Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Joane...I've had at least 10 or more, the meds were so relaxing I would kind of drift off. I was given that one drug (?) that pretty much erases any memory of the procedure. and of course the spray. BTW... thanks for all the sites. My files are bulging....I'm going to have to spend time reorganizing them. You sure send some good stuff! love jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Well it was ny gastros choice.... I had chronic bleeding varices and he would sclerotize them..finally I had transplant and bleeding stopped but I hace a lot of scar tissue..... I also usd to get transfusions every 3 weeks or so. He was afraid I was too ill to get a shunt or TIPS since I had encephalopathy.....it was his opinion and evidently the Cleveland Clinic agreed. At that time I had so many diffeent procedures that it didn't make much difference to me. I also felt like a pin cushion . I've had so many needles in me that I don't feel them any more. BUT........ I am alive and ogling , I mean kicking. : ) God is good jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2002 Report Share Posted November 5, 2002 Debby, I agree with Jerry. I've had about that many and I don't remember a thing. I'd do it again anytime. This for me was one of my easier test. I just tell them ahead of time I want good drugs and lots of them. They must listen because I wake up with no knowledge of what happened while I was out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2002 Report Share Posted November 5, 2002 .....now I remember.....my gastro always gave Versed and Demerol......a dandy little combination....the procedures always went easily.....except one time when I was getting to much air and kept belching loudly and trying to apologize with the tube down my throat...he used the same combo for colonoscopies.. Only once do I rember discomfort not pain really but every time he pushed it in farther........ jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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