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Originally Posted by Boomer
Oh, my! You were awake for the incision!
The last thing I remember was the surgeon pinching skin above the eyelid crease and calling out a nano-number. Can’t remember the number though.
Propofol was my friend — just like the colonoscopy drug. Woke right up after. It’s a fast $urgery.
They had said something about sometimes using a little Versed before. I don’t know if they did that or not. . .
(I have always been suspicious of the root of that name for a drug. ‘Ver’
just like in ‘veracity’ or ‘verify’ or ‘verisimilitude’ or ‘veritably’ and the Spanish word ‘verdad’ = TRUTH! (Always wondered if Versed is truth serum or some such thing and I would tell them all kinds of stuff if they used that.)
Boomer
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For several years I sedated and injected patients for these kind of procedures. Versed is a wonderful drug, but a little explanation to the patient as to what is going to happen goes a very long way. I only used Propofol when someone was extremely anxious and all the explanation in the world didn’t help. The first mention of me using a tiny needle near their eye to numb things a bit was a great indication on just how anxious the patient was. On occasion if the patient didn’t move a lot I could carry on very nice conversation with the patient while the procedure being done. I had monitors in place but at times my hand on their wrist checking the pulse would calm things a bit.