What was your EGD like?

MichelleNC
on 2/19/13 6:35 am

I go into the hospital for mine due to my BMI. My mom said I will be loopy not asleep and just swallow and don't fight it. Yea right not fight something in my throat. We're you awake or asleep? Did it last long? Tell me the good the bad.....I want to be prepared. Thanks

Michelle
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(deactivated member)
on 2/19/13 6:38 am

RNY on 04/18/12

I didn't remember a thing. Really, you most likely won't ever remember it happening. They drug you up pretty well.

poet_kelly
on 2/19/13 6:39 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I was asleep. I told them they needed to sedate me really well or I would freak out. I have PTSD and told them I would probably have a flash back and it would be ugly if I was awake at all.

Didn't take long at all. I'd say I was out less than 30 minutes. Last thing I remember was my surgeon moving my hair out of the way.

Talk to your doc about your concerns, not your mom, since she won't be the one deciding how much sedative to give you.

Kelly

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Oxford Comma Hag
on 2/19/13 7:22 am

RNY on 09/12/11

I remember my surgeon saying good morning, then the next thing I knew, the nurse was helping me sit up and offering me some water. I slept on the ride home and for a few hours after I got home. Then I got up and ate something.

I've had two of them, and they both went that way. Easier than falling off a log.

My mom tried to tell me the same thing, and when I asked when she'd had hers done, she told me it was sometime in the late 80s. So times have changed. I don't know if your mom's experience was recent or not.

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MichelleNC
on 2/19/13 7:30 am

My moms was in the 80's your so right. I am to the point of give me the scalpel I will do this surgery this has even a long time coming. The EGD freaked me out if I would be awake....thanks Ladies!

Michelle
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vivking48
on 2/19/13 7:36 am - MN

RNY on 08/01/12

Just had one yesterday. It was a breeze. I was totally out.

Highh

Winnie_the_Pooh
on 2/19/13 7:49 am

RNY on 06/08/11

I was asleep for the whole thing. Then slept most of the day after that.

Winnie

Mandy R.
on 2/19/13 7:57 am - Callahan, FL

RNY on 11/07/11

I was asleep

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