I'm super nervous about getting this done but I know I need it to get my surgery and it's the last thing I need to have.... I've never been put to sleep by anesthesia and im freaking out!!!! Am I making this a bigger deal than what I need too!!!?? And then my doctor tells me no need to panic it's the same drugs they gave Michael Jackson but you will be supervised and also it's like us putting you in a comma!!!!! WTH ????????????????????

BlessedBeyondMeassure

That's the way mine was done back in 1998. I remember gaging and feeling a wee bit uncomfortable but nothing major.

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I thought that was how it would be done this time as well... Until my Dr told me at consult that I'd be very sleepy and probably wouldn't remember a thing. I like this way better.. Hahahahahaha

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Thank you everyone had it done today and it was a breeze

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Whoa! Hold up! You need to be under anesthesia to get the EGD??? Just what is this EGD? I'm getting one on 6/10 and didn't realize I need to be under! Argh!!

Can you drive after wards or should I have someone come get me?

I had one years ago and I was nervous too. It's super easy though, and over before you know it

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Very easy!!!! I just made a big deal cause being put to sleep was my biggest fear and I never have been before

BlessedBeyondMeassure

Whoa! Hold up! You need to be under anesthesia to get the EGD??? Just what is this EGD? I'm getting one on 6/10 and didn't realize I need to be under! Argh!!

Can you drive after wards or should I have someone come get me?

I was required to bring someone with me to drive me home. But I actually wasn't that groggy once I woke up.

You have to bring someone in - and you don't want to eat or drink after midnight - done things to remember, but easy !

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It's super easy. I just had it done today. You go in and it's over before you know it. Promise!

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You sign something saying you won't drive in the next 24 hours. Otherwise you could get a DUI. I woke up and felt fine, then felt slow for a couple hours, but feel fine nonetheless. Don't worry at all. Have someone drive you and bring you back home.

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Question?? I had mine today and the night before nothing to eat/drink and my doctor told me only liquids after the procedure until tomorrow morning. Is this normal? I'm hungry!!

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Yes it's normal nothing can be in your tummy at all

BlessedBeyondMeassure

I know you've already had it, but I like to clear things up about propofol (the drug Michael Jackson was taking). It is actually an incredible drug. I was an ICU nurse, and we used it all the time for patients on ventilators. It is the best of the twilight sedation meds for GI procedures. It is safe when used in a monitored situation (which GI procedures always are) and it clears out of your system very quickly (but you still need someone else to drive). What made it so unsafe for MJ was that he was using it inappropriately and was not being monitored.

Yes of course and I agree to that.

BlessedBeyondMeassure

is that normal for getting sleeved? i had an upper gi done tuesday but i just drank a ton of barium and they checked for hernias, my swallowing, my stomach and made sure the mucosa was normal.

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