| Communication |
To my memory it was explained to me fairly clearly. The only thing though that I remember about the risks involved were the possible though rare punctures of the tissue by the instrument. They did explain to me before they went in and before they knocked me out. They showed me the tube and they said they was gonna run that down in there and look around.
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I didn’t even know they were going to take biopsies. I thought they were just going to go in there and look. They’re not real good about talking to you about situations here. They do procedures and that’s it.
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| Wait time |
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• I’ve waited there all day before….They have
people wait and wait and wait without any
idea when they’re going to go in and most of
the time it’s 6 to 8 hours [until you get in]. |
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| Treatment by Physicians |
•The doctor told me not to worry about anything and
they would take care of it…they sedated me and I
woke up and, I mean I didn’t even know anything had
been done…. it worked out really well so I hope that
the doctors that I see next time is gonna be the same
way…she really did a very good job. |
They said they sedated me….no they didn’t sedate me…Course they had me strapped down. I couldn’t do anything either. I felt like she was ignoring what I said… I was feeling anger and fear. When I tried to slow my breathing to relax myself…the anesthetist smacked my arm, well my shoulder, real hard and said “breathe” and so I couldn’t do my breathing to relax myself
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| Pain or Lack of Pain |
I just run in there with the attitude that it wasn’t gonna hurt, and it didn’t. Even after you have it done and wake up, you never know anything had been done to you. It’s that easy. They sedated me and I woke up… I didn’t even know anything had been done. They really did a good job.
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When they began the procedure they had given me some type of anesthesia intravenously, and I think they got it mixed up with saline water, because I have never ever—and I have been cut, shot, car wreck, horse wreck—had a pain to that extreme. It didn’t feel too comfortable….I was never put to sleep. I think I had it done two or three times. They didn’t put me to sleep.
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| Trust |
I’m confident enough in my doctor that she knows what she’s doin’, and what she’s doin’ is best for me. I got a lot of faith in the [hospital].
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• I don’t like the way they…said they were
gonna sedate me and they didn’t sedate
me…They would try to force it down my
throat and I don’t like that, and I’m very leery.
My trust just went out the window |
| Feeling in Control of BE |
Well they’re helping me take control of it because that finds it and then I don’t have to worry about it no more… gives me a relief. I’m lookin’ pretty forward to gettin’ the GI test done so that they can go down into my stomach and find out if there’s anything that’s out of the ordinary.
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