But how long is the wait?
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Hi people, will someone help? I finally after what seems an eternity had an appointment for preassessment in hospital yesterday. It's not as though i have waited long, not past a century. If i have now got a step forward to my camera then how long do i have to wait until i go in and have the camera? It's under general anesthesic, please don't ask me to explain why i couldn't do the other camera, i just couldn't.
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marsh23433 sam18386
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Hi Sam,you will get deep sedation like general anaesthetic .You will go to hospital in the morning ,go through their tests like bp etc and then about 3 hours later you will wear a hospital gown and go down to the theatre after having premed and that takes about 10 mins for the deep sedation to work .i had it under deep sedation and i was only under for 30 minutes.you may get the results before you go home.
sam18386 marsh23433
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Ah ok, this is what they've had to do because a local didn't work.
claire71812 sam18386
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hi it took about 3 hours at the hospital in all. i had full sedation and just fell asleep and woke up with it all done. told ok and went home. i have got to have another one as it was over 5 years n ago. so i. trying not to stress!
sam18386 claire71812
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Oh that sounds OK to me. Did you wait long between preassessment and date for actual camera.
marsh23433 sam18386
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Just remember if you have heavy sedation Hi Claire,if you had one 5 years ago then ,at least you know what too expect.If you have heavy sedation then some one will have too drive you home ,and if there is know one ,like i had know one then i had to stay at the hospital over night.
marsh23433 sam18386
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Hi Sam,from the time you had your assessment you may have too wait just a week or so.,that depends on area you live .
sam18386 marsh23433
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Thanks that does help!
marsh23433 sam18386
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Hi Sam,local does work ,but some times it is good to have heavy sedition if you have panic attacks .i assume you are talking about camera in throat or maybe camera in back side .which one are you having done
marsh23433 sam18386
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Hi Sam.how old are you and which area are you from.
sarah87162 sam18386
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My understanding is the whole point of an assessment is to check if you are fit for surgery. So the surgery will be shortly after the assessment. If they wait too long between assessment and surgery then sometimes they will have to assess you again in case things have changed. Hope that makes sense and good luck with the surgery.
Take care and keep in touch
Sarah
sam18386 sarah87162
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Thanks Sarah, i will just be glad when it's done and i discover what this is. I still don't get how all of it works, you have an intolerance here's a special diet, cut all these things out, leave them out oh and then by the way we'll then leave you stuck, dump you on a load of medication and then leave you years! WHY? Just tell me what this is!
sarah87162 sam18386
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OK You ask what it is. I think its called GETTING OLDER basically!!
Sarah
sam18386 sarah87162
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Glad you responded, did you never get told to not mention age? It can't be, it's just doctors sucking in half truths when the truth would save money surely? I will only get the truth when that camera has been down my throat. There's clearly something a miss.