JennJ.RN

Thinking about you today!!!! Hope you are feeling well

I had noticed that too!!! Back to normal now it appears...

Sorry for no post, been on vacation.. Liquids have been tough and now I am day before surgery!!!! Nervous as heck !!!

Glad to hear!!!!! Good luck!

You could be pretty woozy depending on the anesthesia they use... Could you still bring someone along?

That's just what it's called.. totally outpatient. the adult is so they can drive you home and sign your discharge stuff.. (legal documents). I wouldn't think they'd do it on Saturdays but it is always a possibility. I would call the office tomorrow that is supposed to be doing it to find out. Our office mgr calls the patients in the week before to tell them all the "requirements" of egd day. Don't stress.. Maybe there is a friend that can help you out for a few hours?

A pelvic/abd us is like when you have a baby, but the pelvic part, they insert a "wand" of sorts in your vagina to get a close look at everything. The EGD(endoscopy) is a quick procedure, but you are given conscious sedation. Meaning as prev. poster said, you have to have another adult with you. You cannot sign legal documents, make any legal decisions etc, due to the sedation. (we use propofol at the surgery center I work at). EGD timeline--once we get you into the pre-op area-1/2 hour to an hour--as we go over history, get a physical assessment and baseline vital signs and cardiac rhythm strip and your IV for sedation. once you go back 15 minutes- then back to us in PACU and we have you awake and out the door within a half hour Much luck to you--the worst part of the EGD is anticipation.. You will not remember anything Jenn