So you guys know I had been really really scared about my endoscopy last week, I had pretty much every fear you could have about it. I was scared that I would react to a medicine, scared that I'd stop breathing or my heart would stop, scared that they wouldn't be able to get the camera down, scared of being sedated, pretty much i was terrified of every aspect of getting an endoscopy and I just wanted to say if any of you are scared, don't be. I went through a lot of really unnecessary panic.
It was over very quickly, I didn't feel any of it at all, I don't remember any of it.
To go into detail, I got there that morning, I cried and hyperventilated literally from the time I woke up to right before I was put out (they put me under general anesthesia, I know most endoscopies are conscious anesthesia but they insisted that they do general).
They took my vitals and all my info, went very into detail on my allergies, concerns, and health issues. They got me set up with an IV, had me change into a gown from the waist up, and a few minutes later I was being wheeled into the endoscopy room. They put all the monitors on me (heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen), they got their equipment ready, the doctor came in, the anesthesiologist and their assistant came in and talked to me. They knew that I was very very scared of being sedated and they talked me through every single step of it, explained that it would just feel like a really good nap. The assistant hooked my IV up to some anxiety medicine and I started to panic as getting any kind of medicine scares me, she did tell me that it would burn, and it did, but within seconds, I didn't care. I was just happy. They told me to roll over on my side and put a mouth guard in, and that's the last thing that I remember.
I woke up eating and laughing. They just dilated my throat a good bit and said they saw slight acid reflux, but that was all. I can eat again after not getting to eat for two months.