i went to my gastro appt today and i am scheduled for an endoscopy on May 26th... now im nervous as hell... should i be... ?? how is it???

really not bad at all. i was awake for the first one i had, had a little gagging, but was fine. they had to do a 2nd one found a band of skin that one i was put to sleep for. last about 1/2......is over very quickly. you will be fine.

good luck.

I've had several of them in the last year, and they are not bad at all. Very quick, actually. I wouldn't be worried at all.

HH

oh no... i dont even want to deal with gagging... YUCK!!!

I'm pretty sure mine was done while I was put under and my daughter had to take me and bring me back home. We have a facility that only does endoscopies and it's really nice and convenient. I'm not skittish about stuff like that though.

Here's what to expect. You will go to the hospital/surgical center/gastroenterology lab. They will give you a mild sedative (translation: you're not going to remember much). They will spray the back of your throat to supress any gag reflex, put a guiding mouthpiece between your teeth and slide the scope down. It's about as big around as a pencil and you'll be all happy from the sedation so it's a piece of cake!

Cathy explains it very well. Just remember to be calm and breathe thru your nose,that way you will avoid any gagging. Happy trails !!!