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EGADS- Torture!
I knew it used to be worse. I had a endoscope go down my throat to check out my esophogus and stomach and I couldn't take Demoral because of an MAO inhibitor I was on a that time and I had one pissed off doctor. I had told him, called the office, told every nurse, was on the table with the nurse aenesthetist ready to stick the big D in my IV and I said you'd better look it up! He did and found out they could have killed me. Not my idea of how I want to go! My doctor harumphed his way in, announcing I would get a lesser drug. I would experience gagging and watching the scope look at my insides. I was supposed to forget it. It was to be like a roofie. I didn't forget. It wasn't comfortable, but I was in a drugged-out state, but I didn't forget. I had to get extra med when I woke up twice this time, when he rounded the corners. So I remember having two bad dreams. She said my eyes didn't open but I was grimacing so they knew I was experiencing pain. Not so bad these days. The little polyp they snipped out - never would have known it. If you ever have to to it again, it is a whole lot different. I went to special clinic where it's all they do.
Cee
posted by
LadyCeeMarie
on April 18, 2006 at 5:33 AM
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Back in the old dayz
Oh say bout early 80's they did not put folk to sleep for Colonoscopys. Nope, it was grin and bare it (Pun....kind of) with a maximum cocktail of drugs to make you feel like it wasn't your body being invaded. No good, I knew because I felt it and it was hell. Anyway what I remember most besides the pain was the comment made by another doctor to my doctor while they thought I was too loopy to hear or understand or remember, 'see you wore your brown shoes today....wink, wink.' I was so disgusted with the doctors, for they were invading my ass, ripping it and my insides to shreds with a triple lawn hose and they were jokin about it. A tumor was discovered and it was highly recommended that it be removed however when the drugs wore off I'd said to my doctor, and I swear to Gawd I said this, 'when you climb up on this table with me and we see who the first one to cry 'uncle' is, that's when I'll let you take this tumor out' (and half of my colon with it)! I hear today they have a pill that one can swallow and it makes its way down through your insides taking pictures instead of the invasive methods used back in the 'days.' Wow we've come a long way baby
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ALWAYSALOVER
on April 17, 2006 at 10:01 PM
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