I just got back from my upper endoscopy consultation, and even got to work on time. Mad skillz.
Again another doctor (or nurse rather) is amazed at how healthy I am despite my weight. Which I suppose is a compliment, and they were at least nice about it unlike my GP. They called me a “sweet lil thing”.
Essentially I will have to arrive at Frederick Memorial Hospital at 7am on my scheduled day, register for 2 hours, then they will put me under anesthesia, put a block in my mouth with a hole in it for the camera (so I don’t bite the camera), and take a look around. Any polyps in my throat or stomach they will remove for me. It will take me about 30 minutes to wake up from the surgery, and then I have to go home. No driving, no signing paperwork, no physical activity.
So it’s an outpatient surgery. I’ve requested the day off (a friday) so I just get a long weekend.
I’ve never been under anesthesia. I was under laughing gas when I had my wisdom teeth out, but never anesthesia. I’m sorta scared about the whole thing, even though this is a simple procedure. But I imagine the actual surgery will be even more scary.