endoscopathy, have you or someone you know had one?

Elyzabeth

Elyzabeth

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Would like personal feedback on this one !

Thanks,
Elyzabeth
 

Because of a family history of gut cancer my husband has regular endoscopy and colonoscopy examinations. The former picked up that he had the helicobacter pylori bacteria in his stomach and this was treated. His long term "nervous dyspepsia" immediately went away.

The procedure is by day surgery and only requires someone to drive you home as you might still be a bit groggy. Fasting is required for the colonoscopy and probably for the endoscopy as well.

What else do you want to know?
 
I believe both my mother and my sister had one done, they both had problems with the esophagus. As my mother became older, she had a crook in her esophagus, which caused her to often choke while eating, even when taking small bites. They said that aging is what causes the esophagus to weaken sometimes and cause problems. My sister had issues with acid reflux, that's why she had the procedure, she's now on daily antacid medication from the doctor.
 

I get endoscopic exams yearly because I have Barrettes Esophagus. (Its pretty detailed, so feel free to look it up.) I just had mine about a month ago. No big deal. You go twilight, which means you are just barely out and the doctor does his thing. You don't feel or know anything. Afterwards, you get color pictures of what he was looking at and an explanation of what he did or didn't find, prognosis or treatments as the case may be and so on.

After my last exam, the doctor told me that I could go three years before the next exam.
 
Elyzabeth,
It's just as Oldman said, you don't know a thing! There's no after-discomfort either. I had both endo & colon scopes done simultaneously; piece of cake. Fortunately, everything was okay.
 
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