endoscopy endoscopy nightmare

[ElliottWasHere 41]

Back in April I had my endoscopy. I woke up toward the end of it. I remember the doctor shoving the tube down my throat as I gagged and burped. Tears ran down my face and all I could think was "stay calm, he's almost done" it seemed to be an eternity! Ever since that day, whenever I raise my right arm in the air I automatically burp. I asked my Pcp and she assured me everything is fine. This never happened before my endoscopy. Has this happened to any of you?

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

It wasn't an endoscopy...BUT...I woke up when they were removing stents from my stomach...I could feel them pulling them out...I made a noise and with in a milla-second I was out again. I was terrified when I woke up again in recovery.....No one talked about it...But I was scared because next they were going to insert clamps to close my leak...

I burp all the time and sneeze when I eat and my nose runs as well.....The trade offs we make for weight loss eh!

Your probably okay...just keep swimming K

[Pookeyism 1,143]

I don't want to dismiss the burping in response to a particular set of muscles moving (mild pinch or hernia? is that possible?)

But I would be concerned that you woke up under anesthesia - that needs to be discussed and an understanding that another anesthesia be used from now on, whenever that may be.

I woke up during JAW surgery, and then knee surgery years later. For the VS/tumor removal it was a whole different class of anesthesia. Went very smoothly and recovery (waking up) was non-existent, as part of the anesthesia that was used on me kept me from remembering recovery.