I feel kinda silly posting this but here goes- did the EGD( upper endoscopy) bother anyone. I am a nurse and have been with pts during EGDs but hello I wasn't the patient!!! As long as I have drugs I think I will be okay but I am not excited about that tube going down my throat!!

My husband had this done and he had twilight anesth for it. Did you ask if you will be out for it? Make them give you something! I am thinking a double dose of Valium, Xanax, or Ativan will fix you right up.

I will be doing a barium swallow with a follow up x-ray, not the EGD...thank goodness. My throat will be sore enough with three tubes going down there during the surgery. When I had a EGD test a year ago they completely knocked me out. Gawd, I am such a wimp...

I didn't like the idea either, but generally, you will not usually be conscious for it. I had a cold at the time, but even so my throat was not even sore or scratchy. It was nowhere near as bad as I expected. I didn't like having a tube put down my throat.

I had one years ago and I was put under for it -- the only after effect I had was the next morning when I drank orange juice and I could feel every spot from which they took biopsies - since you won't be having that done, you probably won't have any problems at all.

They will be doing biopsies -- to check for H Pylori bacteria

Bob

What are the three tubes during surgery?

One is a nasal gastric to suck stuff out. Then there is the anesthetist/respiratory tubing. Add to that the French Bougie (size 34) going down there. So three. Then five abdominal portals for the surgery. Plus a Foley catheter (oh, fun, fun!). The nasal will stay in until the next morning to pull out any acid and ick that may form. I asked a lot of questions of my surgeon. Can you tell?

Not everyone uses a foley catheter though.

they dont all do biopsies, I think angel was referring to another situation.

They will be doing biopsies -- to check for H Pylori bacteria

Well, in that case, I strongly suggest you avoid drinking anything acidic for about 1 week ... unless of course you want to know all of the locations from which they took the biopsies and don't mind a burn for a while afterwards.

they dont all do biopsies, I think angel was referring to another situation.

Yes, I was talking about a different point in time when I had the EGD; not the sleeve surgery.

Not everyone uses a foley catheter though.

Dr. Aceves doesn't use any catheters thank goodness.

I wish they did not use a Foley, but they do. *sigh* I feel the pain already...

Did they say how long the foley stays in?

Until the next morning. Will ask if we can forgo that Maybe it is so I don't wet myself during surgery. Maybe. Or there is just a cruel med tech that enjoys inflicting pain.