Good for him!! I've skipped anesthesia for colonoscopies and mouth surgery. NOT fun doing a cololoscopy that way and I've done several because I have dangerous reactions to anesthesia.
Anaesthesia can easily accelerate the road to dementia, another fact the medical industry chooses not to study, but one that good doctors will often recognize.
Oh wow, did not know that. I just don't ever get it now that I know it's dangerous for me. Can't even have novacain as my whole body starts shaking uncontrolably and my throat swells and my mouth stays numb for a full day. My two kids were born with zero drugs used. And I had to get stitched up after, I've become very accustomed to pain over the years. A fairly easy colonoscopy without drugs is tolorable, although uncomfortable. But when they have to start removing something and fill you with gas so they can work in there, oh God feels like you are going to die.
I've heard several people around say that they're doing more and more operations with just local anesthetic or with a longer-lasting local and a shorter-term general (or even just a sedative) to keep them out for the shortest possible duration. A friend had invasive hip surgery a few months ago and they give him a couple different locals and just sedated him during the surgery. He was pretty much back to normal by the mid afternoon (late morning surgery).
Good for him!! I've skipped anesthesia for colonoscopies and mouth surgery. NOT fun doing a cololoscopy that way and I've done several because I have dangerous reactions to anesthesia.
Anaesthesia can easily accelerate the road to dementia, another fact the medical industry chooses not to study, but one that good doctors will often recognize.
Oh wow, did not know that. I just don't ever get it now that I know it's dangerous for me. Can't even have novacain as my whole body starts shaking uncontrolably and my throat swells and my mouth stays numb for a full day. My two kids were born with zero drugs used. And I had to get stitched up after, I've become very accustomed to pain over the years. A fairly easy colonoscopy without drugs is tolorable, although uncomfortable. But when they have to start removing something and fill you with gas so they can work in there, oh God feels like you are going to die.
I've heard several people around say that they're doing more and more operations with just local anesthetic or with a longer-lasting local and a shorter-term general (or even just a sedative) to keep them out for the shortest possible duration. A friend had invasive hip surgery a few months ago and they give him a couple different locals and just sedated him during the surgery. He was pretty much back to normal by the mid afternoon (late morning surgery).