Originally Posted by tedwinters

Yeah... I had it done a month ago..
I was at a Gastro specialist and he suddenly said 'Hmm.. I wonder if we have time to do an endoscope.......I guess so, follow me!'
2 minutes later, I was getting a numbing agent sprayed on the back of my throat, and 3 minutes later I was gagging uncontrollably with a big ass tube shoved down my throat...
then they filled my stomach with air, and I couldn't stop letting out huge burps...
then they poked a hole in my stomach lining for a biopsy...

it definately wasn't pleasant, but it only took 5 minutes... some places they give you drugs for it (to knock you out a bit), cause of the retching...