so I wouldn't bite the scope, said they were about the put me under.

 

Next thing I know, I'm waking up (thinking that I had just blinked my eyes) and I put the mouth guard back in because I thought I had let it slip out. The staff was laughing at me, cause I didn't realize the procedure was over.



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Thanks Momonanomo, I am a closet comedian. And going through the sleeving process is so stressful, I try to lighten the mood. Hopefully no one takes it the wrong way.

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You're lucky. I had 4 people try to find a vein for the iv (7 sticks total) and no one could find one so rather leave defeated....I opted to do it without meds. it's NOT fun! lol

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You're lucky. I had 4 people try to find a vein for the iv (7 sticks total) and no one could find one so rather leave defeated....I opted to do it without meds. it's NOT fun! lol

I wasn't always lucky. I had to go back in for more blood tests pre-surgery and they couldn't find a vein, and the day of surgery, they had trouble finding the vein again. I was feeling like a pincushion after a while. :-P

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