i was prepared for an endoscopy without sedation. i couldn;t go through with it once on the table. ( felt stupid but they reassured me a lot of people are the same ) and ended up going back couple of weeks later and was sedated . came round after an hour and apart from a scratchy throat. was fine, i opted to get a lift. all the best x

Thanks for all your good wishes and thoughts everyone in the morning thread. I feel rather proud of myself now as I was so scared about this endoscopy this morning, and after the nurse had given me a chat before the procedure about trying to stay calm and not lash out as many people do if it gets too much for them, I was even more scared.
However I had it all done and I didn't even have any sedation, just the spray on the back of the throat. Apart from a bit of wretching, it was not too bad, although can't say I would want it again.
I had some little polyps growing in my stomach which he took 4 biopsies of and I see my GP for those results in two weeks time, but i have no sore throat or any side effects from it so am now back to normal.

Well done Bev for overcoming your fear!

Well done.. you were very brave, don't think they would get anything down my throat without knocking me out first

Well done Bev - glad it went ok, and that you didn't need sedation

Glad you found it managable it is not somethig you want to do often however it is a procedure thats capable of putting your mind at rest.

Pleased it went well Bev

Well done Bev I didn't say before but I noticed those who opted for sedation were in a lot worse state than I was . Dare I say they were all men .

I'm glad that it went better than you thought Bev.x

Well done Bev.
Glad it went better than you thought it would.