Vdragonchic

So my endoscopy was yesterday. Because my surgery is Tuesday, everyone working my endoscopy will be at my surgery so that was good. The Anesthesiologist was Dr. Addox (sp). He's kind quirky but nice. My I.V. was basically painless (yes, there was a needle prick), i am very bruised at the site, but it doesn't hurt. I have an extremely sore throat (i still have tonsils so any 'impact' irritates them). I was pretty wonky afterwards which gives me hope that after my surgery i won't notice any pain at first ;-p All the nurses are very nice. Heidi is/was my main nurse. I'm getting very nervous about the surgery and the aftermath, but i keep telling myself it's all only temporary....

According to Dr. Chock, most abdominal surgeries result in fatigue for 2 weeks or so, but I'd be able to go back to work (office job) after a week. I've actually broken it up, my surgery is on Tuesday, i'm planning on going back to work the following Tuesday, but have my week post-op appointment on Thursday, so i'm taking that day off. Basically that means I am only working 3 days my first week back. I can't believe it's only a week away!!!

You're welcome to crash the party ;-p!! It's interesting, I have Dr. Chock and I keep going back and forth whether I like her or not, but her style definitely matches my own. I like how straight she is. I'll see about her 'bed side' manner on Thursday. I have my endoscopy!

That's awesome!! congrats!! I've seen here and a few other sites that people say they are getting hernia surgery if they don't want to tell folks -- recovery, i guess, is very similar.

I'm not post-op... my surgery is april 9... my endoscopy is april 4.

Oh i am SOOOOO not thinking about the EGD and the 'size' eeeeek! I'll let you know how it goes and what it was like afterwards. I have a good friend who's had several over the last couple of years (she has issues and they have to do something to fix it which EGD is part of..) anyways she's very blase about it, and having picked her up the last couple of times she's done it, she seemed relatively unfazed. Glad ya'lls packets are finally showing up ;-p! Can't wait to hear about your approvals and surgery dates!!

Itsme!: I'm doing my EGD up there on the 4th, so yes they do them! journeygirl: Okay that sucks. Fingers crossed she'll get back to you soon!! I agree, Sarah is just lovely. I have my pre-op meeting with Dr. Chock on Friday and my pre-op with the surgical nurse on the 25th.... It's getting real!

I had the same issue with Trish and convinced myself that I hadn't been approved, but she really was so busy! She actually called me at 6 or 7pm one night to apologize for being so hard to get ahold of and that all my stuff was going into the insurance the next day! Then she called me last week and my surgery is scheduled for April 9 with Dr. Chock! I probably won't do the support groups as it really is an annoying drive especially in the evenings.