Posted by Casey on 6/6/2005, 9:25 am, in reply to "Re: questions not just for colonoscopies" They do know what usually happens; there is crying, cursing and screaming...and most of those patients don't remember doing it. Those of us who hear them in the pre-op area are told it's a different procedure than we're going to have or they are just oversensitive patients. It's always the patient's fault. Oh, but there is one little sidelight to those meds: While they may not keep the pain at bay, they do relax your muscles enough so that physically struggling is nearly impossible. While the patient may be sobbing, she can't move enough to jeopardize the doc's exam. And I'm convinced that most docs lose most of their humanity by the time they have finished medical school. Ever been to an emergency room where bones are set and cut down IVs are started on accident victims without the patient having ANY pain meds? It's pretty awful--and these are the patients who aren't in danger of dying on the spot. Time is of the essence is always the explanation...the doc insists it is more important to get the procedure done than worry about the patient's pain. "They'll just be glad I helped them." So scream away...if you are in that much pain already, no one in the procedure even cares and all they will do is tell you to be quiet. The docs who care wouldn't ever let it get to that point.
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There are other sites on the internet where endo nurses HAVE shared their experiences, and most of them aren't pretty.
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