anyone ever have an upper endoscopy?

[IcyPeas]

if so, what was your experience like? getting one tomorrow due to some swallowing/throat problems. I went to an ENT first and he didn't find anything. You get to go under twilight sleep then put the camera/light down your esophagus.

I'm almost hoping they find something wrong so they can fix it. It sometimes feels like I have a blob in my throat - but there is nothing there.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear IcyPeas...

I had one several years ago...

My GI doc wanted to check me out as well as do the colonoscopy for the other end, so I said sure.

You will be unconscious, so you won't feel anything.

They don't take very long either...

Good luck!

And I sure hope they figure out what's wrong...

:hug:

[IcyPeas]

5. thanks California Peggy

I'm just going to do the upper for now.

[City of Mills]

2. Yep, maybe a year ago

No big deal, you're sedated, you shouldn't feel a thing. Got some neat looking pictures of stuff down my throat too :) Unfortunately(?) it didn't really 'find' anything that was causing my discomfort.

[IcyPeas]

6. watched some videos...

of this procedure on youtube (is there anything that youtube doesn't have?)

it's frustrating when they don't find anything, isn't it? good news/bad news

[old mark]

3. Icy- I had the other end done after avoiding it for over a decade...

It was nothing. I was talking with the nurse anesthetist about making hamburgers when I got home, and next thing I knew I was talking with the doctor back in recovery and it was all over.

mark

[IcyPeas]

7. funny. you were thinking about food at the time...

nice to get these things over with though.

[old mark]

12. The prep and not eating was the hardest part...nt

[Moondog]

4. Yes. The experience was a non-event as I was "out"

Well, actually, a chemically induced "twilight". Had a colonoscopy while I was at it because, as the gastroenterologist put it, "you're going to be asleep anyway."

The prep for the colonoscopy sucked, as anyone will tell you.

If it weren't for that, the endoscopy would have been a non-event. Mine revealed happy results. Hopefully yours will too. Good luck, best wishes, and positive vibes headed your way . . . .

[IcyPeas]

8. yeah, i have heard about the prep for that procedure.

at least I only have to fast from midnight tonight so that's easy.

My immature mind keeps thinking if they did them simultaneously would the cameras meet in the middle (sorry, it's my mind - I can't control it sometimes)

[Moondog]

9. Interesting mental image, with the two cameras.

Well, better that than one camera that they use at one end, and then the other. Heh.

Pretty sure they don't do two cameras simultaneously - same doc is "aiming" it, and I'm pretty sure that however much of a multi-tasker (s)he thinks (s)he is, they can't do both at the same time.

Well, best wishes and good luck tomorrow. Let us know how you are afterwards.

Oh, and nice GIF. Hope you don't mind, but I'm borrowing a copy . . . .

[MiddleFingerMom]

10. If they're using the same camera for both... make sure you tell the doc to START with the UPPER end!

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[CrawlingChaos]

11. I had one - it was a breeze

As others have said, a non-event. I was sort of half-awake/half-asleep, as I expect you will be too - it was not distressing or painful at all.

I hope you get some answers that can help you! Did your doctor talk about globus pharyngeus?

[IcyPeas]

13. Yes. they did mention "globus"

He said it's not unusual for women in their 50s... (me) and my new GI doctor mentioned it too.

I had 2 terrible sinus infections this past year and was on a lot of strong antibiotics and this "sensation" all of a sudden happened after that. I am worried it upset the stomach bacteria so much that is has caused this "acid reflux" or whatever is causing this. I don't fit the acid reflux profile at all.

If they tell me it's globus I will be very upset. I have convinced myself it had something to do with my sinus infections and antibiotics.

thanks for your input CrawlingChaos.

[JeffersonChick]

14. Is that anything like an upper GI?

Because I'm going to be getting one in the next couple of weeks.