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VERY anxious about endoscopy tomorrow

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Fonck07
Fonck07

hey everyone, I have a scheduled endoscopy for tomorrow and I'm very anxious about it. that's all I can think about. I barely got any sleep last night and I don't think tonight is going to be any different. I was told I was going to be sedated but I've never undergone through any medical procedure so I guess this is all very unknown to me. I've read several posts here with good experiences and bad. I guess what I want is what to expect from an endoscopy under sedation. thanks for taking your time reading this

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  • denise71557
    denise71557 Fonck07

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    Did they take a biopsy? Wonder if they could be the pain? They did 3 biopsies on me but I never had any pain.
  • yasmin78959
    yasmin78959 Fonck07

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    I'm considering cancelling my endoscopy. I'm so scared and also petrified of catching covid. I'm 17 stone so I'm really worried about the effects of covid. Hellllp!!

  • anne53212
    anne53212 Fonck07

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    DONT cancel! i almost did too but then i told myself to just show up and decide once in there depending how reassured i felt. SO happy i did it and its now over with. THERE was literally nothing to it. Out cold. NO memory or feeling of anything. I had a female doctor performing the endoscopy which i requested and she was great, reassured me i would be 100 percent asleep for the entire 5 minutes and i was. THEY used propofol and no side effects! My results were normal which was a bit surprising but so comforting.

    Do it. You will be so happy you did

  • joshuapryce1987
    joshuapryce1987 Fonck07

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    It depends if it is sedation or non sedation, if it is the latter you will experience more issues after the diagnosis. Temporary problems of course.

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