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AgB621
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I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy in July. Because I've suffered from bouts of nausea, a doctor recommended I ask my GI if he could do an upper endoscopy as well while I was under. My GI said that seemed like it couldn't hurt, but I'm nervous about it.
Basically, my biggest concern is how I will feel when I wake up. The first time I was put under (to get my wisdom teeth out) I was incredibly nauseous when I woke up, I had dry heaves, it was all terrible. The next time I begged for as much anti-emetic as they could give me, and a triple dose seemed to do the trick ok. I did the same with my last colonoscopy. The sedative had anti-emetic built in anyway, but I asked for extra and felt pretty okay after. But an upper endoscopy seems like it might cause some nausea. I am phobic, absolutely phobic, about vomiting. Classic textbook phobia. The fact that I haven't in 16 years in some ways makes it worse, because I don't have a frame of reference.
So, two questions...am I more likely to be nauseous after an upper endoscopy, even if I request additional anti-emetics?
And secondly, do I really need one? Have people here had one and found they offered some important information?
Basically, my biggest concern is how I will feel when I wake up. The first time I was put under (to get my wisdom teeth out) I was incredibly nauseous when I woke up, I had dry heaves, it was all terrible. The next time I begged for as much anti-emetic as they could give me, and a triple dose seemed to do the trick ok. I did the same with my last colonoscopy. The sedative had anti-emetic built in anyway, but I asked for extra and felt pretty okay after. But an upper endoscopy seems like it might cause some nausea. I am phobic, absolutely phobic, about vomiting. Classic textbook phobia. The fact that I haven't in 16 years in some ways makes it worse, because I don't have a frame of reference.
So, two questions...am I more likely to be nauseous after an upper endoscopy, even if I request additional anti-emetics?
And secondly, do I really need one? Have people here had one and found they offered some important information?