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Newme17    3,444

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5 minutes ago, kins117 said:

I have mine scheduled for next Tuesday and I'm irrationally nervous. I hate people touching my neck/throat so I'm just totally on edge. I hope the anesthesia makes me 100% out of it.

You should be fine. The only discomfort I had was the anesthesia med going through my iv/hand wasn't pleasant (about 5 sec), but I was out before I knew it anyway. I was totally out after that--don't know what they did. LOL No discomfort afterwards either. I was a little tired but that was it.

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ThickGirl5683    318

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I didn't feel a thing. I was put under but breathing on my own.

They said I may have some throat discomfort afterwards, but nothing for me.

SW 372 GW 260



Where you put to sleep? I'm trying to decide if u need someone to drive me.



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PatientEleventyBillion    851

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1 hour ago, ThickGirl5683 said:

Thank you so much


Here's a relevant part of the discharge papers I was given for my EGD:

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- So going in I already had an IV in my wrist, nothing attached

- Was already on a bed they just moved it into surgery room

- My surgeon was the one doing the EGD

- Was sprayed in the back of my mouth twice with the spray.. had to swallow, felt like I was gonna swallow my tongue

- Was told to lay on my side, they had some instrument with a mid sized hole (for scope) I had to put my mouth on

- Then was told sedative was coming and I'd feel like a bunch of beers would hit me, might be better to close my eyes

- Closed my eyes, woke up in the same day surgery room I had been waiting in for my turn

They gave me pictures of the EGD and it went perfectly fine. I also asked the surgeon for pictures/video of my surgery as I wanted to see what it looked like inside my gut.

After this procedure I've had a sore throat since but it's going away.

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sherri~    77

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I didn't know anything that was going on for my EGD. it was a very calm experience. Except I apparently agreed to schedule a colonoscopy as I was going under. Which was without incident as well.

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sherri~    77

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I didn't know anything that was going on for my EGD. it was a very calm experience. Except I apparently agreed to schedule a colonoscopy as I was going under. Which was without incident as well.

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ThickGirl5683    318

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I go for my gallbladder ultra on Saturday. What IF they see something bad with it, will they take it out at the same time of my surgery?



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Berry78    4,259

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I go for my gallbladder ultra on Saturday. What IF they see something bad with it, will they take it out at the same time of my surgery?






Many times they will. You'll just have to ask.



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shy1    34

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I go for my gallbladder ultra on Saturday. What IF they see something bad with it, will they take it out at the same time of my surgery?




This just happened to me today. I had my US a week ago and met with the surgeon today. The US shows that I have gallstones so they are planning to remove my gallbladder at the time of my VSG surgery. My dr. did bump up my EGD to next Monday because he doesn't want to wait too long and have something go wrong with the stones. Hopefully you will be fine but if they do find something they will take care of it. Good luck!

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1poundatatime    174

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10 hours ago, ThickGirl5683 said:


Where you put to sleep? I'm trying to decide if u need someone to drive me.


I work in endoscopy. With the drugs we give you are considered to be impair post-prodecure for 24 hours. It can definitely be done without drugs though. It isn't painful, just gaggy, but it very quick - minutes only.

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