nwihunter
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Nobody has mentioned it yet but for me the hardest part was going that long with no food. Plus my appointment was time was pushed back 4 hours
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Agreed.Nobody has mentioned it yet but for me the hardest part was going that long with no food. Plus my appointment was time was pushed back 4 hours
I did mine a couple of years ago. People should know that most of talking is done with the anesthesiologist and there is about 2 mins where you are conscious and talking but have zero control over anything you say and won’t remember any of it after you wake up. I recommend to people trying to clear your mind of everything and pray the anesthesiologist or anyone else you saw in the few minutes before the gas hits isn’t “unique” in any way.Had one a few years back, was no big deal.
The funny part was when I woke up, first, and only time I've been put under.
I was laughing and the nurse asked me what was so funny while I was blankly staring at the TV, "the former president being on TV isn't that funny, what are you laughing about?"
I muttered, "I don't remember shit"...which was ironic, considering the prep.
Imagine the ones who feel that joke.worst one I ever heard was "look no hands"
Propofol is sweet stuff. Just like a nice nap! I've since had another surgery, my second experience with it.As a practicing anesthesiologist who coincidentally just did three days in a row of egd’s and colonoscopies, Ill give some insight on the sedation. First off, there may or may not be an a dedicated anesthesia provider involved. If the patient is healthy and straightforward, many times the GI doctor will just tell the nurses to administer sedation. If any anesthesia professional is involved, we can be much more heavy handed because we have access to better drugs (propofol) and we are aren’t trying to sedate and scope simultaneously. For both procedures, the goal is usually just comfort as opposed to complete unconsciousness which is what separates sedation from true general anesthesia. Usually patients don’t remember anything either way but technically, if you remember bits and prices of your colonoscopy, as long as you were comfortable, that’s the goal. Despite the jokes and hoopla, it takes way more anesthesia to overcome the gag reflex versus the anal tone one so usually egd’s get even more. But at the end of the day, these screening exams are super important so any inconvenience is worth it versus the alternative. If anyone has questions about the anesthesia side, feel free to pm me. I realize my field is a bit of the great unknown to most people and there is likely a good amount of understandable apprehension involved.