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Originally Posted by RSD ME
hi all. i hope you are having a low pain day. i had a question. i am supposed to get an endoscopy done this week bc of stomach pain and just found out that they don't put you to sleep to do it. i am freaking out at the thought of being awake during this procedure not just because of my anxiety issues but also because of my being hypersensitive to pain bc of my rsd. is it possible to be asleep during this procedure? i can't be awake for it. if they don't put me to sleep i think i will have to cancel and suffer more pain bc of the rsd in my stomach. any advice would be much appreciated. thanks.  |
I have had a few and they put you in a "twilight" kind of sleep, a light sedation. I did not remember anything and felt nothing. Maybe did they say no general anesthesia and you thought that meant you weren't getting anything? I'd be freaked out too if I thought I wasnt getting anything.
Also, beforehand, they asked if I was anxious and they put something in my IV prior to being brought in for the procedure.
Maybe just call the docs office and ask for details to assuage your anxiety.
Thinking of you, Diandra