Thread: Colonoscopy
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11-22-2009 02:41 PM
Hey Robert,
My advice ...
#1) Ask for some Versed. If the doc gives you the right amount of this, you won't remember a thing.
#2) After the procedure, ask the doc for a note to take home to the wife confirming that your head is really not up there.
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11-22-2009 02:48 PM
On a serious note:
A few years ago, I lost my step-father to a botched colonoscopy. He arrested in the recovery room. The surgeon failed to recognize and treat a complication of the precedure ... perforation of the bowel. This is an immediate surgical emergency that needs to go directly to the OR to repair. This was not done in my step-fathers case and I had to take him off the ventilator later that night.
Make sure you discuss this possible complications with the doc before the procedure and make sure they are competent to recognize and treat these complications before you give consent. Feel free to call me if you have any questions.
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11-22-2009 03:24 PM
You are scaring me cause I trust you. PM me your #,I have it somewhere but can't find it.
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11-22-2009 04:41 PMSome people when put under, just never wake up. When I've ever had to be put under, I wanted to meet the anestisiologist (sp?). He's in charge of keeping you alive.
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11-22-2009 04:50 PM
Thanks for the conversation,Chris. Looks like I am going to do this deal.
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