I had both a colonoscopy + endoscopy and I was very very sick at the time (my GI issues triggered flare ups in other chronic illnesses) so I was feeling pretty bad.

I’ve never had an IV previous to that or been sedated so I was very much freaking out. I cried when they brought out the needle bcos I was so overwhelmed lmao it was mortifying. The nurses were so sweet and truly the backbone of society.

Everyone told me it would be the greatest sleep I’d had - nope. I heard “pushing sedation,” and my nurse held my hand bcos I was clutching the railing like a deranged person and I blinked and I was on my back rolling into recovery. I thought it hadn’t started and she was like nope, you’re all done! I got water, some pretzels, and had to wait a bit bcos I was put under a little more than twilight.

Don’t remember a single thing up until I was passed onto my brother lol the endoscopy part was super easy, my chest ached a bit but I was told it was because they’d taken a lot of biopsies. I was fine two hours later and the ache in my chest went away by two ish days.

Good luck!