Why would you have a anesthesiologist for a colonoscopy? The sedation they use is very mild and they certainly don’t put you to sleep for it, at least under most circumstances.
I had one about three years ago and refused any sedation and I came though it just fine. I was glued to watching the monitor and talking with the doctor as he did it.
Many doctors love profofol because once they turn off the sedative, you wake up..faster recovery and you can leave the clinic faster..a regular sedation, even if mild, they have to monitor you and that can take an hour..trust me Ive been sedated numerous times for conoscopies, endoscopies and they always knock me out sometimes it takes an hour just to wake me up..it all depends on how much the doctor gives you. For Profofol, you need an anesthesiologist, doesn’t matter if its a hospital setting or a clinic, its automatic they won’t do the procedure without having that person there. My mother refuses sedation for any procedure, she never knows how her heart will respond to it since she has an irregular heartbeat. I never thought you could die during sedation, I would always tell the doc “Knock me out” now I think differently after what happened to Joan
I had a colonoscopy 3 years ago.
I had to have an anesthesiologist because
of sleep apnea.
I had one about three years ago and refused any sedation and I came though it just fine.
Well good for you, sounds like you actually enjoyed it.....Hmmmmm!
Using your own logic, why would anyone wish to have a Novocain injection prior to a major tooth filling? After all, a friend of mine says he has no problem with the drillings sans novocain..........
Your experience is not the norm.
Mine was either proporfol or a general. With propofol, you wake up and you can go. The general makes you groggy for the rest of the day.
I go P whenever I have something done. (Not that often.)