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I'm having a gastroscopy in 10 days time, and I'm getting anxious about it. I've been asked whether I'd like to be sedated or just have the throat numbed. If any of you have had this procedure, could you please tell me what it's like. I have been told it's not painful but quite uncomfortable. Not sure to have sedative or not. Apparently takes 2-4 minutes. Tia.
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I had it done with my throat numbed. It was awful. No pain but I felt like I was choking. On the other hand I had a friend who had it done the same way and he said he felt nothing at all.
If I remember it right it was all over in about 5 mins.
With the sedative you're not allowed to drive so you have to wait until the effects wear off.
Sorry that's the best I can do.
I had it done with my throat numbed. It was awful. No pain but I felt like I was choking. On the other hand I had a friend who had it done the same way and he said he felt nothing at all.
If I remember it right it was all over in about 5 mins.
With the sedative you're not allowed to drive so you have to wait until the effects wear off.
Sorry that's the best I can do.
I've had it done twice, both times with sedative and it was a doddle. The first time I remember having my throat sprayed (lignocaine I think) and it tasted foul. I had to bite on a block and the next thing I knew, I was being woken up. They do say that you're not asleep as you can follow instructions, i.e. swallow, but you have no memory of it. Husband was with me so no problem about driving home afterwards.
Had mine today, no sedative, just the spray to numb the throat. All in all fairly unpleasant but it's all over and done with in less than ten minutes, and the effect of the spray wore off after another half hour or so. Seems I've got to be checked again in a couple of years and I'll just have the spray again next time.
I rather think the decision about having the sedative is a very personal one depending on how you feel about it, if you're at all apprehensive go for the sedative, if your relaxed about I just have the spray. From your posts Patsy it sounds as though you might well be a bit worried about it, go with a someone who can look after you and drive you home afterwards and have the sedative.
Best of luck with it, after it's all over you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.
I rather think the decision about having the sedative is a very personal one depending on how you feel about it, if you're at all apprehensive go for the sedative, if your relaxed about I just have the spray. From your posts Patsy it sounds as though you might well be a bit worried about it, go with a someone who can look after you and drive you home afterwards and have the sedative.
Best of luck with it, after it's all over you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.