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I've got it done without sedatives 10 years. It was quite a ride. They went only half way and I had enough. It was literally a gut-wrenching experience.

deepspace 6y ago
Funny, I am considered high risk and have had it done annually for about 15 years. None of my doctors ever mentioned a sedative as an option, let alone anesthesia. And it has never been a big deal. The risk associated with anesthesia is way too high to justify it for this kind of procedure. Once every few years they find a suspicious polyp and snip it of / cauterize the wound, all with just local numbing. Still nothing worse than stubbing a toe, and certainly not worth the risk of using sedatives.
- WWLink 6y ago
  Out here in los angeles, most doctors won't even let you in the room unless you're knocked out on propofol.
- jeswin 6y ago
  I got mine done three years back at 36 (I've had gastric issues, and my mom has colorectal cancer) - didn't use sedatives or anesthesia. Pain tolerance is relative, so my own experience wouldn't carry over. I can understand if some people want sedatives, but anesthesia is pretty high risk like you were saying.
  - voxl 6y ago
    So much "high risk" in this thread, yet its used all over the place in United States and not a single shred of evidence to be found anywhere here...
    - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
      I did some googling; here's some studies on death rate due to anasthesia: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697561/ and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147285/ ; the latter does highlight that the incident rate has dropped a lot since the 1940's. Another one on "anesthetic awareness", or waking up during the procedure / recalling things without being able to respond, which happens 1-2 times out of 1000: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900098 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900098 "Not a single shred of evidence to be found" -> "I didn't actually look but like telling people they're wrong lol"
      - voxl 6y ago
        Its not my responsibility to look for evidence if you're making the claim. If you want to come into a thread telling people that are already apprehensive about a procedure "please don't do X its dangerous!" when an _actual_ first google will give you a Mayo Clinic saying its perfectly fine, then you need to provide some fucking evidence. Your evidence is unconvincing, but good job being condescending.
JKCalhoun 6y ago
Yeah, once. It gets worse the farther they go.
graeme 6y ago
To be clear I had sedatives. They just didn’t put me under.

deepspace 6y ago

Funny, I am considered high risk and have had it done annually for about 15 years. None of my doctors ever mentioned a sedative as an option, let alone anesthesia. And it has never been a big deal. The risk associated with anesthesia is way too high to justify it for this kind of procedure. Once every few years they find a suspicious polyp and snip it of / cauterize the wound, all with just local numbing. Still nothing worse than stubbing a toe, and certainly not worth the risk of using sedatives.

WWLink 6y ago
Out here in los angeles, most doctors won't even let you in the room unless you're knocked out on propofol.
jeswin 6y ago
I got mine done three years back at 36 (I've had gastric issues, and my mom has colorectal cancer) - didn't use sedatives or anesthesia. Pain tolerance is relative, so my own experience wouldn't carry over. I can understand if some people want sedatives, but anesthesia is pretty high risk like you were saying.
- voxl 6y ago
  So much "high risk" in this thread, yet its used all over the place in United States and not a single shred of evidence to be found anywhere here...
  - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
    I did some googling; here's some studies on death rate due to anasthesia: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697561/ and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147285/ ; the latter does highlight that the incident rate has dropped a lot since the 1940's. Another one on "anesthetic awareness", or waking up during the procedure / recalling things without being able to respond, which happens 1-2 times out of 1000: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900098 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900098 "Not a single shred of evidence to be found" -> "I didn't actually look but like telling people they're wrong lol"
    - voxl 6y ago
      Its not my responsibility to look for evidence if you're making the claim. If you want to come into a thread telling people that are already apprehensive about a procedure "please don't do X its dangerous!" when an _actual_ first google will give you a Mayo Clinic saying its perfectly fine, then you need to provide some fucking evidence. Your evidence is unconvincing, but good job being condescending.

JKCalhoun 6y ago

Yeah, once. It gets worse the farther they go.

graeme 6y ago

To be clear I had sedatives. They just didn’t put me under.