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Can somone give me an idea of what to expect with the Endoscropy procedure? It is one of the pre-op things I have to do.

I understand thatt I will be drugged up & need a ride home. Will I be able to work later in the day or will I still be a little out of it?

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it all depends how you deal with the sedatives. Some people are literally ok less than an hour later or almost fine coming out of the procedure. others take much longer. I did mine withno Sedatives at all...DONT DO THAT, unless you like gagging retching and burping on end while having a tube stuffed down your throat and saliva pour out of your mouth like a waterfall. its quite , fun. NOT. lol Good luck.

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I had one back in 2011. They did the twilight sleep and either they didn't give me enough or it just didn't work because I was painfully aware of every moment. It was, for me, the worst procedure I've ever had done, and that includes a colonoscopy.

But, and it's a big butt, based on testimonies I've read from many people here I understand it's now being routinely done with full sedation. So I don't think you have anything to worry about.

If I were you though I'd asked about what form of sedation they use beforehand, and if they don't offer full sedation I would insist on it.

Again, this was just my own personal experience. I know there are many who have said it's a walk in the park.

Good luck!

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. ....enjoy the nap and take the rest of the day off ;)

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May I ask what possessed you to try this "unsedated"???? LOL

it all depends how you deal with the sedatives. Some people are literally ok less than an hour later or almost fine coming out of the procedure. others take much longer. I did mine withno Sedatives at all...DONT DO THAT, unless you like gagging retching and burping on end while having a tube stuffed down your throat and saliva pour out of your mouth like a waterfall. its quite , fun. NOT. lol Good

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I hate hate hate IV's , I had no problem starting lines on other people , but not on me. My sister was or is an ER nurse and one time when i ws in the er they tried to start a line and this nurse just kept jabbing at me like i was a wayward pork chop. finally she stuck me hard, i yelped and over the course of the next 1/2 hour my hand turned into a football. She had jabbed me in a nerve bundle and when i got to my floor the IV was sticking straight up out of my hand. causing the nurses on the floor to gasp, and rip it out replacing it, and after 11 tries they got another line in.

But my hands were black and blue for two weeks. It turns out the nurse who first screwed up, hated my sister and exacted revenge through me. I got a written letter of apology for that from the director of nursing. But the second was i went in for my shoulder surgery and the anesthesiologist was brand new and shadowing a really establish anesthesiologist, so she tried 18 times to get a line, the one she got in was on the side of my hand and i screamed like a baby.

Wow did that hurt. so as a result i hate IV's so when i went for the endo, i mentioned how much i hated them and my blood pressure shot up so the nurse said, "well we don't have to sedate you , you can do it without the sedation". So i agreed

the rest is history. lol

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When they put me under, it was literally like I blinked my eyes closed and open them again. It seemed to go that quick. Other than a little scratchiness in my throat - which I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been expecting it, everything went fine. I could have driven myself home if I had to. In 2 hours, it was like it never happened.

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When they put me under, it was literally like I blinked my eyes closed and open them again. It seemed to go that quick. Other than a little scratchiness in my throat - which I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been expecting it, everything went fine. I could have driven myself home if I had to. In 2 hours, it was like it never happened.

Same here. Easy peasy. Didn't even have a scratchy throat. Went to the diner for a really nice Breakfast afterwards ☺️

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