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paddyw
paddyw NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 93
edited 28. Jul 2012, 19:22 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi May have to have Endoscopy, can anyone help me ,about the procedure,quite scared, it seems so awful thinking about it help! Paddyw

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  • janjankay58
    janjankay58 NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 44
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi jean i had a endoscopy 2 weeks ago i had the sedative and i was
    fine i didn't gag at all and that was what i was worried about are you thinking of having the sedative? If you are you should be ok.

    jan x
  • paddyw
    paddyw NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 93
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Jan,Thanks for reply If i have to have it i shall have the sedative thanks once again PATW
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,446
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Have the sedative!

    it is such a scary sounding procedure and yet such an important one they can tell so much from them.

    Good luck :D


    Toni xxx
  • magenta
    magenta NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 1,604
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi,

    I've had several and I've taken the sedation every time. It's over pretty quickly but you have to stay in hospital for a bit afterwards. Just a couple of hours and they'll give you a cup of tea and something to eat. You'll have to have someone to collect you and be with you after the procedure.

    Let us know when it is and we'll be there for pocket duties,

    Magenta x
  • tillytop
    tillytop NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello PaddyW

    As the others have said, if you have the sedation hopefully you will be fine. Both my husband and I have had endoscopies and both of us agreed that with the sedation you literally know nothing about it. I know it is a scary procedure but I would be far less worried if I had to have it again, knowing how effective the sedation was.

    Really good luck with it.

    Tillyxxx
  • sugarbuttie
    sugarbuttie NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 225
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Definitely have the sedation if you are offered it.

    I had one last year without sedation & I can honestly say it was the most horrific experience of my life - worse than child birth. There is no way I would consider having it again without being sedated.

    PS I had one years ago under sedation & it was completely fine - you feel nothing at all & are aware of nothing.

    If you are having sedation...you have nothing to worry about at all. Take it from someone who has had it with & without!
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi PatW
    Sorry I cant offer any help, but I just want to add my support and wish you well with it, hope it all goes well xx
    Love
    Barbara
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Paddy I've had a few endoscopy's over the last 18mnths , and I agree with everyone have the sedation and before you know it you will wake up and it would have been done. Hence I'm not going to go into the details of the procedure! Good luck hope they can sort it out for you and everything goes fine for you.
  • paddyw
    paddyw NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 93
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Many Thanks everyone for your input They do offer sedation dont they? dont think i cope if not many thanks once again Pat w
  • pinkbritishstars
    pinkbritishstars NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 731
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I have had two endoscopies this year both with throat spray - I wish I'd had the sedation.

    Hope it goes well for you.

    Take Care

    Pink xx
  • kellerman
    kellerman NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 741
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi,
    If you aren't offered the sedation ask for it. Its available in every hospital but you won't be given it if you don't have some-one with you to drive you home.
    I think the idea is worse than the procedure.....but I've never had one although I've been with plenty of people who did.
    Good luck.....May
  • Annah
    Annah NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 92
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    My daughter had one recently and was offered gas-and-air (Entonox). Unlike sedation, it wears off quickly (she had an exam the next day) and you don't need a stay in hospital as it's effects are almost instantaneous. It also doesn't require an anaesthetist present, as they use Entonox for first aid situations and childbirth, of course.

    We felt the Entonox was a fabulous idea - apparently, it's a new idea in that hospital, for minor procedures. My daughter giggled a lot (its laughing gas), was very relaxed and although she reports the endoscopy as painful, she couldn't really remember it afterwards.

    As I'm terrible with sedation (have a tendency to go psychotic! ), its definitely something I'd request if I were having a procedure like an endoscopy.

    Do ask for it - the hospital may think its an odd idea, but for them its much cheaper and for you it means a faster recovery.

    My daughter's test was clear and I hope yours will be too.
  • vonski
    vonski NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 1,292
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi

    I've had several and was never offered a sedative, didn't know at the time you could have one. I had the spray and wasn't even told how long I should keep it, the 1st one was awful as I'd held the spray too long. Second time I asked the nurse first what I should do and asked for a bit of extra spray. That one was easy and no pain so was the 1st the nurses fault for not talking me through it or mine ? Don't panic though just go with sedation if you feel that's best.
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Sorry I canot help with your thread but wanted to say hello to Vonski :D and to say that she knows what she is talking about. As she says she has had a few endoscopies in her time.

    If I have the offer of being sedated for anything in a hospital I always say, yes please. We are all different though.

    You look after yourself,

    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • diamond
    diamond NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 396
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I have had two done both with throat spray,first was fine second was horrible kept choking i suppose it could depend on who is doing the scope.If i ever need another i would certainly ask for sedation.Good Luck .
  • 7worlds
    7worlds NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 302
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hey,Paddyw.

    I had one done about a year ago and was the only one there that day who didnt have a sedation. I can honestly say i didnt mind it too much. I had a lovely nurse who held my hand throughout and it also meant no hanging about afterwards. However, reading most of the other posts, i seem to be in the minority.lol. You need to do what you feel you can cope with. Good luck with it whatever you do.

    7worlds
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,371
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Paddywack.
    i'm having one i have not got the date yet when is yours.
    take care i will be thinking of you.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • vonski
    vonski NonActiveMember5yrs Posts: 1,292
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi sorry don't mean to pinch your thread but just seen Elna and wanted to say hello and did she know Kath is home and staples out? Hope you are okay and no more falls.
    Love
    Vonski x

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