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Nervous About First Endoscopy

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honedo Newbie
honedo
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Hey there,

Finially Thursday is my appt and I'm nervous. I've never had surgury before. The nurse said I'll be fine to go to work on Friday. Will I be sore?

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penguin Community Regular
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The endoscopy is no big deal, for me, the worst part was the nasty spray for my throat! They keep you well drugged, and you'll probably say some pretty loopy stuff to the nurses.

I think my throat may have been a little sore and I was sleepy the rest of the day, but I was totally fine the next day. It's a piece of cake!

Make sure someone is with you when the dr talks to you after, I was still coming down from the Versed (amnesiac drug they used) and I didn't really remember what he said. You probably won't remember going home. It's a very wierd experience! :P

GOOD LUCK!!! :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Hi--you could have a slight sore throat after, I did not. I had no problem with the procedure at all. I was completely out (I had a colonoscopy done the same day)--and remember nothing much after the IV went in. I woke up feeling rested and a little groggy. By the time I drank an apple juice and rested a few minutes, I was fine to get up and get dressed. My husband and I stopped at the store on our way home--my doctor told me to begin the gluten-free diet that day and I needed a few things. They told me to go home and rest, but I felt good enough to stop for a few minutes. I was very nervous beforehand--but it turned out there was no reason to be nervous. Good luck--you'll do fine :)

Smitten Rookie
Smitten
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Mine was w piece of cake! The hardest part was not drinking anything 4 hours prior to the procedure!

honedo Newbie
honedo
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Thanks guys,

I feel better already!! :)

pixiegirl Enthusiast
pixiegirl
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Mine was easy as pie, they knocked me out! I was fine afterwards, a bit groggy but the next day I was back to normal, no sore throat. I was knocked out before they did anything, no throat spray nothing. Very simple.

Susan

Patti Newbie
Patti
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Hey there,

Finially Thursday is my appt and I'm nervous. I've never had surgury before. The nurse said I'll be fine to go to work on Friday. Will I be sore?

Hi ,

I just wanted to let you know that I had an endoscopy three weeks ago and it was a piece of cake(gluten Free of coarse!) The nurse put the IV in my arm and I waited about 15min then they wheeled me into the procedure room and then they pushed medication into the IV and the next thing I remember I was in the recovery room. I had no ill effects and I was ready to go home in 1 hour. The endoscopy takes only about 15-20 min including the biopsy! Good luck!!

Biopsey was positive for Celiac-Sprue Disease!!

Patti Y

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hez Enthusiast
hez
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I felt tired the day of but horrible the next day. Keep in mind I had only been gluten-free for a couple of weeks. I had bad "d" and gas. I would guess that it had nothing to do with the procedure and eveything do with celiac.

Hez

lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
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There's always a very tiny chance of something happening, but for almost everybody -- and I mean nearly 100 percent of people -- the endoscopy is no big deal. I had two when I was already extremely ill from undiagnosed celiac disease, and had no problems at all. You definitely want somebody to drive you home and you won't work the day you have it done because you could be somewhat groggy, but you should be perfectly good to go the next day.

richard

RoseNNJ Apprentice
RoseNNJ
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I was nervous too. I had mine done last week. I get the results this thursday. I was knocked out , went home and slept for 3 hours. I was fine the next day :)

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