Tomorrow is my egd. What's the purpose of it? Is it to assure the liver is small enough? How will I feel after? Does it hurt?

Your EGD is to check you're esophagus and stomach for any problems. It is very quick. They put a camera down your throat. You are asleep when this happens. My throat did not even hurt. In fact I could not tell anything ever happened. Some people do complain about a sore throat. It all depends on your doctor.

Edited December 2, 201411 yr by chicogirl3

What sucks is its all rushed for me this week. My surgery is scheduled for Saturday. So if anything comes up, it'll be postponed.

Is there anything that can be found in the egd to make them postpone?

I had my scope last week and my surgery is next week. It was simple no problems at all they did find a medium hiatus hernia. Good news is that the Dr will repair that during the surgery. I am pretty stinkin excited that I may be off of my acid reflux meds forever. Good luck to you

I had it done this morning. Everything was cleared for surgery!

Glad everything came out great! Good luck on your surgery!

Glad everything came out great! Good luck on your surgery!

Thank you so much!

I'm having my EGD done tomorrow. Hopefully everything will be ok. I plan to go to work afterwards if I feel up to it. Will repost once I have it done.

I was super drowsy all day after mine

An EGD was not on my order for pre-surgery testing I had to get done. I did get an upper GI though. I got my surgery date today and she told me over the phone that with the Upper GI the doc probably won't require the EGD. I am hoping not because I only have 2 weeks until surgery. I will find out tomorrow. Luckily it doesn't sound too bad based on what you guys are saying!

Edited December 3, 201411 yr by heynowkc

An EGD was not on my order for pre-surgery testing I had to get done. I did get an upper GI though. I got my surgery date today and she told me over the phone that with the Upper GI the doc probably won't require the EGD. I am hoping not because I only have 2 weeks until surgery. I will find out tomorrow. Luckily it doesn't sound too bad based on what you guys are saying!

It wasn't bad at all. I was nervous, but all for nothing! Good luck!

@@Ladiec2 I was also drowsy after my EGD. The anesthesia did not wear off until 6 hours later.

OK..I had my EGD on Thursday. I didn't post immediately afterwards because I was bummed at the results. The surgeon found two erosions on my stomach and he told me that I probably couldn't have the surgery done until after they heal. He did two biopsies and I won't get the pathology report back until a couple of weeks. He said if they are even infections, I would probably have to be on medication for a month and off for a month…another EGD and then depending on the results from the 2nd one…that process might have to be repeated. I was so hoping that the surgery would take place in Jan or Feb. I suppose I have no other choice but to wait for the results from the pathology report. I'll be down until that happens.

Ladiec2, so sorry to hear of your misfortune. After my EGD, I was diagnosis with bacteria on my stomach. I started 12/1 taking 2000mg of amoxicillin & 200mg of doxycycline a day. My surgery is schedule for 12/29. My sleeve doctor didn't say this would affect my surgery. Good luck, don't be down, think of this minor setback as a major comeback.

An EGD was not on my order for pre-surgery testing I had to get done. I did get an upper GI though. I got my surgery date today and she told me over the phone that with the Upper GI the doc probably won't require the EGD. I am hoping not because I only have 2 weeks until surgery. I will find out tomorrow. Luckily it doesn't sound too bad based on what you guys are saying!

I had the upper GI as well. Nearly barfed up the barium because it already taste nasty but the positioning and re-positioning was triggering my BPPV (vertigo).

Sorry to hear about the delays for you guys. On the positive side it's best to take these precaution to ensure you have the most positive outcome possible.