The Two-Day Demerol Daze
Sorry blogging's a little light today. I had an endoscopy yesterday morning, and I think they must've given me the anesthesia dose for the 200 lb. lady two beds down. Either that, or I'm just the anesthesia lightweight I am when drinking wine (half a glass and I'm under the table if I haven't eaten).
Going back to bed! Please slap around the deserving in my absence.
P.S. On the bright side, Gregg told me I've "got this booking-photo beauty." Awwww.
BTW, if you're not going to finish that wine...
Be well.
Crid at January 12, 2008 9:52 AM
Thanks...and now I really am going back to bed.
Amy Alkon at January 12, 2008 10:00 AM
Hope it's nothing serious. Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery, Amy.
Marie at January 12, 2008 10:12 AM
I was given tylenol and codeine when I had my wisdom teeth out, and I am not sure I ever recovered from that misery.
I hope you do feel better soon.
jerry at January 12, 2008 10:34 AM
Yeah, I think people have vastly different reactions to it. They "[gave] [me] the good stuff" after I told my doctor that I didn't really care to play Fantastic Voyage at my own colonoscopy last month, but afterwards I hijacked my mandatory ride "home" and forced her to endure a small feast at the taco stand and several hours of obsessively chatty conversation. I guess I'm always more social when I get some sleep.
Paul Hrissikopoulos at January 12, 2008 11:00 AM
Either that, or I'm just the anesthesia lightweight...
Probably that, something my partner would gladly trade with you on. They gave her the drug that is supposed to make one absolutely immobile and lacking in any feeling, enough to contend with a women at half again her weight. Little effect. By the time it was done, she had enough pain killers and anesthesia to take care of four women her size. She doesn't remember anything from that point, until almost two hours later, but she was still conscious and in turns trying to break my hand and reach through the sheet to get at the residents taking our son out of her belly.
Please slap around the deserving in my absence.
A tough assignment, but I'm just the asshole for the job.
On the bright side, Gregg told me I've "got this booking-photo beauty."
Ha! I've got that most every day. Momma says it's rather endearing. I swear my days don't start with me looking like that.
Looking forward to you not feeling quite so much like the airplane, soaring through the clouds.
DuWayne at January 12, 2008 1:02 PM
Anybody else had this procedure? How long were you out from the anesthesia? It's Sunday and I still feel like crap.
Amy Alkon at January 13, 2008 7:25 AM
I've had three colonoscopies. The first one, I was lightly sedated and fairly interested in the unusual angle on myself in the monitor. The other two, I started feeling pain and requested the knock-out dose. In all 3 cases, fully recovered by the end of the same day. But then, I'm what bartenders call a "professional" drinker (also known in impolite UK circles as a "piss-artist")
Stu "El Inglés" Harris at January 13, 2008 8:48 AM
Thanks, Stu. That's kind of what I'd expected. I've downed some Ritalin and some Tylenol, and I'm hoping it will help me defog. Quite disturbing. I think I need to stay healthy, as merely getting tested for possible unhealthiness could kill me!
Amy Alkon at January 13, 2008 8:54 AM
I was out for a knee surgery and a laparoscopic procedure, and in both cases I was with it again within about an hour of waking up.
I hope you're feeling a lot better now. If I recall correctly, the effects are only supposed to last 24 hours at most.
Kimberly at January 13, 2008 2:16 PM
Thanks...it's taking a lot longer, and I'm worried. The fog is less than it was yesterday, but I'm still not 100 percent. It's now been since 8:45am on Friday, and it's 2:23 pm on Sunday.
I e-mailed the doctor (there was no anesthesiologist on hand) to see if this is normal. He saw that full cognitive function is, let's say, an ESSENTIAL part of my life, as he checked out my blog before the procedure.
Amy Alkon at January 13, 2008 2:26 PM
Sometimes it can be a reaction. Whatever they knocked me out for my surgery made me DEAF for two days. Talk about being scared. You might want to get the name and brand in case you have to get something else similiar done and you can talk to your doctor/surgeon/aneth. guy. My second surgery went way better because of I did.
By the way, my husband had a colonoscopy done a year ago, and by the end of the day he was fine.
Stacy at January 13, 2008 10:40 PM
Thanks so much -- I can imagine you'd be terrified at being deaf. I had no idea what I would do to support myself without my brain.
Amy Alkon at January 13, 2008 10:48 PM
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