Endoscopy

[Mark M. 4]

I go for an endoscopy tomorrow morning at 7am. Never had any surgical procedures done. Any suggestions? King getting a little nervous.

[nibble 201]

It's a breeze. They'll start an IV in pre-op area, ask you tons of Qs over and over, wheel you into OR, give you a small amount of liquid to gargle and swallow. Tastes bad. It numbs the throat and aids in sliding in the scope once they put you in la la land. 15 minutes later you're back where you started and they monitor your vitals and bring you juice. No pain, just a moment of Yuck when you gargle. They send you home and you take it easy the rest of the day to to the anesthesia, cautioning you to avoid spicy foods or foods too hot. Ice chips are good as I felt dehydrated.

[Eberhard 10]

What Nibble said.

• Put on gown and socks.
• IV.
• moved to the Surgery room.
• They turn the Propofol on.
• You are gone within seconds
• You wake up in recovery
• Your doctor visits and tells you what he found or did not find.
• You can go home

Throat might hurt. I had 3 in my life and only once I could feel a sore throat. And you need somebody to drive you and take you home. Theoretically watch you for 24 hours. My doc said that some people have partial amnesia for awhile and turn stoves on and forget.

[Creekimp13 5,840]

Super simple...don't sweat it! You likely won't remember much and the whole procedure takes around half an hour....it's not bad at all.

I woke up and my hubby took me to lunch. Was an easy kinda fun day:)

[apositivelife4me 189]

I was afraid of having my endoscopy also. I went to the hospital and they put an IV in my arm and the next thing I knew I was waking up and it was over. You have nothing to worry about.