EGD questions.

[jblgirl 10]

Tomorrow is my egd. What's the purpose of it? Is it to assure the liver is small enough? How will I feel after? Does it hurt?

[chicogirl3 17]

Your EGD is to check you're esophagus and stomach for any problems. It is very quick. They put a camera down your throat. You are asleep when this happens. My throat did not even hurt. In fact I could not tell anything ever happened. Some people do complain about a sore throat. It all depends on your doctor.

Edited December 2, 2014 by chicogirl3

[jblgirl 10]

What sucks is its all rushed for me this week. My surgery is scheduled for Saturday. So if anything comes up, it'll be postponed.

[jblgirl 10]

Is there anything that can be found in the egd to make them postpone?

[mttopma 17]

I had my scope last week and my surgery is next week. It was simple no problems at all they did find a medium hiatus hernia. Good news is that the Dr will repair that during the surgery. I am pretty stinkin excited that I may be off of my acid reflux meds forever. Good luck to you

[jblgirl 10]

I had it done this morning. Everything was cleared for surgery!

[Luvin_Life125 558]

Glad everything came out great! Good luck on your surgery!

[jblgirl 10]

Glad everything came out great! Good luck on your surgery!

Thank you so much!

[Ladiec2 74]

I'm having my EGD done tomorrow. Hopefully everything will be ok. I plan to go to work afterwards if I feel up to it. Will repost once I have it done.

[jblgirl 10]

I was super drowsy all day after mine

[heynowkc 329]

An EGD was not on my order for pre-surgery testing I had to get done. I did get an upper GI though. I got my surgery date today and she told me over the phone that with the Upper GI the doc probably won't require the EGD. I am hoping not because I only have 2 weeks until surgery. I will find out tomorrow. Luckily it doesn't sound too bad based on what you guys are saying!

Edited December 3, 2014 by heynowkc

[jblgirl 10]

An EGD was not on my order for pre-surgery testing I had to get done. I did get an upper GI though. I got my surgery date today and she told me over the phone that with the Upper GI the doc probably won't require the EGD. I am hoping not because I only have 2 weeks until surgery. I will find out tomorrow. Luckily it doesn't sound too bad based on what you guys are saying!

It wasn't bad at all. I was nervous, but all for nothing! Good luck!

[Mz. NuNu 19]

@@Ladiec2 I was also drowsy after my EGD. The anesthesia did not wear off until 6 hours later.

[Ladiec2 74]

OK..I had my EGD on Thursday. I didn't post immediately afterwards because I was bummed at the results. The surgeon found two erosions on my stomach and he told me that I probably couldn't have the surgery done until after they heal. He did two biopsies and I won't get the pathology report back until a couple of weeks. He said if they are even infections, I would probably have to be on medication for a month and off for a month…another EGD and then depending on the results from the 2nd one…that process might have to be repeated. I was so hoping that the surgery would take place in Jan or Feb. I suppose I have no other choice but to wait for the results from the pathology report. I'll be down until that happens.

[Mz. NuNu 19]

Ladiec2, so sorry to hear of your misfortune. After my EGD, I was diagnosis with bacteria on my stomach. I started 12/1 taking 2000mg of amoxicillin & 200mg of doxycycline a day. My surgery is schedule for 12/29. My sleeve doctor didn't say this would affect my surgery. Good luck, don't be down, think of this minor setback as a major comeback.