Posted by sooshi on July 31, 2004, at 7:44:17
In reply to Re: Anesthesia ....Chemist?? » sooshi, posted by chemist on July 30, 2004, at 22:42:56
Thank you Chemist! I hadn't even thought of the pain killers that they administer at the end of surgery! I have already printed up as much info about my meds to hand directly to the anesthesiologist, especially since one of my drugs isn't well known at all (Zonegran...) And I plan on holding him/her hostage until I feel they understand the impact of what could possibly happen to me. But the problem is, you only get to meet with this person literally right before surgery (that's what my experience has been)...but I guess I could tell them to go look up contraindications of my meds and their anesthesia, huh!?
As for my pdoc, he's pretty much leaving it all up to the anesthesiologist. Same with the surgeon. Argggghhhh!
I guess I'll just keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. I'm doing better now on this particular cocktail than I have in many years, so I have great hope that it will be enough to hold me steady after surgery. But with that great hope comes great fear of being knocked back down! There's almost nothing more painful than sinking into another depression after having a successful run with stability!
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