this year...
Posted on 02/24/2008 10:56:07 AM PST by nuconvert
Where I go, you can't lie about that because they want the person driving you home to be right there...can't even call a cab to take you home. And you have to be wheeled out to the car-they won't let you walk. I guess that's good for me because it takes forever for those meds to wear off...
I’ve never had general anesthesia for a colonoscopy...they just give some IV drugs to make you relaxed and not remember...Versed and Demoral are what they used to use but I think it was something different the last time I went...whatever it was, I have to say it was good stuff! :^)
But is far more likely to cost them their life. Damage done during colonoscopy has cost way more lives than the little bit of cancer found ever could. This is of course politically incorrect to mention, just like the deaths caused by mammograms.
And it’s not a one-time dose of the stuff. I had to drink it all day long.
Yech.
this year...
Thank you slugbug. Just knowing there are painless options besides general anaesthesia during a colonoscopy sets me more at ease.
I awoke twice during the procedure. It wasn’t pleasant, they gave me more Fentanyl both times, so I remembered very little, but I remember talking to the doctor and I said ‘OW!’ LOL.
The space shuttle analogy nearly made everything come out the other end of my body...:)
It really is not too bad and (At the risk of sounding like a pervert) it IS quite interesting. It after all, is something of vital interest, and you are only looking at yourself, inside out, to put it differently.
There is some cramp-like discomfort when the thing turns the sharp corners either end of the transverse colon, but only for a few seconds. They can give you a light dose, perhaps, just enough to make it amusing but not so much you drool like a zombie for hours afterward. I happen to have problems with Fentanyl, so they agreed. (Problems?" "Yes, I awaken in a jubilant and very friendly party mood-It is embarrassing to me and highly annoying to the nurses..." "Oh..." )
All kidding aside, get it done. Just do it. I put it off for years, and there was no real reason to. The prep is a nuisance, the proceedure is trivial enough so some bimbo could do it on Network TV, and when you have breakfast afterward, you can gloat about not having a cancer that will turn you into a bus-sized dying truffle- or gloat about finding one in time to avoid such a fate.
The only thing I remember is the Doctor telling me “you aren’t going to remember this but I’ll tell you any way”
I’ve had two. The prep is the worst part. When it comes to the actual thing, you are given a drug which makes you feel real good.
The second one I had was a few months after I had returned from the jungles of Indonesia. As the procedure was ending the doc told me everything was fine. But knowing where I had been, I was concerned about parasites. So I summoned some energy from somewhere and managed to ask, “Did you see any worms up there?”
All the people in the room exploded with laughter. Then the doc assured me, “No worms.”
I bet they had never been asked that before.
I had two doses. And as for anaesthesia, I’ve had 3 surgical procedures in the past 10 years and I told the docs all three times, “run silent run deep”.
The only part of it the doctor sees is the same part he sees on everybody. The rest is draped. There isn't a whole heck of a lot of aesthetic variety in anuses.
Look at it this way: Since everyone is supposed to get one at fifty, and most put it off, there is a high probability that you will be among the most attractive people in the waiting room.
Been There.
I’m familiar with the prep. My 77yo father had one last year and was living with me at the time so I was responsible for making him drink mixture.
I also sat through the procedure and watched the video.
To prevent keyboard/monitor damage put down your drink before reading!
I had a colonoscopy a couple of years ago. They had a TV in the room so I could observe the procedure. I don’t watch much TV but I must say that was the crappiest show I’ve ever watched.
Thanks for the info! No, it doesn’t sound perverted at all because you were able to focus on the procedure itself while it was happening. You had the right attitude about it.
As for those sharp 90-degree turns that the tube has to make, well, all I can say is that perhaps someone can invent a better tube that can more easily handle the turns.
This article and everyone’s posts here, including yours, are very helpful. Thanks again!
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