Judge Mental
Distinguished Member
I’ve had the camera down the throat with local spray not sedation. Also had my colonoscopy for routine bowel screening. Neither were particularly pleasant but necessary. Depends how much you value your health.
They were probably men . Certainly far easier than childbirth and the after effects thereof.I'm happy to report that I have had neither gastroscopy nor colonoscopy... although I've seen more of them than I care to remember. If I did require either, you can bet your life I'd be taking sedation and anaesthetic spray (for gastroscopy). My preference though would actually be general anaesthesia. Hard to talk anyone into offering that though...
The tricky thing about gastroscopy is when the operator asks the patient to swallow the tube. This is well nigh impossible when their mouth is propped open with a plastic mouth shield. I challenge anyone to try swallowing whilst keeping their mouth wide open - it's ain't easy!
I agree that the prep solution for bum scopes is a total nightmare and I've heard a lot of patients say that they felt as if the entire world had fallen out of their backside and that they daren't move further than 20 paces from the toilet for 24 hours.
The sedation used has a retro-amnesic effect, so that even though it renders you ‘co-operative’ (for want of a better word) for the procedure, you just don’t remember it afterwards.I had an endoscope down the throat and when I got there the nurse told me to ask to be sedated as the doctor would push for me having a throat spray instead. He did indeed push the throat spray but I insisted on sedation. I lay on the bed and they gave the sedation and then I was in a different bed. They'd done the procedure and I didn't remember any of it despite my notes saying I was awake and aware all through.
The sedation used has a retro-amnesic effect, so that even though it renders you ‘co-operative’ (for want of a better word) for the procedure, you just don’t remember it afterwards.
I've had quite a few over the years, I certainly remember them and absolutely hate having them.The sedation used has a retro-amnesic effect, so that even though it renders you ‘co-operative’ (for want of a better word) for the procedure, you just don’t remember it afterwards.