Question about sedation after endoscopy

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Hello Chantal,
I'm so sorry about you're Mom. I know how hard it is--I took care of my Mom before she went Home to be with the Lord. I'm thankful that you have a good husband to help you. I don't know what the Dr. told you to do for the ulcer between you're Mom's toes--But my little sister is in health care--they take the original Listerine and distilled water--equal amounts and apply it to bed sores. It really helps. I burned my hand awhile back and used it on my burn--it never blistered. She calls it Blisterine. I keep it around for cuts, burns, etc.
If you have time, I really would like to know the time of you're procedure.
I pray that you're Mom gets better. precious49 God Bless You and Yours Today and EveryDay
 
The things you are experiencing and feeling could very well be a corabination of stress, anxiety and having your medication routine thrown off a little bit. There will always be things that need to get done, that never stops as long as we live, so if you feel like laying in bed and resting then you should, you're body and mind both need it. I don't have an anxiety problem but I do take Xanax for reflux. It's the only thing that works for me. If they are offering it, take it, give it a try. It can be addicitive and your body does develop a tolerance to it over time but for me it's worth it. It's a small price to pay to have relief from the GERD and LPR. I would rather be healthy and not have to take anything at all but that's not the case right now, so I take what works. My doctors don't seem to have any other solutions besides "just live with it and do the best you can". I get 100% relief from Xanax most of the time.
 
HI Karate mom! I am 44, so yes we are very close in age. I will tell you that I am doing tons of research and trying to connect ALL this stuff together. I am becoming more and more convinced that alot of my problems and maybe yours too are from perimenopause. (the change) ugh!

It is just going to take some time to sort things through. I have been the picture of health until 4 years ago. I have always been physically fit. At the age of 40 I became hypothryroid and gained 30 pounRAB over the next 4 to 5 years. I have always had multiple alleriges indoor/outdoor and to food. Now they are worse. I have developed acid reflux over the past year. Now I am trying to piece this all together. What is going on with me??

After reading a very famous book about menopause that I probably can't name on here and listening to people on these boarRAB. I realize that they are all part of the "change". There are like 40 some symptoms with perimenopause/menopause. It stinks! I won't lie. But if I can understand that my body is morphing and dealing with stuff then I won't panick. Because this is really bring on anxiety and panic for me.

It's like perimenopause can bring on Thyroid problems, and thyroid problems can effect my allergies, and the allergies get out of hand of me and cause acid reflux from the drip, drip, drip....and then I feel like I am getting asthma with the acid reflux symptoms and that brings on the panic. Can anyone relate?? I mean I know I am not nuts. I just made an appt. with a counselor for the end of Jan. I want to see if she can help me deal with perimenopause. I mean there is no manual for this. Even our mom's forget what they dealt with. And every woman is different. If there was a support group for this I would be the first one to sign up for it.

Sorry for all you gals under 30 having to listen to this, and for you guys. haha! Just skip over this. You acid reflux isn't from this. But perimenopausal woman can develope reflux trouble when we don't usually have it.

Okay..thanks for letting me speak my mind. :angel:
 
Hello to all,
Hello joey32,
Oh, My, How did you get so smart. I totally agree with everything you said. It is so important to take charge of yourself. I came to know that "If I can't fix it and God won't then forget about it". That doesn't mean that I've given up but I just don't worry because the way I think it should be is not always what is God's best for me and I want His Perfect Will. And if I wasn't sick, I would not have met all you wonderful ones. And together, We Are Powerful!!! Pray is Powerful and I am praying for all of you. I have a prayer list that keeps growing. I also have a list of answered prayer and I want to add alot of names and answered prayer to it. It is Amazing What God Can Do When Drs. Can't !!! Never Give Up!!! Each person's body reacts different and when you find a Dr. that believes that way--then you can start to get results. I just pray that You All Have A Bless'd Day. precious49
God Bless You and Yours Today and EveryDay
 
Chantal
I'm sorry to hear about your anxiety about having your test. I was terrified and I put it off way too long because of my fear. Please have the test done, but just know that if you do decide to cancel it, you will not be the first person who has done so, so don't be too hard on yourself. But, you would also just be prolonging the inevitable, eventually you will have to have it and the sooner you do the closer you will be to finding some relief for your symptoms. If you are getting Propofol, have no fear my friend, you will not remeraber anything, or feel anything, and when you wake up you will be very surprised that the test is already done and over with. In fact, when they woke me up I was upset with them because I was actually having a good dream and I thought I was at home in my own bed. Of course the worst part is waiting for the test and being awake before they give you the drug, but once they give it to you it's like you're not even there, you won't even know you're there, trust me. It's much better and different than some of the other drugs they use for sedation. You are very lucky.
DrabF
You are right about the Xanax but, and I apologize if it seems like I'm arguing with you, that isn't my intention at all, there is another cause of GERD besides just acid reflux. Sometimes it's from bile reflux which is just a little bit different and Xanax works very well for the treatment of that with the added bonus of helping with anxiety. There are other medications that help with bile reflux but with the Xanax you kill two birRAB with one stone. It is a merry-go-round of trial and error and yeah, that stinks. There has been a study done on Xanax for GERD by an MD. I wish I could post the link but I don't think I can. It's worth reading and even though doctors hate it, I printed it out and took it to my doctor to read because he didn't know anything about it and he thought I was crazy.
TEdwarRAB
I'm sorry for the hassle you are having with finding the right meRAB. I think it's great that you're going to see a counselor. It feels good to have a person that isn't a part of your life to dump your problems on and walk away until your next appointment. I don't know what I would do without mine and I was lucky to find a very good one, which doesn't always happen the first time so if you don't like this person or you feel like they aren't helping you then don't be afraid to shop around. Your regular doctor can't diagnose the causes of GERD accurately without the tests, that's why they make you have them ssometimes before they see you. It saves everyone time and money. Anxiety is different though, there aren't any tests for that, it's based on face to face communication and Xanax is a controlled substance so they have to be more careful about prescribing it. If your doctor decides not to give it to you for some reason or you don't feel like you can wait until next week then please don't hesitate to see a psychiatrist instead. There shouldn't ever be any erabarrassment about that, that's what they are there for and you shouldn't have to suffer any more or longer than you already have.
I missed the mortgage crisis by about a month so I wasn't so lucky in getting lost in the shuffle and being ignored by my mortgage company. Oh well, consider yourself lucky and consider it a gift that they haven't contacted you. I hope you are able to save your home. It sounRAB like you're doing everything you can to prevent foreclosure from happening so don't give up. If you haven't gotten the notice for the sheriff's sale then you are probably still okay. I don't know how things work in your state but check into it.
The test used to diagnose MVP is an echocardiogram. It's just like any other ultrasound. It's very quick and painless and nothing to be afraid of. Alot of people have MVP. It's very common, especially in women, and it's not a life threatening thing. It can cause certain symptoms and there is something called MVP syndrome but it's not serious and a lot of people have it and don't have any symptoms at all and most of the time don't even know they have it. It's something to look into but put it low on your list of priorities and definitely don't worry about it.
 
I truly believe, well at least for me, that this acid reflux has roots in emotional issues. WHenever I have been nervous, upset, etc, I feel it in my stomach, chest, throat, ever since I was a kid. Why should I be surprised that now, at 41, I have a medical condition because of the ongoing attacks of tension my body has experienced? Some people get headaches, some people get sore necks, I get tightness in my digestive area.

So, easy to say, but then how do we fix it? I think it takes a lot of work. Like TEDWARRAB, I am constantly doing research. That is not always good...but I feel empowered now and am learning more and more every day. I refuse to take this lying down and to just succurab to medicine. MeRAB are just a temporary fix; they don't get to the cause. THey certainly have a place and can be of great help. But I don't want to be on them the rest of my life.....and I want to get back to eating what I want, when I want, enjoying a glass of wine and chocolate. It's all about being happy. So, I'm on a bit of a rant tonight because today I had my first session re a technique that purports to help you gain emotional freedom. VERY VERY interesting, inspiring.....it could be my answer. My opinion is that this GERD is one of many things (medical conditions) grounded in emotions, probably negative emotions, and if you don't get that under control, there will always be something popping up for high stress people like us to obsess and worry about. That is not a happy existence......and I just want to be happy and at peace! I hope we can all find that, and, with the help of the medical profession, will be "symptom free" and worry free!!!!!
 
I just recently had an upper endoscopy and felt sleepy and exhausted for a few days afterward. Do you know what they gave you for sedation? Everyone responRAB differently. Some people go right back to work and then others, such as myself, sleep for 3 days before I started to feel normal again.
 
Hi there,

I have had problems with Mitral Valve Prolapse for 10 years. Recently I have had some problems with heart burn, dyspepsia, gas, acid reflux, or whatever they feel like diagnosing at the time.

Last Noveraber I had a TEE, Transesophageal Echocardiogram, where they place a tube down passed your esophagus to see what is happening with the heart. Although everything was ok with my heart, I'm 43, I was sedated, with a kind of twilight sedation, kind of awake but you just don't care about anything. When the test was complete I dosed off for awhile, but then went home and straight to bed, and forgot to get my daughter from school cause i was so tired after. I was drained and shaky for 3 days!

Mitral Valve Prolapse patients have a nervous system that is on something called a hair-trigger response, meaning everything in our bodies that feels even just slightly off, we can feel to the extreme. So when I am having a migraine, it is like 100+ on the pain scale, or anxiety, the same, or dizzyness or whatever my problem is, it's always magnified. Maybe you have this hair - trigger type of response to things. Do you have MVP? Heart palpitations? just curious because even my heartburn will last for 3-4 days at a time and the dr. just dimisses it as dyspepsia or ibs. I think it is the side affects of MVP, that hair trigger nerve response.


??? Maybe??

Karate mom
 
HI Ladies...I hope your days have gone well today.:) Mine was fairly uneventful. I could feel the warmness in my sternum area, ugh and the tightning as I become nervous about it. I was in the dentist chair this morning and could feel the anxiety wave over me. Even though I don't mind going to the dentist at all. My body was just beginning to react. My throat and chest felt tight. I can clearly see I have anxiety issues. My dentist and the hygenist notices damage from acid reflux on only 1 tooth. Thank God for that. The acid had eaten the enamal off of a spot on one tooth. aha! See there is proof the acid reflux is REAL and I am NOT imagining it. Grrrh! This is frustrating. OH ya, she did tell me to do a flouride protective rinse at night. Like rinse with ACT.

So I just got off the phone with the nurse from my regular doctors office. They are CLUELESS about helping me find a med for my refux. SO I have to go on my own with my list of med from the endoscopy doctor and have the pharmacist run those through the system and give me a list of ingredients. Thank God its not life and death getting my med. Geez louise! It is just nutty! So I also asked the nurse for Xanax. She said my doctor must see me first before prescribing it to me. LOL this is such a joke. So now I have to pay for an office visit to sit and tell her my anxiety issues. She didn't seem too concerned to see me before the endoscopy. She sent me right in to have that done without even seeing me first. What is wrong with some of these doctors?? Are they all getting paid kickbacks or something? It's no wonder I have made an appt. to see a counselor. Why not give them some of my money too? lol So now I wait until next week to see if she will even give me Xanax. Last year I asked for some and she prescribed it and I never even took it and through it away because I was afraid of meRAB. It's not like I am an addict. I am the opposite. Very afraid of meRAB. She knows I must be feeling bad if I am asking for it.

As far as stress...I am sorry you are in foreclosure joey. We are ready to foreclose too. We haven't made house payments for 9 months. Just being honest. It's weird we haven't heard from our mortgage people since Sept. 08. We don't know if they went bankrupt possibly. Weird huh? We are trying to get renters to move in with us so we can resume our payments and save the house until we can sell it. It is our dream house and it is so sad we are losing it. We have a lady and her two children living with us. They have gone bankrupt, foreclosed on and she is getting divorced. It is happening everywhere. We have even worked on our basement to try and get one more family in so we have a hope. Plus it feels good to help others who don't have a place to live. But time is running out and we may loose it all. I just keep trying to tell myself. We have God and we have each other, and luckily our jobs and my parents will take us in. But it is humiliating because I am in my 40's and things like this just shouldn't happen. I feel for you! Hang in the battle! You will be ok too.

As far as the MPV thing. How can I get tested for that? Please tell me and I will have that done. I am real pro active about my health. Hopefully like you said it is not something life threatening.

I hope I behave tonight with my eating...haha I know it feels good once in awhile to have the thing ya just crave! I do it too!
Hugs to everyone tonight!
 
Maybe all the stress you've been under too. Can't speak much on the PMS. Thankfully, I don't typically have any symptoms like that.

Have you been eating healthy in the last day?
 
They also used FENTANYL on me. It's very short acting and knocked me out in about 2 seconRAB. I didn't have any reactions to this drug and don't remeraber anything about the procedure thankfully.

But I do remeraber them rushing me out and I wasn't even fully recovered from teh effects of the FENTANYL.

But I do hope that you're feeling better and don't have any more side effects from your procedure.

good luck.
 
WHooa now ya scared me. lol What is mitral valve prolaspe? SounRAB really scary and serious to me. I have never been checked for that. Maybe the doctor should have checked for that while he was in there. Geez!

I just know it took me a couple of days to get back into the swing of things. The nurse said everyone is different. Maybe I am just overly sensative. I told her I rarely even take a tylenol or anything. I am very afraid of pills and drugs. I told her I haven't been sedated in nearly 22 years when my first baby girl was born. So my body is NOT used to having my meRAB in it at all.

I tried an a antidepressant. Just one pill last spring and it made me feel so loopy and out of touch. I just couldn't continue on. I know you have to be on it for a month to really level out. I just couldn't take it.
Maybe I am just overly sensative.
 
Hi Tammy,

First of all baby and pamper yourself. You have been through an ordeal especially for those of us who have panic/anxiety disorder. I'm going through a lot right now too just THINKING about my procedures coming up on the 21st.

As for the Xanax, go for it. I take Valium (a cousin of Xanax) and Lexapro. They both help. I take my Valium as needed. I always take at least 10mg before bed. I've been on it a long time and my Dr trusts me with deciding what I need and knows I won't abuse it. I see her once a month and she is very supportive and helpful. The most I've ever taken in a day is 22mg.

It does help my reflux and IBS as it relaxes the smooth muscle tissue in our bodies.

I hope you feel better soon. Please let us know what they gave you for sedation.

xxoo,
Chantal
 
Thanks Chantal! I have been trying to baby myself all weekend. I layed in bed yesterday and today. Did not workout. And only got up to go to the grocery store and get some food since we are expecting a big snowstorm by tomorrow. I got myself some real healthy food to munch on. My appetite is better today so that is a relief! I even got myself some Green tea Soy Cream to try. (Like ice cream but soy) Just a little treat for me tonight.

I would recommend having a couple of days to just take it easy after having your procedure Chantal. But everyone is different. I literally was a wreck and the nurses I know were whispering about me. haha! I think they couldn't wait to see me knocked out. lol I just kept yacking their ears off. It wasn't just me. There was a lady in the room next to me just as bad.

Chantal, joey and other ladies...I think I do have major anxiety disorder and since they doctor found no redness, ulcers, hernia or anything in there they are suggesting Xanax for my problem. And you both have mentioned it to. Come tomorrow morning I will be phoning my doctor to get some. I had a prescription years ago and just carried it around in my purse and never used it. Just knowing it was there calmed me down. It was physcological, I know. This time I may use it. I need to take the edge off until I get rid of the stress in my life.

I am so afraid my husband and I are going to lose our house due to the economy, I am always worried about money. Always! And I think this is why it is happening.

Chantal, I will also talk to the clinic and get a full report on my endoscopy. I even want pictures. Does anyone know if I can get copies? Has anyone ever gotten theirs? I will also ask what they sedated me with. I will tell you that I was kind of presedated because I had a shot of Benadyl before the to sedation meRAB so I don't remeraber much once they wheeled me in to start. I had the Benadryl for the rash I got from the sheet on their bed. That was not pleasant. But hey God was faithful to pull me through. He will for you too!
 
Chantal231,
I just pray right now that God will give you Peace and Calm about this procedure. What time is you're procedure on the 21st? I have it written in my prayer book but not the time. I also want to put it in my phone to remind me to start praying. I know that you are scared of complications but my prayer is that God will help all of the Drs. & Nurses that will be taking care of you. That He will be in control of the Dr. and you will be fine afterwarRAB. I was so calm before and during my colonoscopy last week that my blood pressure was 126 over 78. But I've had so many that it's no big deal to me. The Dr. even gave me pics of my colon:eek: That was interesting. This is how I deal with stress--I am a Child of the King--God is in Control--He Loves Me so much that He gave His only Son to die for me--He is my Heavenly Father and as my Father, He wants the very best for me---And I know that He wants the Very Best For You. Just rest in Him and give it to Him and leave it with Him and the Peace will come into your heart. I do get concerned about some things but I am never fearful over anything anymore. I just know that if I give it to God--He can handle things way better than I can. And I pray that you can have this kind of Peace in Your Heart.
How is your Mother doing? Do you have any help with taking care of her? That can be very hard and stressful. Just know that you have a
Sister-In-Christ that truly cares about you and that God cares about your feelings and He can help you to go through with this. precious49
God Bless You and Yours Today and EveryDay
 
When I have light sedation the next day I'm really groggy and usually my stomach is sort of jumpy. I don't usually feel back to normal until the second day. For major surgery it takes me about a week before I feel like the medication is out of my system.
 
Thanks ladies! I don't think I had been drinking enough water. I really beefed it up this evening. I feel a little better. I am going to call the office Monday morning and ask for a full report. I want to know what meRAB they gave me too. I know one was Versed or something and something that starts with an "A". He told me as he was putting them in. Then I slipped into lala land. That's all a remeraber. I was fine until 24 hours later when things seem to wear off. I have been tired too. Like I want to nap.
 
One word of caution, though not to confuse things (!!!!), but Xanax for anxiety is a muscle relaxant---it can therefore, amongst other things, relax the sphincter leading into the stomach--a possible cause of GERD for some people. You don't want that to be too relaxed, or it won't work! Just like if it's too tight! Here we go on the merry-go-round of figuring out what is causing what!!!!

Remeraber, anxiety is probably still a symptom of something else deeper.......continue your quest to find the cause and eliminate that! I know that I have a "predisposition" to stress/anxiety b/c of my genetics and environment, but I cannot blame that entirely for the reason I have it.....it is still a symptom and I'm trying to figure out how to get to the cause.

You know, there is a silver lining to every cloud---you just have to look for it sometimes. For me, the silver lining of this GERD cloud is that I have learned a lot about eating healthier, but most of all, it has really pushed me to get rid of negative emotions. That is exciting as I know that those emotions will always pop up and cause something else......keep looking, you will find your answers (and that silver lining!!!)
 
Hi joey and precious,

Thank you both so much for your love, support, prayers and worRAB of encouragement. They mean SO MUCH to me.

I'm having my procedures done in a hospital same day services department, joey, so that is why I'm probably getting propofol. There will be an anestheologist working with my Dr too. I've heard propofol is a good drug. I just have to keep reminding myself that I'm going to be in a hospital with two Drs present and most of all that Jehovah God will be with me and that I am His child.

Precious, you are so kind and sweet. My mom is about the same. I see her failing and it breaks my heart. My husband helps me care for her. Right now she has an ulcer between her toes that she saw the Dr for and that I am taking care of at home. Thank you for asking about her. I don't know what time my procedures will be yet. I won't know until Tuesday afternoon. I'll post a brief note here when I find out.

Thanks again.

xxoo,
Chantal
 
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