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  • Have You Ever Had An Endoscopy?

    I've got to have a camera down my throat to try and find the source of my health problems.

    Have you ever had one? If so, how was it? I'm sure it is not pleasant, but......

    Did you have the throat spray or the sedative?

    Help!

  • #2
    No, sorry, had one up the arris a few weeks ago, not nice but just about bearable. Have you tried 'Googling' for info? Hope it all goes well for you.
    All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
    Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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    • #3
      My dad had one a few years ago - no sedative and he says it was not pleasant but not unbearable.
      Happy Gardening,
      Shirley

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      • #4
        Had one at both ends
        Asked to have the throat done first
        The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
        Brian Clough

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        • #5
          The quacks think I have a hiatus hernia. So, I know that the 10 minutes of having the test will be worth it if I can get rid of my problems.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Glutton4... View Post
            No, sorry, had one up the arris a few weeks ago, not nice but just about bearable. Have you tried 'Googling' for info? Hope it all goes well for you.
            Ha ha!

            I had the same, a big male nurse came and sat on me to make sure I didn't move, he was needed.

            If I had the choice, throat any-day.
            "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

            Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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            • #7
              Have the throat spray it help a little bit.

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              • #8
                Never had one myself, but my mother had one about 2 months ago and got the sedative.

                I think she was more worried about choking on it than anything else...
                What would Delia do?

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                • #9
                  I had it a few years ago.. i had the spray seditive on my throat and the next thing i knew they were offering me tea and toast. Far easier than the camera up the other end.
                  Roger
                  Its Grand to be Daft...

                  https://www.youtube.com/user/beauchief1?feature=mhee

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                  • #10
                    I've had extensive surgery on my mouth and throat, including tubes down my throat: no spray or anything was even offered, I was just told to relax and swallow.
                    It's difficult, but if you can "still" your mind, really calm down, you can do it...if you don't relax it'll be worse and take longer.

                    Promise yourself a treat when you're all finished.
                    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                    • #11
                      I had one in the mid '80s, once on the bed and saw them coming at me with a petrol pipe I started to try and get off the bed wittering things like 'I'm fine, really I am' - 'You so ain't coming near me with that' etc etc

                      The Doc said to Nursey 'we have a stressful patient' ... STESSFUL, no sh!t Sherlock have you ever thought of giving up your day job and joining the Force, thought I

                      That is the last I remember, so either she poleaxed me or used a blow dart - either way, the sodding ulcer that I had gone in for them to find had b**gered orf and all that was left was some scaring.

                      Try not to panic, this was a long time ago - they don't use double-thickness petrol pipes now!

                      ETA: I am a medical coward
                      Last edited by piskieinboots; 04-10-2010, 06:37 AM.
                      aka
                      Suzie

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                      • #12
                        Now I am quite sure all that has been said has been of great comfort to you NOT Cosmo......I have had a uninary one - no problem. My OH has recently had 2 throat ones and he was pretty wary of it. However, his comment after was absolutley no problem. It didn't even give him a sore throat. Lay back and enjoy a bit of pampering lol

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
                          I had one in the mid '80s, once on the bed and saw them coming at me with a petrol pipe I started to try and get off the bed wittering things like 'I'm fine, really I am' - 'You so ain't coming near me with that' etc etc

                          The Doc said to Nursey 'we have a stressful patient' ... STESSFUL, no sh!t Sherlock have you ever thought of giving up your day job and joining the Force, thought I

                          That is the last I remember, so either she poleaxed me or used a blow dart - either way, the sodding ulcer that I had gone in for them to find had b**gered orf and all that was left was some scaring.

                          Try not to panic, this was a long time ago - they don't use double-thickness petrol pipes now!

                          ETA: I am a medical coward
                          Now THAT is an almost exact copy of what happens when someone comes at me wanting a blood sample from me, or to give me an injection!

                          I, too, am a medical coward!
                          All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                          Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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                          • #14
                            I've had both ends too. The lower end was no problem - the throat one was better once I realised I had to open my throat and swallow! Not a pleasant experience but not paintful, just uncomfy and it make me feel I wanted to throw up. Still, if it finds your problem it will be well worth it. 'Relax' is the best advice, easier said than done!

                            Look how many of us have had it done and we're all still here to tell the tale.
                            Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                            www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                            • #15
                              relax relax & relax (easier said than done) & you can ask for throat spay which makes it a little more bearable, as with these things its the thought of it which makes it worse
                              The love of gardening is a seed once sown never dies ...

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