EGD pre-op preparations

[Kailisa 28]

Today I had my EGD done. That was quite an experience. First the nurse had a hard time finding a vein for the iv. I got pricked 5 times. Then the surgeon comes in and finds a vein in my wrist. OMG. I sure hope when I have the surgery I will not have to be pricked so many times. Anyway after the iv ordeal they make you swallow this God forsaken liquid. I can't even describe the taste. After a few seconds I panicked because my throat became numb and I felt like I couldn't swallow. Luckily a few seconds after that I must have drifted off because the next think I remember is waking up in recovery. Has anyone else had have an EGD?

[Melissa1234 69]

I have one on the 16th of may. Glad you posted, i was curious what it's like.

[makemyownluck 785]

Most people have to have an EGD. My surgeon, however, just did an upper GI xray. So I still had to drink the barium and roll around on this tilt table so they could take xrays of my stomach from about 10,000 different angles. Wasn't that bad, I really expected the worst for the barium, like it would make me gag or something, but it really wasn't terrible.

All I had to do was the psych eval, upper GI, blood work and an EKG....