re: #420 jim in virginia

Worst part of the colonoscopy was the day before prep: unpleasant but not painful. At the doctors office the nurse put an IV in my arm, the wheeled me into the room, I woke up thirty minutes later and we were done. I don’t remember a thing.

Good evening, Lizards.

That’s sort of what I experienced. Took all day before “cleaning out”, went in, they stuck the IV in, went away. Half-hour later, the nurse came back, I’m sitting there, reading a magazine, bored but as yet not out. They wheel me in, stick the O2 thingie under my nose, say, “OK. Mr. eon, we’re going to give you something that’ll make you feel really good.” I say “OK”, check the clock- 1017 hours. I turn over as ordered.

Next thing I feel is the whatsit being pulled out. I check the clock; 1032 hours. They pull the IV, I get up, walk to Recovery, get dressed. No big deal.

What I don’t know is that the Dr. is on the phone to my family doc, wanting to know why they had to use enough sedative for a moose to keep me out for 15 minutes. He tells them, “Mr. eon has a very high resistance to sedation. Didn’t you read his records I sent over?”

Still, no big deal, and I have some interesting photos- sort of like the movie Fantastic Voyage.

cheers

eon