Has anyone been through a gastroscopy surgery?

I’ve had 4 gastros and am going for another feb12. They are nothing to worry about. You sleep thru it and feel a little dozy after. Some doctors spray your throat with a baaad tasting fluid to numb it, some don’t. I’ve had both ways. You will have a wee bit of a sore throat, otherwise you won’t know it happened by evening. In my case they biopsy some tissue each time but they may just be looking for you.

If you have a sensitive gag reflex you may remember some unpleasantness related to that, but you are sedated, and it is a blurred memory.

@faye @pdworkin Thank you (=

I’ve had it twice and both times I was sedated to the point of not being aware of it at all. I had a slight sore throat for a day or two afterwards.

@downtide Thank you (=

Just to add – I went for gastroscopy a few days ago and I wanted to put up details of the process here so that people who needed to know , will understand this procedure better . But the strange thing is , I don’t remember a single thing about it , like @downtide .

It is a good thing , isn’t it ?