Has anyone here had it? It was confirmed that I have a narrowing of the distal portion of my esophagus. My endoscopy is this morning at 8 and I'm a nervous wreck. I can't sleep and I'm worrying too much. If it's not as scary as it sounds can someone please calm my nerves? What can I expect?

Usually you are asleep for this procedure, so it's not scary at all. It ably takes a short time so they use a fairly mild anesthetic. You'll be fine, don't worry.

I'm more worried about afterwards, I've read articles that say that it's almost certain that vomiting and nausea occur after the procedure and I'm already miserable enough so I don't want to deal with that either.

That hasn't happened to me but my best advice would be to get some rest. Try not to think about the worst, just take it as it comes. Good luck. Would love to know how you go.

Thank you Aussie

Have had a few in my lifetime and never had any consequences from it.

So they ended up finding nothing, told me I had a stricture but then they didn't find one, so the scope ended up stretching my esophagus a little and my discomfort is gone. Glad it wasn't as bad as they thought.

That's great news! And I hope you were ok afterwards too.

Yep I did fine, I'm still sleepy from the anesthesia but I'm happy that I haven't had any discomfort eating today!

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Excellent, glad you are doing better.

Thank you Jersey