Questions About EGDs? Please Help!

[mylynn1377 93]

For anyone out there who has had an EGD as a part of their list of things to have done before surgery I have a few questions. I'm supposed to have this done tomorrow morning, Tues the 5th. I've had to reschedule this already due to weather and I don't want to have to reschedule again but...I'm kind of recovering from a bout of flu, courtesy of my 5 year old. I'm feeling loads better today except my throat is still pretty sore. No fever, muscle aches, etc. Just a bit of a stuffy head, a little congestion in the chest, and the sore throat.

I'm wondering now if I should just see how I feel in the morning and go for it, let them know when I get there and see what THEY want to do, or call can see if I can reschedule this..again. Which will put me behind on every other appointment that I already have for everything else.

To top it off I'm wondering if I missed something in the discussion of this procedure because everywhere I've looked for info the web is saying that you should stop all NSAIDS (Aleve, Ibuprofen, etc.) 5 days before the procedure, but my surgeons nurse never told me this and I've been taking Aleve for muscles aches and sore throat. I take Aleve because it doesn't irritate my stomach like ibuprofen so that isn't an issue. I don't actually have anything issues with GERD, ulcers, or stomach issues right now, this is just a precaution that my surgeon likes to take so they can have a picture of all the insidey goodness before they go rearranging things later. So I'm wondering if I should just go for it and if the NSAIDs have bothered my stomach they would know that and we could discuss it.

I also have to keep in mind that I have to travel 80 miles to have these appointments and to get things done, plus I already have nut, physical therapy scheduled for tomorrow also. Plus they already have my sleep study scheduled and I have my psych eval and some other labs scheduled out too. If I can't do the EGD, they'll have to reschedule some of that stuff and I don't want to do that.

If you guys have any pointers I would appreciate it!

[sassy14 178]

For anyone out there who has had an EGD as a part of their list of things to have done before surgery I have a few questions. I'm supposed to have this done tomorrow morning' date=' Tues the 5th. I've had to reschedule this already due to weather and I don't want to have to reschedule again but...I'm kind of recovering from a bout of flu, courtesy of my 5 year old. I'm feeling loads better today except my throat is still pretty sore. No fever, muscle aches, etc. Just a bit of a stuffy head, a little congestion in the chest, and the sore throat.

I'm wondering now if I should just see how I feel in the morning and go for it, let them know when I get there and see what THEY want to do, or call can see if I can reschedule this..again. Which will put me behind on every other appointment that I already have for everything else.

To top it off I'm wondering if I missed something in the discussion of this procedure because everywhere I've looked for info the web is saying that you should stop all NSAIDS (Aleve, Ibuprofen, etc.) 5 days before the procedure, but my surgeons nurse never told me this and I've been taking Aleve for muscles aches and sore throat. I take Aleve because it doesn't irritate my stomach like ibuprofen so that isn't an issue. I don't actually have anything issues with GERD, ulcers, or stomach issues right now, this is just a precaution that my surgeon likes to take so they can have a picture of all the insidey goodness before they go rearranging things later. So I'm wondering if I should just go for it and if the NSAIDs have bothered my stomach they would know that and we could discuss it.

I also have to keep in mind that I have to travel 80 miles to have these appointments and to get things done, plus I already have nut, physical therapy scheduled for tomorrow also. Plus they already have my sleep study scheduled and I have my psych eval and some other labs scheduled out too. If I can't do the EGD, they'll have to reschedule some of that stuff and I don't want to do that.

If you guys have any pointers I would appreciate it![/quote']

Call your gastroenterologist There is no discomfort in the exam, but if they take a biopsy you may bleed. I'd call.

[Ms_Kb718 22]

You should definitely call before you go. I have a feeling they will cancel your procedure anyway when you tell them that you have been taking Aleve. Before my EGD my nurse made me verbally admit in front of the doc that I was mistaken when I said that I had taken motrin the previous 5 days. I haven't taken motrin since 2010 prior to getting banded, but for some reason my brain was working a little slow that morning and I said yes when I asked. The nurse originally thought I was lying so they wouldn't cancel the procedure.

[iverina 33]

I would call and ask didn't hurt and saves you the drive

[pookybear 284]

Definitely call them and ask. They'll let you know if you can go ahead with it or if you have to reschedule.

Re-Birthday: 2/27/13

[mylynn1377 93]

Good news is they went ahead with the EGD and didn't find anything. The bad news was I got sick after the procedure and I had to cancel my other appointments for the day. But I managed to get my spots rescheduled so that I don't get behind.