Mar
I am due to go into hospital next month. I am not sure of the exact date as they have yet to contact me. I believe it is to check my stomach and digestive system. I am a little worried as I have heard that you have to swallow the camera. I am not good at swallowing large items and this is scaring me. Has anyone been through the process who can tell me what it was like. I am really scared, so far I have been for a signoscopy a barium enema and now this magic eye and an ultra sound to find out why I am bleeding. Please no sarcasim I am really nervous about this.
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Its nothing to be worried about, and not always it goes in through the nose.
Endoscopy is a tube that goes into your mouth and looks into your stomach to find the source of the bleeding, thats all.
Its a long tube, not a webcam that you swallow! As you read this, 58 people in my city are getting one done 
Get well, and hope its nothing serious!
oh, and dont be scared, jsut think that a few years ago to check what was wrong, you had to have surgery
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2 months ago i got a big lump of steak stuck half way down my oesophagus. it was there for 5 days and during this time i could not eat drink or burp (i learnt my lesson to chew my food!) I was in hospital on a drip.
But anyway yea they stuck the camera up my nose and down my gullet and i got to see the lump stuck in my throat. It was quite uncomfortable, but by this stage i would have done anything to get the meat outa me sooner. They then had to operate and remove it.
About the camera tho, its fine, just a bit uncomfortable when you swallow( just try not to) but apart from that its ok i suppose.
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Relax. Since u have undergone sigmoidoscopy, it should b no problem because the size of the instrument is about the same. It is a micro camera & the technique of getting it down ur throat is so smooth, u don't feel it much because no body is going 2 ask u 2 swallow it.
If u r still nervous, tell ur doc. He will give u something 2 make u & ur throat muscles relax.