Oooo....look what’s happened to Colin the Caterpillar!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873
My late best mate suffered from Barrett's Oesophagus. The condition has to be monitored for any potentially sinister changes so he had to have an endoscopy every year. Before he went the first time, I asked if he would be sedated. He laughed and said 'no' - it wouldn't be painful...
My dad was much better than me at getting anything done. He just took the spray to numb your throat and was ok with that. Just thinking about it makes me gag. Hope I never need one.My late best mate suffered from Barrett's Oesophagus. The condition has to be monitored for any potentially sinister changes so he had to have an endoscopy every year. Before he went the first time, I asked if he would be sedated. He laughed and said 'no' - it wouldn't be painful...
When it came to it, he found it deeply unpleasant so he got knocked out every time after that!
Funnily enough, I was just reading about the lower life expectancy in Scotland... I'm not sure that battered Colin the Caterpillar is exactly the kind of healthy diet that could help reverse that trend!Oooo....look what’s happened to Colin the Caterpillar!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873
New Statesman article said:
I have had every possible orifice investigated including a poke around looking for a gallstone. Even with sedation it was bad enough so I would hate to try with no sedation.Prostate checks were done in the good old days when you got a general anaesthetic. Cannot remember the technical term but I had about 20 of those.I just put the TV on to watch the lunchtime news. I caught the end of an episode of 'Police Interceptors'. The patrol cops had just spotted a stolen car being driven in to a McDonalds car park so they followed it in and nabbed the driver and passenger as they got out. A search of the car revealed a pile of heavy tools on the back seat - crow bars, an axe, a lump hammer, big screwdrivers etc. The driver claimed to have bought the stolen car. He had no licence or insurance. The tools were to be used for 'gardening'! They were arrested for driving a stolen car, no licence or insurance, and 'going equipped' [for burglary]. Roll credits... The voiceover announced that the 2 youths were not charged, but a note was made that the driver had driven without a licence or insurance... And they say that crime doesn't pay!!
My late best mate suffered from Barrett's Oesophagus. The condition has to be monitored for any potentially sinister changes so he had to have an endoscopy every year. Before he went the first time, I asked if he would be sedated. He laughed and said 'no' - it wouldn't be painful...
When it came to it, he found it deeply unpleasant so he got knocked out every time after that!
Dear doctors - If I ever have to have any serious medical things done to me... KNOCK ME OUT FIRST!
Dear doctors - If I ever have to have any serious medical things done to me... KNOCK ME OUT FIRST!
I'm rewatching 'House' in the evenings now. I know it is a TV show, but they make it seem quite routine to drill into a patient's head and chat to them while they are doing it. Even on the TV the sound of a drill bit cutting into bone makes me wince. Being able to feel the vibrations in my skull and smell the burning bone - no thanks!!
I'm rewatching 'House' in the evenings now. I know it is a TV show, but they make it seem quite routine to drill into a patient's head and chat to them while they are doing it. Even on the TV the sound of a drill bit cutting into bone makes me wince. Being able to feel the vibrations in my skull and smell the burning bone - no thanks!!
It does remind me of a procedure I had years ago when a tube is inserted into an artery in the groin and fed up to the kidney. I was told when the dye was put in it would feel a little warm and to remain very still. In fact it felt like I had been kicked in the back by a horse and I was rigid with the shock. I had been told in advance that I would be sedated but after the procedure I mentioned this omission to a nurse. " Oh we only do that if you try to jump off the table" was the reply. I was then given a pad to hold over the insertion point and told if it started to bleed to shout loudly for help immediately as it was an artery.Dear doctors - If I ever have to have any serious medical things done to me... KNOCK ME OUT FIRST!
Some years ago we sassenachs thought deep fried Mars bar was a myth until we actually saw it in a chippy. eughhhOooo....look what’s happened to Colin the Caterpillar!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56955873
Can’t say I fancy trying it. Haven’t even had a Mars bar for a long time now.Some years ago we sassenachs thought deep fried Mars bar was a myth until we actually saw it in a chippy. eughhh
I knocked myself out before they did any tests.Dear doctors - If I ever have to have any serious medical things done to me... KNOCK ME OUT FIRST!
Never actually seen one. I assumed they were only produced for some would be comic television programme.Some years ago we sassenachs thought deep fried Mars bar was a myth until we actually saw it in a chippy. eughhh
