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wellah    14

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I was hoping to go back to work afterwards, even though I scheduled someone to give me a ride there and back. However, I'm guessing that I'm going to have to take the whole work day off. Mine is on October 14th.

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hotmamma1979    42

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I work in surgery center we donendocscopies regularly, you are given narcotics and a sedative that has amnesesic properties, same as for a colonoscopy, you can't drive or make legal decisions but should be fine the next day. However everyone metabolizes drugs differently.

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Chicken Lady    102

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My endoscopy was in the afternoon/ I got a ride home and slept the rest of the evening and night.

I would not recommend going back to work the same day. No physical recovery- but foggy brain issue

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Ignatius    110

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I returned to work the next day with no issues, and I felt completely normal, minus being a bit tied, within a few hours.

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WLSResources/ClothingExch    3,444

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I had endoscopy a couple of weeks ago and felt like myself as soon as the anesthesia had completely worn off -- perhaps half an hour -- but didn't feel at all bad before. Went out to lunch with the friend who fetched me from the hospital. Throat was barely sore for a day or two -- similar to the feeling you get when a cold is coming on. I think I also had a slight bruised feeling with no visible sign at my lower lip or somewhere that the equipment pressed during the procedure??? I seem to recall taking a nap when I got home.

All in all nothing worth discussing. It seems to me that if one thinks about it after waking, it's worse.

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kristenmh    68

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i had an endoscopy this morning -- i arrived at 6am, went under at 8, was awake on on my way home by 9am. i was a little wobbly for an hour or two, but got back to work by noon. i did work from home, just in case.

my throat is definitely sore -- but tylenol is helping alot.

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gemigirl    134

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I felt fine after the endoscopy but I was drugged up. Took the day off and was fine the next day.

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nickisleeve    127

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I was hoping to go back to work afterwards, even though I scheduled someone to give me a ride there and back. However, I'm guessing that I'm going to have to take the whole work day off. Mine is on October 14th.

Mine is scheduled for the 14th as well.

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QueenOfTheTamazons    634

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I had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy and was completely loopy the rest of the day.

But when i had my endoscopy for surgery, my aunt picked me up (cause i needed someone), we went to olive garden for food and then she dropped me off at my car and i drove myself 45 miles home. No issues at all...

Why the difference? Who knows. Maybe they gave me stronger stuff on the meet in the middle.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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