RE: sedation for PEG feeding tube insertion

[Guest guest]

My mother in law needed to have a minor surgery and biopsy last summer and

did well with propaphal and a spinal block which made fentynal not

necessary. Two years before she had a minor surgery and they used versed

and she did fine with it. She does not do well with fentynal - it makes her

agitated and restless and so dopey she doesn't know what's up or down and

also extremely nauseas, and seemed to take forever to wear off. She seemed

goofy for a while after that.

Since I learned her diagnosis she's had to have two surgeries and I've made

a point of speaking with the anesthesiologist before hand and going over the

LBD thing with drugs. I bring a list of things that she's had not so great

mental/emotional side effects from, her current medications and information

printed out about LBD and that some are sensitive to certain medications and

so on. The last time I did this the anesthesiologist was very relieved and

devised a plan to use a spinal block and a little twilight sedation which

worked fantastic. She recovered quickly and we could see no sign she had

anything happen to her when we took her home later. Hospitals have

different procedures for outpatient surgery but I'd ask to know every detail

of the process (where you go, what happens, etc.) and at what point will you

get to speak to his anesthesiologist about your very real concerns and so

on. This should trigger some kind of arrangement that you can speak with

him/her before either at pre-op registration or with plenty of time before

the procedure.

Good luck with this J

Dorothy

From: LBDcaregivers [mailto:LBDcaregivers ]

On Behalf Of bunebrown

Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:20 PM

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: sedation for PEG feeding tube insertion

anyone have experience or input regarding " fenantyl " and/or " versed " for

outpatient surgery?