Serious medical question below....

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  • NorseMaiden
    NorseMaiden Posts: 95 Member
    I had the Forget drug last week for an out patient procedure...I didn't have the luxury of forgetting it however. I clearly remember the horrific pain and the nurses flipping me over to push on my abdomen to help the probe alone as it got caught on the last corner around my lower intestine. It hurt like hell, my blood pressure dropped and they put me on oxygen during that time too. Once the procedure was over they asked me about it and I told them what I remembered. Needless to say they were quite surprised. I've rambled, I'm sorry. I don't have any memory problems from the med now...but I do have anxiety attacks almost every night when I lay down to sleep. I was not aware that could have been a possible side effect of the med. Interesting.
  • heatherloveslifting
    heatherloveslifting Posts: 1,428 Member
    i WAS TOLD i WAS GOING TO HAVE ANESTETIC and would not feel much, I did not know I was getting amnesia drug, and that I would not remember what I was feeling.

    I would be pissed too. I had some pretty bad side effects for more than a year because of a vaccine I was given- side effects that I specifically asked about and was given incorrect information. When I went to report it there was no medical record that I'd even been given the vaccine. It makes me very uneasy when physicians and nurses give incorrect information or adopt their "just shut up and do it" attitude.
  • JonTheOrt
    JonTheOrt Posts: 3
    I have had two, and on Monday will have one more surgery where it will likely be used. If the Anesthesiologist does the same thing as before I will get a spinal block, Lidocaine, plus Versed for significant foot surgery. The spinal and Lidocaine block the pain. The Verced doesn't just block memory, it acts similarly to Valium in that it also relieves anxiety and causes drowsiness. I remember bits and pieces of both prior surgeries and there are no issues for me with negative side-effects. I would believe that experiencing great pain while under the influence of Versed might have negative side-effects even if there is no direct memory (similar to PTSD from what I have read). Because I didn't have any pain during the surgery and because I didn't feel stressed at the time (mostly because of the Versed) the memories I have are mostly interesting to talk about, not problematic.

    A block and Versed is far safer than general. I would always do it if given a choice.

    Jon

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