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Originally Posted by cricket52
I was given Versed and Fentanyl and watched most of the procedure on the monitor. When it got uncomfortable (not really overly painful) I was given more Fentanyl, dropped my oxygen sats and they had to abort. She ran out of scope anyway at the hepatic junction. So once I was up to 98 I was shipped off for a barium enema. Again - no biggie.
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So they still don't put us to sleep for a colonoscopy in Canada, Cricket? I was hoping they would following the American procedure by now . . . but it sounds like it is not so bad if you are premedicated.
I had one when they dx Ulcerative Colitis in the mid-80's. I was pretty raw at the time
, and they had given me no medication what-so-ever
. It was painful.
Gotta go for my 1/2 century check-up next year.
Cherie
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