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tardtasticx: I'm having an upper GI endoscopy to check for damage or something after years of acid reflux that was ignored lol. Teaches me right I suppose. They're also looking for signs of Coeliac Disease I believe. I haven't really been told much other than to not eat after midnight the day before.
So thats why I want to know what people on here have to share about their experience with one?
I'm a total wuss for this stuff and cried when I had my wisdom teeth out under GA (!!!) haha so being sedated is of no consolation when they offered it.
I know they'll answer a lot of questions on the day but the nurse will hardly tell me "Most patients hate it and it sucks" or "Its like a walk in the park!" :P
Thanks in advance!
afe66:tardtasticx: I'm having an upper GI endoscopy to check for damage or something after years of acid reflux that was ignored lol. Teaches me right I suppose. They're also looking for signs of Coeliac Disease I believe. I haven't really been told much other than to not eat after midnight the day before.
So thats why I want to know what people on here have to share about their experience with one?
I'm a total wuss for this stuff and cried when I had my wisdom teeth out under GA (!!!) haha so being sedated is of no consolation when they offered it.
I know they'll answer a lot of questions on the day but the nurse will hardly tell me "Most patients hate it and it sucks" or "Its like a walk in the park!" :P
Thanks in advance!
If you cried when they were pulling out your teeth , it wasn't a GA (general anaesthetic) it was sedation.
With a GA you would be unconscious and being looked after by an anaesthetist.
Sedation is more common than GA.
Usually use midazolam which makes you sleepy but also amnesiac do you don't remember it. Also not usually affect breathing.
If going private might get propofolmi but get an anaesthetist ... Unlike Michael Jackson..
A.
gehenna: I'm having a gastroscopy soon for a rolling + sliding hiatus hernia. They told me they'll rufie me so I won't remember. Ominous.
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kiwijunglist: Ask for some midazolam and a premed. You won't remember anything, it'll be as though it never happened :)
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Spyware:kiwijunglist: Ask for some midazolam and a premed. You won't remember anything, it'll be as though it never happened :)
Total fallacy.
tardtasticx: Thanks so much for the replies everyone! Feeling less worried about it now haha.
I'm also having it at manukau super clinic, as someone above said they had one there years ago too.afe66:tardtasticx: I'm having an upper GI endoscopy to check for damage or something after years of acid reflux that was ignored lol. Teaches me right I suppose. They're also looking for signs of Coeliac Disease I believe. I haven't really been told much other than to not eat after midnight the day before.
So thats why I want to know what people on here have to share about their experience with one?
I'm a total wuss for this stuff and cried when I had my wisdom teeth out under GA (!!!) haha so being sedated is of no consolation when they offered it.
I know they'll answer a lot of questions on the day but the nurse will hardly tell me "Most patients hate it and it sucks" or "Its like a walk in the park!" :P
Thanks in advance!
If you cried when they were pulling out your teeth , it wasn't a GA (general anaesthetic) it was sedation.
With a GA you would be unconscious and being looked after by an anaesthetist.
Sedation is more common than GA.
Usually use midazolam which makes you sleepy but also amnesiac do you don't remember it. Also not usually affect breathing.
If going private might get propofolmi but get an anaesthetist ... Unlike Michael Jackson..
A.
I didn't word that properly I think. I deffo had ga as we paid through the nose for it privately ><
I was crying the minutes before being put under, and right as the magic stuff went in I could feel fuzzies all over and slowly losing consciousness and it was terrifying at the time but glad I did it then.
That's why sedation kind of worried me because I would be somewhat awake but not able to control much etc.
Those drugs everyone was saying I should ask for: do you remember asking for those in advance or do you think I could try my luck on the day?
afe66:
In terms of asking for one vrs the other, you should trust the people on the day. You want them to be doing what they "Usually do" as that's what they are most familiar with.
frankv:afe66:
In terms of asking for one vrs the other, you should trust the people on the day. You want them to be doing what they "Usually do" as that's what they are most familiar with.
I agree totally. You shouldn't be relying on a bunch of anonymous Internet users for medical advice. . .
farcus:frankv:afe66:
In terms of asking for one vrs the other, you should trust the people on the day. You want them to be doing what they "Usually do" as that's what they are most familiar with.
I agree totally. You shouldn't be relying on a bunch of anonymous Internet users for medical advice. . .
there's a difference between asking anon internet users for medical advice and asking them to share their experience of a procedure (which is what the op did).
frankv:afe66:
In terms of asking for one vrs the other, you should trust the people on the day. You want them to be doing what they "Usually do" as that's what they are most familiar with.
I agree totally. You shouldn't be relying on a bunch of anonymous Internet users for medical advice. And, unless you have some knowledge (e.g. you've been through it before and know you have some particular problem or other) you shouldn't be trying to out-guess the professionals who do it every day.
Doctors prefer not to use General Anaesthesia because there is a small but finite risk in using it. (The incidence of perioperative mortality that is directly attributable to anaesthesia ranges from 1 in 6,795 to 1 in 200,200 anaesthetics. Wikipedia). That risk needs to balanced against any perceived benefits... if there's no benefit, there's no point in taking the risk.
Disclaimer: My medical knowledge comes from Wikipedia.
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