I am sick again and I have gone to another Dr. to address stuff my so called "specialist" doesn't seem to bothered with (no details someone might read this while eating lol). Anyhow I have lost 10lbs in less then 2 weeks and I keep running a temp over 100. Some of you who know me know I have been sick in the past with Ulcerative Colitis. Well this new Dr. thinks I may have Crohns instead of Colitis and won't know till I have the upper GI.

Thanks for any comments and I was at least excercising and eating better before I got sick again this year so it has been bad but not as bad as it could have been. I know this is a touchy subject but if anyone wants to talk about it or have had the procedure I would very interested in knowing what happened. If you just want to IM me too is fine. Later all.

-ACB

Upper GI is nothing to worry about, Vile. I had it done a few years back (Ulcerated stomach lining). Just a very thin fiberoptic camera goes in the mouth, down the throat and looks around.

I Didn't even need any anesthetic, though that is decided on a personal basis. At any rate, was told that nobody gets put under for it. At most you would be given some medication to numb the throat to stop 'gag reflex' from occuring. There was really nothing to it, about an hour and a half in the doctor's office altogether. No pain at all.

Attached Link: http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=859

If you are interested in finding anything out on the upper GI the site link i posted may be of some use. All the best mate i hope they find the cause of you illness, wife and i will be thinking of you.

CD

Well, I had a nasal endoscopy, they wanted to take a peak at my sinuses see why they bug me all the time. It tickled and made me sneaze, they found nothing worth mentioned, and continued me on nose spray....  It was a rather bah humbug experience. The cool part was that I got to see the inside of my head on a TV screen...  It's all pink, which was disappoiting because my fave color isn't pink. :P 

The tube is about 3-4 milimiter thick... thinner then a tequila worm. They'll make you swallow it, if I remember right, it's no worse then opening your throat to down a mug'o'beer ;)
What I'm getting at, there was nothing to the procedure...

Hope your tummy feels better very soon, and that the doc's take a good care of you!
Hugz, Connie

I had a proceedure with (hope I don't kill the word) an endoscope...  They put it in your mouth and down it goes...  One doctor gave me some drug, people sell them out on the streets, before the proceedure and man, when can I come back again..... ..   You never feel anything... You just keep smiling... 

all in the doctors office so don't you worry about it....   This is not a big deal....  I'd tell you right off..

I hope i am talking about the same proceedure and I think I am.....

Quote - ...The tube is about 3-4 milimiter thick... thinner then a tequila worm...

I think that's where I got the ulcers to begin with. :lol:

@ Vile what you need to know is this:  Renderosity not only has artistic talent, they are a bunch of wonderful peope willing to help....

Did I mention complicated and sometimes sick and in need of medical assistance.....

Buck up my friend, not knowing is the most most un-nerving part of any medical treatment. With all of us here and our personal experience, now the battle's half over. Oh, and this procedure is much less un-nerving than a lower. :)

Hope you're feeling better soon.

Sorry to hear you're not well. Hope it gets better for you soon. Good luck with the proceedure!

Yeah, I need to get an upper GI every other year (and a lower every five years, but you don't want to hear about that).  I have Barrett's Esophogus - a potentially pre-cancerous condition caused by ignoring serious (and painful) acid reflux for way too long. 

Upperb GI's no big deal.  You''ll do just fine.

Not to worry Vile, I've had the proceedure done and although one is opt to be nervous before any medical proceedure it turns out there was nothing to it. First the intraveinous sedetive they gave me just about put me out and I remember almost nothing of the entire episode. Was left to recover from the medication a few minutes and went home as if nothing had happened with nothing to show but the bandaid on my arm where they gave me the sedetive. Just went back for the results a couple weeks later and showed me the cool pics. No reason to worry.

Yeah, like has been stated, nothing to worry about,........................they may give you "twilight sleep" medication (usually Feyntnal and Versed, the 1st being a light narcotic, the second being a benzodiazipam),.........you will be just on the edge unconsiousness but still awake,........they will most likely put a plastic "cage" in your mouth(to prevent you from biting down on the scope),.........the actual exam will take around 15 - 30 minutes and because of the meds you won't remember anything. Good luck,.........hope things get better soon.

Spoiler: Gross

No no meds, it's fun at the end when they pull it out and you get the quick little gag reflex, you can puke in the doc's lap... paybaaack... MUAHAHAHAHAHA  :P
If you were a female, I'd tell you it's really no worse then gagging over a BJ... ;)

Well there you go.  It doesn't sound like it'll be all that bad.  It may even be amusing in a morbid sort of way.  :)

BTW, I recently saw a demonstration on some documentary type show.  A guy swallowed a tiny camera the size of a large vitamin pill and was able to watch it progress through his alimentary canal.  I thought that was pretty cool.  I wanted to see the camera make the final exit and subsequent splashdown but they cut to commercial, lol.  I only mention this because maybe instead of a tube this type of camera would be available for the diagnosis?

Connie my girlfriend was reading your post over my shoulder and just exploded with laughter.  You've got a wicked sense of humor!  :)

My wife used to have it done. It was for like Terry was talking about but they called it a shotskis ring. They used to run a black plastic tube about 24" long (thats about 2/3 meter for you metric types) to stretch the ring back out before it closed up her throat. They would do an endoscopy before and after to see where they were going and check if they had mucked anything up afterwords. Teresa used to have it done without anestetic. She was always kind of a masochist that way and she wanted to watch the neat pictures on the monitor.

Even without anestetic the endoscopy part is not too bad. You will probably get twilite sleep. This used to be demerol and versid but fentanyl is in the same family.squeze my hand and count to ten and out you go. You wake up and think what happened?

Crohns, can be a pita but my daughter was diagnosed with it - during an op for suspected appendicitis - when they found out - they took the appendix as well, while they were at it.

She had a long recovery but is doing so well, that she is due to have a baby at the end of November - and for a while there no one thought it would be possible.  Now I don't expect you fancy giving birth, lol!  but it just shows that things aren't always as bad as you first think.

Good luck Vile, whatever it turns out to be.

My mom has had chrohns. It can be be scarey. There is also a blood test for chrohns so check with the doctor about that.  I've had a scope put down my throat. no anesticia(sp) Wasn't fun, but didn't hurt. they pumped air in my stomach and told me not to burp. Yeah right, just try not burping when a big gust of air fills up your tummy. Not sure if they still put air in. Mine was done about 15 yrs ago. I'm sure they've made improvements.

Anyhow, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that whatever is causing your ailment isn't too serious. If you do have chrohn's and would like to talk, just IM me. Problem with chrohns is that it varies enormously from person to person.

Angela

I am back! Thanks for all of your support! So yeah I was a little nervous when I got in there. I even was able to leave my shoes on for the procedure so very out patient but I would not recommend not having a driver. 

Just so we are clear though some Doctors are pompous asses. This Dr. had no bed side manner at all.

As far as the Endoscopy its self I remember the first second of the procedure the part when the nurse gave me the sedative (but I was already tired from not sleeping or eating in a couple of days).Then I zonked right out. I woke up in the recovery area and then was a mess the rest of the day.

Apparently I was absolutely amazed that we had pumpkins!!! I was all “LOOK PUMPKINS WHEN DID WE GET THOSE?” I was told about 3 times after each time I asked. My daughter thought it was really funny to “test” dad on what color shirt he was wearing and after 3 tries I got it right! That stuff really messes you up.  

I don’t know anything yet and I am still the same but at least the nausea is gone and I have been able to eat a little. I took the day off today as the sedative didn’t seem to wear off until around 9-10 last night and then I slept terrible.

Thanks for the support probably just a bad case of my Colitis so no worries I deal with it once or twice really bad ones a year.

Oh yeah one last thing they do pump you full of air.

I am now known as Dad the Fart machine sorry TMI TMI lol

Abeverage

Oh one other thing is this was just about the same as when they go in wrong direction for a colonoscopy. Both they gave me medication that was like a 12pack being squeezed into a tiny syringe.

WIPE out city I remember nothing so for all I know they could have had naked dancing monkeys performing Shakespeare in the park on my tummy. Which is really unnerving when you think about it, but I guess they took pictures that prove Elvis was not in the room and they really did the procedure. But now I am more then certain where people get those “Alien Abduction” stories. That stuff is powerful!

Yeah,.............it's called Versed, a benzodiazepam dirivative,.............I asked if I could have a bottle to take home,............the doc looked at me and said Uhhh,............NO ! Glad everything went ok for you.

Sackrat you could have ask for a doze.. but oh..no!  a bottle,,,,,