Simon Scott wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2008 18:56:08 +0000, Rufus wrote:
>
>> You're a trooper...I never would even consider being awake for an
>> endoscopy procedure (I did both ends at once a few years back but made
>> sure they put me out like a light - I don't seem to have any issues
>> being put out) let alone watching it...I'd prefer to catch it in
>> re-runs...
>>
>> Hope you're feeling settled post-procedure, and not in any further or
>> lingering pain for your effort.
>
> When you say "put you out", do you mean full anaesthetic?
>
> Here they use some sort of "twilight" stuff that makes you dozey but you
> often wake up and talk to the doctor etc. I have woken up during all my
> colonoscopies.
>
Yes - I mean a full general. I've always been given a choice, and I
always tell them "you can do anything you want to me once I'm out, but
you'd better not let me wake up and catch you doing it, or somebody's
gonna get hurt" before they put me down.
I've been completely and totally unaware during all of my procedures,
and I've always come though without any residual "pain in the bum" that
some folks have complained of - not once. Other than being hungry and
full of air I'd never know they'd done anything to me.
For my last procedure at UCLA Med I was given demerol in combination
with something else...I can't recall what else, but from what I gather
the demerol was/is to lessen pain/discomfort and the "something else"
was to put me out; some here have mentioned just getting demerol alone.
I've also been given pentathol for minor surgeries - like when I broke
my jaw and had to have my mouth wired shut - and that's worked well for
me too.
I came out of my last procedure a bit more slowly than with whatever
I've been given during the previous ones (six or seven scopes now...I've
lost count...) - I've never asked what that was, but I know that when it
wore off and I was awake I was WIDE awake and alert before I left
recovery...
....and hungry.
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- Rufus
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