memorex

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1. Colonoscopy & Conscious Sedation

   memorex replied to GlennRoss's topic in Gastroenterology

   I would most certainly use anesthesia, my only question is which one would work on me, since what I had in the early 1990s did not work. "Conscious sedation" was conscious alright but not sedating. I remember the whole painful event. Does propofol ...

2. Colonoscopy & Conscious Sedation

   memorex replied to GlennRoss's topic in Gastroenterology

   Thanks rn29306! I've made a note of that. Outside of pain issues, I also worry about respiratory failure during that procedure. I certainly don't want to go out that way! In the last couple years I've developed high blood pressure, controlled by ti...

3. Colonoscopy & Conscious Sedation

   memorex replied to GlennRoss's topic in Gastroenterology

   I had a couple of colonoscopies back in the early 1990s when I was having some sort of inflamatory bowel problem. Even with sedation they were EXCRUCIATING! They hurt so bad they could not be completed. The second time I screamed so much, they inc...

4. recent colonoscopy experience

   memorex replied to mat/childnurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   I have had 2 colonoscopies and both were extremely painful. I was in so much pain they were not able to complete either exam. I had them about 10 years ago when I was experiencing some intestinal problem that tentatively got called Crohn's. The f...