Posted by shar on 6/3/2005, 12:04 pm, in reply to "questions not just for colonoscopies" I've heard that they don't care if you are writhing in pain and screaming, they rely on the amnesiac to make you forget it all. But I still find it hard to believe that a doctor wants to do any sort of procedure on a tense, complaining patient. Why wouldn't you just up the meds and get 'em under. This makes no sense to me - I wish someone, like a nurse at an endoscopy center who has seen a lot of these procedures, could give us an honest assessment of what really happens. Good luck - and scream to high heavens if you can feel anything!
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I think people have individual responses to anesthetics - some people are hard to put under, and some - like me, I think - are out like a light. But you would think the medical people would understand that basic fact, and would asking, at several points during the procedure if the patient would like more medication.
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