Originally Posted by Chris

Hello sloth,
It's been ages since I have posted on here, and I just noticed your question. MAC stands for "monitored anesthesia care", and is commonly used for short procedures such as biopsies, reproductive procedures such as IVF or egg retreivals, and other short less painful procedures that don't require General Anesthesia. Usually, you're given a drug called "Versed" which will make you feel as if you've just had a few (or more), Marqueritas. While in surgery, they will monitor you to make sure you are not feeling any pain with other sedatives and anagesics, as well as local anesthetics.

You usually wake up fairly quicklly and without any residual side effects of General Anesthesia as you don't have to undergo intubation (the breathing tube they use with General).

I've had MAC done several times in the past few years for several GYN procedures and haven't encountered any problems with the MS. Be sure to inform your phsyciain, as they may reduce the doses of some of the drugs, but they WILL make sure you are always comfortable. If at any point during your procedure you feel any pain at all, by all means, let them know!

Best of luck to you. I'm sure you'll do fine. I do hope your results will be negative.

All the best,
Chris

Originally Posted by SallyC

Hey Chris, there you are. I've been thinking about you. Did you ever make your move to Boston, Atlanta or whereever you guys decided to move? Tell me what's been going on..ok? Missed you.

Versed!!! That's what they used on me at the Dentist, when I had many teeth pulled. It worked just the opposite for me...caused agitation and my blood pressure went sky high. They had to stop it and use Novacaine.

Originally Posted by Chris

Hello Sally,
Oh, I've thought of you often too! We ended up moving to Atlanta (leasing for now), as we are building. I found a lovely position working in a large OB practice with 5 other CNM's, and 9 OB's. My husband has been traveling quite a bit, but it really is lovely here. We just found out that.......





I'm PREGNANT!!!!! I'm still very early, and with my past history, we're waiting to get past the first trimester before we get too agog about it. I'll post more later, we're on our way out for a walk. It's SO LOVELY here! I hope you are faring well. I really have missed you.

All the best,
Chris