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Originally Posted by ZonieDiver
When I had my colonoscopy done, the only problem was with "infiltration" from the IV. I ended up in "Urgent Care" over the following weekend, and the young doc there referred me to the older doc - who told me when he had his done that he had insisted on a local anesthetic. He told me that while you are under, they don't just "bend" the "hose" but that they bend you every which way to accomodate it - and that in this moving and bending, my IV'ed hand probably hit the rail on the bed - jarring it.
I wonder if they'll let ME, plain old civilian patient, insist on "local" NEXT time?
PS - You know that you are OLD when this is the kind of stuff you are posting!
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Position changes can facilitate a colonoscopy; some do it, and some do not . I do not do the endoscopies, my experience is limited to anesthesia for the endoscopies. That having been said, the difficult part of the procedure is tolerating the bowel distention from air inflated into the colon. The air helps the endoscope pass, and it does provide a better diagnostic look at the colon, nod to PedOncoDoc. Colon distention generates a very uncomfortable cramping event, I'm not sure that a "local" will help.
Some of the docs I have worked with have asked me to stand-by during a non-sedated colonoscopy, and then used less air to inflate the colon. They do work, but folks are uncomfortable. If the discomfort becomes intolerable, it is nap time. Despite all, we really do not want folks to hurt if it can be helped. Diprivan, Versed, and Fentanyl work nicely, IMHO.
We do seem to be getting off "Comedy Zone" path here. I guess we could do Michael Jackson and Diprivan jokes
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My $.02.
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