[RedBloodedAmerican]

Simple outpatient surgery. The only reason Cheney is set in place is because the procedure does allow for sedation if necessary. But he can be awake the entire time.

[BluesDuke]

Simple outpatient surgery. The only reason Cheney is set in place is because the procedure does allow for sedation if necessary. But he can be awake the entire time.

The question before the house, though, should be why the hell would Mr. Bush or anyone want to be awake for a colonoscopy. Bad enough that he's likely, until the procedure is done, to get a lot of kidding along the line of up yours!...

[bonesmccoy]

I am aware of what the procedure is.

(BONES is a doctor!)

I'm just thinking on one hand...gee...the media is sure stupid to need to spout off about this procedure... must be pretty slow today!

The other thought was that it must really be lousy to not be able to even get a colonoscopy without some major media outfit violating medical confidentiality.

The third thought was that the VP better be seen and alert tomorrow morning. We don't need Tom Daschle (third in line) running us even for 10 minutes!

[Randjuke]

Simple outpatient surgery. The only reason Cheney is set in place is because the procedure does allow for sedation if necessary. But he can be awake the entire time.

I've seen colonoscopies performed without sedation and I would describe them as very uncomfortable (medical euphemism for "it hurts like a SOB"). Give GWB all the sedation he can handle I say. Sigmoidoscopies, on the other hand, use a shorter scope and generally are performed without sedation. That's it for today's Fun Facts on Colonic Procedures.

[Rome2000]

Didn't Klintoon have this done several times?

Or was he the one performing it on Monica?

[foreverfree]

Simple outpatient surgery. The only reason Cheney is set in place is because the procedure does allow for sedation if necessary. But he can be awake the entire time.Well, I had a colonoscopy 2 years ago and I was sedated then. According to my brain it lasted all of 5 seconds. They found nothing bad up my butt.

foreverfree