Hi everyone, I had my gastroscopy procedure yesterday and reading all of these posts before hand absolutely scared the life out of me. People are only willing to post there bad experiences.  Just had a couple sprays of throat spray which just numbed my mouth and the back of my throat. But I am 17 years old and I had no sedation and was completely fine. Believe it or not I didn't even gag. If you're going to go in the making it fuss which it sounds like a lot of these people did it's going to be much more tramatic. Absolutely 0 pain. Just slightly uncomfortable and just a bit strange really. But if you're due to get one please do not listen to all these horror stories. It's over it ten minutes and is really no where near as bad as all these posts. A recurring theme throughout all the posts is people thinking the sedation is going to stop the gagging for them you are going to gag no matter what!! You're better off dealing with it for 5 minutes so you can leave straight after. 

Hi everyone, I had my gastroscopy procedure yesterday and reading all of these posts before hand absolutely scared the life out of me. People are only willing to post there bad experiences.  Just had a couple sprays of throat spray which just numbed my mouth and the back of my throat. But I am 17 years old and I had no sedation and was completely fine. Believe it or not I didn't even gag. If you're going to go in the making it fuss which it sounds like a lot of these people did it's going to be much more tramatic. Absolutely 0 pain. Just slightly uncomfortable and just a bit strange really. But if you're due to get one please do not listen to all these horror stories. It's over it ten minutes and is really no where near as bad as all these posts. A recurring theme throughout all the posts is people thinking the sedation is going to stop the gagging for them you are going to gag no matter what!! You're better off dealing with it for 5 minutes so you can leave straight after. 

Just because you didn't have any issues doesn't mean that other people's bad experiences are to be looked down upon. 

Totally agree with you. I didn't look on any forums before this precedure as didn't want to give myself further anxiety but if you do I'd strongly urge anyone to have the sedation ( it shouldn't even be an option without) .

I had my gastroscopy today I went in completely calm and it was extremely traumatic for me .... I really wish I'd gone for the sedation. 
 

To describe the tube as thin is ludicrous, mine looked like a hose  pipe ....I'm aware some are much thinner though. I vomited chunks throughout ,despite not eating for the recommended hrs beforehand (only small amount of cereal) I too felt like I was choking . Had I had sedation I've no doubt my experience would have been completely different . 

this post isn't to scare anybody on the contrary ,take it as good advice and have the sedation and I'm sure it will be fine . 
 

Completely agree with you - as soon as I saw the size of the tube while it was resting on the table I panicked.. it is a lot bigger than expected. I had to stop the  doctor on the third attempt and was actually pulling the tube out myself. Found it extremely traumatic for some reason, I have been rebooked to have it with sedation next week but still very nervous