Endoscopy - what can I expect

It's not that bad - I've had several.

Listen honey, you've had bigger.

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OP- I had to get that plus a Colonoscopy at the same time- Yikes 😬

I was more afraid of the Endoscopy but it’s fine . Your sedated.

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It's really no a big deal. You're asleep (twilight sleep) for the whole procedure. You might have a slightly sore throat afterwards. You'll need someone to drive you home. I've had both ends scoped and it's a nothing of a procedure as you're out the entire time.

You should expect death

I’ve had it done twice and like others have said, it’s not bad. I was none the wiser after waking up.

I just had a follow up one last month after becoming anemic in the spring. The first one showed I had bleeding ulcers due to an unknown soy allergy. Some iron supplements did the trick and now fine. The procedure is nothing. You can only have water before it.

R7 = Joan Rivers' ghost

It's a walk in the park. As someone above said, you might have a sore throat afterwards.

Every time, I start counting backwards, as they tell me, and I'm out until I wake up later outside the operating room. I have always gotten it along with a colonoscopy, though, so I'm usually up crapping until late, and don't sleep much beforehand.

Be more concerned about the findings of the endoscopy!!!

Don't worry about your vocal cords being damaged permanently - it rarely happens.

I've had the procedure done a couple of times (and the other end several times as well). As others have said here, it's really not a big deal, and the prep is pretty simple. No pain. R13 is right -the results are of far more concern than the procedure itself.

Good luck!

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It's like deep throating a hose.

I had one to day. Not as bad as I feared. I got meds to calm down, I was basically drugged out of my mind. No gagging or throwing up. It only lasted for a few minutes too. I had anxiety going in to this, but it was over in 5 minutes and I was very well taken care of.

You have to worry about double penetration if the nurses get too excited.

One word: PROPOFOL

What can I expect?

Hopefully, a clean scope.

One word of advice that I learned leading up to my first endo in 2013. Drink as much Gatorade or some like that as late as you can. I had my first endo a month after my first colonoscopy. Side note, my GI did not read my chart showing I was anemic. He said if he knew that, he would have done the endo when I was already on the table. Why bother having the Nurse record all of that info in pre-op if you are not going to read it???? I wrongly assumed I would be okay with just regular eating before the endo. I failed to realize that the combo of electrolytes in the colonoscopy prep and Gatorade helped fill me up. So drink something like Gatorade as long as possible.

There is no prep for an endo except refrain from eating food for a few hrs as per the instructions. Absolutely no comparison to a colonoscopy. This is the easy one.

OP, "twilight sedation", which is what they give you, means that you're breathing for yourself but you're completely unaware of the procedure. You tend to wake up in Recovery thinking "Have I gone in yet?" and be out of bed eating and drinking within 10 minutes. The anaesthetic holds very little danger because unlike a general anaesthetic you ARE breathing naturally.

Ask your Gastro or a reversed endoscopy – they’re easier. Hike your caftan up a little to show him what you mean.