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:zzz:Sorry, JS, General anaesthetic

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Bats post...

My post in response meant an endoscopist is more likely to perforate the bowel wall (super thin in parts) if you take away the discomfort factor of a patient which lets the endoscopist know if they are pushing too much with the scope..

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I am sooooooooooooo sorry for using the wrong term.

I used the word that was used by my OPTHALMOLOGIST when she said she was referring me to a RETINOLOGIST ....... not only last year, but also the year before when I saw this guy's partner, and 3 years before that when she referred me to the same person who I had already seen 3 times before .......... and who had also been referred to as a RETINOLOGIST by my previous OPTHALMOLOGIST.

Do you really expect a person untrained in medical specialities to know that they were using the wrong title?

Do you need to make fun of and sarcastically correct someone?

Oscar Wilde's quote "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit" is a good thing to remember.


and I did indeed know why there were separate trips into the examination area ............. I do go regularly for eye tests and have probably seen more specialists than most people.

I will correct you in one thing ........... the drops were administered in the waiting room, as they usually are here. I waited about 20 minutes before the first visit to the examination area for the technician to do whatever she had to do. Then another 15-20 minutes before seeing the doctor. He did not even look into my eyes .... just looked at the report that he had with him


I did not say that I would not have the test done ............ I said that I would not go back to that doctor.

I was unhappy making the appointment for the test because I felt he was so uncommunicative and unsympathetic ...... no patient rapport with me at all, no explanation of what the test would show him, or how it would be done. Just "I want this done", and straight to the 2 girls on the booking desk. THEY told me more than he did ....... ie, what the test involved, the chemical used, etc etc

AND I would have understood the technicalities of the treatment because I do understand the structure of the eye and how it works ............ I have a degree in Zoology.

I will go back quite happily to his partner, or to another specialist recommended by my OPTHALMOLOGIST, but not him.

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neither OH nor I have had GA for colonoscopies, and I haven't had a GA for the endoscopies I had (he hasn't had one)........... and this goes back at least 12 years.

We had different specialists, both seem to give a tranquilliser through IV, but I only had that and a throat spray for the endoscopies, and the tranquilliser alone for the one and only colonoscopy I've had.

I did not sleep at all during or after the colonoscopy. I did sleep for a short time after the endoscopies.

OH falls asleep as soon as he lies flat, although he swears he doesn't .... so who knows whether his specialist gives him a bit more. OH has had colon cancer and a large chunk of his colon removed, so there is also something to check out very carefully.

OH has been known to fall asleep in the dentist's chair when having major work done :lol:

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Not me. :cool:

You know what? It doesn't actually matter too much if the consultant is pally or not. Who cares. It is the knowledge and medical advice and help that is above all important. It doesn't matter how long one waits in a waiting room. We all have to wait unless we pay bucket loads not to have to wait. Not one of us in those waiting rooms is more important than the one before or after in the line, unless there is urgent medical need. In which case A&E is best.

If you want to protect your eye health , you do what is necessary . Promptly.

FYI. As the technician had checked your eyes after the drops were administered, the consultant did not need to waste time double checking her work. He simply needed to read the report. It was for the nurses and other staff to explain the process to you. His time was and is best spent seeing the next patient who needs his expertise.

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Bev


Please do not join the ones who are always having a go at me



I don't want a doctor to be "pally" as you put it, but I want to feel comfortable with him (or her) and I want to feel that I can trust him / her

............. I did not feel comfortable with that guy, and did not have any trust in him


I've since read reviews of him, and lots of people think he is wonderful ........... well, I did not get that feeling.

I don't need any lessons in taking care of my eyes ........... I know my eyes, and I know that they need care.

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Thanks. I was just curious.


I don't think I had a general, it was a liquid injected through an IV line, pro something or other, I can't recall the name but I do know it started with po or pro....lol

I have been under general once, but I was 2, so can't remember any of it except one part, waking up and seeing cartoons on TV....lol

I was apparently quite a handful with the nurses and punched a couple but I was 2 and probably scared.

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"Milk of amnesia" - Propofol- famous for putting Michael Jackson to sleep....forever! It is in it usual use given to induce anesthesia/ put you under- it is used for GAs
Even the nicest people react badly to potent agents- maybe you were fighting Wile E Coyote or some other cartoon baddies you encountered in your drug induced dreams!!

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I had a couple of really wild nightmares coming down off morphine 2 days after leg surgery on the morning I was discharged. Everything knocked over and on the floor, x2, it wasn't good. Reading back through the last few pages reminded me of seeing Fantastic Voyage in the theatre when I was a kid.

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Just reading in today's paper - half of operations cancelled result from there being no bed available following the op. They have the staff and the theatres but not the bed available.

One-third of hospital beds are occupied by patients who should not be in hospital but in more appropriate homes. Bed blockers.

I've seen countless reports over the years about how it costs more to keep a patient in hospital than it does in a home and that's not including any contribution from the patient.

In one case there was even a long delay in giving a licence to a provider (already running other homes) with an already available facility ready to have patients move and free up over fifth blocked beds.

I'm unsure of the technicalities but the last government here abolished its subsidy for one category of Home unless Alzheimers was present and there are people occupying beds in hospital because a place in a home cannot be afforded as a result.

This is insanity isn't it?

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Medicine can be perplexing sometimes as to how opinions from doctors vary.

Wife had some tests results evaluated last week by our GP all is well, nothing abnormal.

My wife being my wife and the fact lab results are available online, and 2 were flagged by the lab, decided to get a 2nd opinion, that doctor on one ( MPV count) agreed with the GP that it coincides with the start of a medication and that medication can cause it to be out of whack.

The other was low iron, and possible anemia, the GP said it was fine nothing to worry about, the doctor today said its not fine and she should take iron supplement and recheck in 2 weeks.


Which doctor shall the patient go by?

It can be confusing indeed.

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Available on line? How common is that?

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Not very in my experience. I'm a patient at Sunnybrook and they have an online facility called "MyChart". In theory all of your results and notes can be posted online for you to view and to share if you wish. Ie with your GP or family.

Mine has my surgery notes, consultation notes, radiology, and ECG reports. Plus a list for future appointments. It's usefulness is patchy as not all records are uploaded.

I've mentioned this to several at work and it's new to them too. I think it's great.

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Not sure, but the service we have appears to be available in select BC health authorities and labs and in Ontario.

my ehealth

In BC it's available for patients:

Over 16

Have a BC health number

And have lab work done in the following locations:

Life Labs, Valley Medical Labs, BC biomedical, and as an outpatient in Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Healthcare, and Fraser Health.



It comes in handy, if I don't see anything flagged by the lab as abnormal, I don't rush to the doctor (his office never calls you even when something is out of range or abnormal, they expect you to come in to see the doctor for the results.) and at my next appointment just ask him.

A few things don't appear online namely HIV, Hep, and other STD's which go to BC Disease Control for testing and you need to see the doc for the results.


It does not include things like x-rays or CT's and MRI's, just blood and urine testing done in a lab.

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Saw this this morning. Thought it may interest some of you. Anyone willing to take the chance?

New machine could one day replace anesthesiologists - The Washington Post