r/Endoscopy

I’ve struggled with health anxiety for as long as I could remember. Tomorrow I am scheduled for an endoscopy early in the morning and was told by my doctor it’s only a 5 minute procedure. I’ve had anesthesia/sedation before but not when my anxiety was this bad. I believe my anxiety causes high blood pressure, so I’m nervous the procedure will be canceled if I am too nervous and my BP skyrockets. What makes me nervous the most is not so much the procedure itself but the unknown of what could be found. Am I over thinking this? Anyone have any similar experiences with endoscopy?

I’ve never felt this much pain in my life (although I’m not too experienced in the pain department thankfully). Thankfully if I’m sorta just not doing anything there’s little to no pain but if I even want to swallow saliva the pain is terrible. They gave me some kind of pain killer numbing thing and all that did for me was make me extremely uncomfortable for like 45 minutes. It numbed every part of my mouth and throat except for the part that actually hurts near the upper chest. Just wondering when this goes away. Or when does it at least start to subside a little. All I want to do right now is chug a gallon of water but every little sip I take is so incredibly painful

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I had an endoscopy on Tuesday and since then my back and ribs hurt so bad like someone has crushed my chest. It hurts to sit up, bending down and bending to sit down, and to take deep breaths.

I had a polyp removed and an esophageal dilation. I also did wake up coughing for a bit, so I'm wondering if this caused some rib bruising or if maybe I fought the scope while I was under.

I was also wondering when I should worry? Like if I'm still hurting this bad next Tuesday should I call the ER?

It is Tuesday and my procedure is on Thursday.
I know I can call the nurse and ask but figured I’d ask here real quick with other peoples experience.

Am I still okay to go if I ate a blended strawberry, coconut milk and banana smoothie bowl? I ate a few coconut flakes and maybe a tablespoon of granola.

Should I be good by Thursday for a successful procedure or am I screwed because I had fibrous fruit and bits of granola? TIA!

I am a very constipated person and I am getting my upper endoscopy in 2 days.
No colonoscopy.
I’m worried I won’t be able to produce a BM before the procedure. Will everything be okay if I haven’t produced a BM for 3 days leading up to the procedure?
I thought that maybe since they’re mostly just concerned with my stomach emptying before the procedure, any constipation that going on beyond my stomach and just stuck in my intestines I’d still be okay for the procedure?

Hello!

M/60. On May 1, I had an endoscopy after visiting a Hematologist on April 22nd for iron deficient anemia. Was given a referral to see a Gastroenterologist for an endoscopy. I had a colonoscopy nearly two years ago, and nothing was found.

On April 28th, I had an appointment with the same GI doctor that did my colonoscopy, and he was able to schedule the endoscopy for May 1st. (This was in Manhattan)

Had the procedure, but now I have two bruises on my right arm - the upper arm bruise is larger, and has lots of red spots and orange splotches. The lower arm bruise is smaller but darker and more concentrated.

Result of the endoscopy was no internal bleeding, but have gastritis and waiting for biopsies.

I'm pretty sure this was the site(s) of where the anesthesia was administered. Luckily, it doesn't hurt.

Is this normal? I don't recall if I had bruises after the colonoscopy, but it just looks weird to me. Unfortunately, I can't attach a picture.

Thanks for any info.

Hi everyone,

I’m having a scheduled upper endoscopy at 2PM but my wife is only able to pick up at 5pm. Will hospital cancel my appointment because of this?

Last time I did this, I was able to wake up and got discharged around 3:30pm. Will the hospital charge more for 2 extra hours in recovery room?