re: I just had a colonoscopy this morning with Propofol, and damn that is one powerful drug

I was cardioverted a while back and they used that stuff to "relax" me.

I remember going in stuck in AFIB with a BPM of 160. They put me in a bed, hooked up the lines and then they injected that stuff into my IV. Took a couple of seconds to hit, but when it did, I was instantly drunk. The nurse said she would be back in about 15 minutes and they would get started.

Well I laid there waiting for them to come back. I watched the heart monitor next to me and I saw my rate slowly come back down to normal. A little after it returned to normal, the nurse showed up and asked me how I felt.

I told her much better and that whatever they gave me lowered my rate and I didn't need to be shocked back into rhythm. She laughed and told me "They all say that, look at your chest."

There was a visible ring where the pad on my chest used to be for the cardiovert machine. She told me they lit me up a few times before my heart returned to a normal BPM. I swore I was awake the entire time and that no one had come by for at least 30 minutes.

Weirdest feeling ever. She told me it has a hypnotic effect and you just forget what happened. I was told that I talked to them and looked at them as they zapped me back to normal rhythm. I don't remember any of that happening. As far as my memory was concerned, all I did was watch the rate drop on the monitor.

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I just had a colonoscopy this morning with Propofol, and damn that is one powerful drug

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I had mine a couple of years ago (no polyps, good for another couple hundred thousand miles). When they injected it, they told me to count backwards from one hundred. I only had enough time to say "that ain't happening" before what I can only describe as "a wall of sleep" slammed into me like a giant wave. I could feel it coming and knew there was no stopping it.

Apparently I was fricking hilarious when I came out of it. When the nurse brought my wife (no pics) in and said "someone is here to see you" my response was to look flatly at both of them and say "doctor, I've never seen that woman before".

It seems I'm allergic to Propofol. Not long after I went under I broke out in heat rashes so they had to give my Benadryl.

Also, when they woke me up all I wanted to do was go back to sleep. Thirty minutes later it was like I was a kid who had gotten a full night's sleep.

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once I awoke, I almost immediately feeling normal.

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that was my experience, probably a sign of a good anesthesiologist

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I’m surprised how it hasn’t been added to the controlled substance list.

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saw this part and thought surely the OP is mistaken ... but nope, that's right it's NOT on the list

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copy that, just wondering why we're ordered not to forget it

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If you think about it hes pretty good proof that money does not make you happy it just makes stuff a lot easier.

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I took the pills

My colonoscopy was scheduled for 0700

I took 12 pills at 6 o’clock the afternoon before and the other 12 at 2am, I didn’t sleep all night. shite my brains out

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I took the 6pm pills and they kicked in about 8:30. Spent about hour and a half on the toilet then went to bed. Woke up at 2am and took the second set. Napped on the couch until they kicked in. Was done about 4am and went back to sleep.

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The prep, however? That’s another story.

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You aren’t shitting

The prep was brutal. I was peeing out of both my arse and my dick when I had finished the prep solution

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Michael Jackson was taking propofol to sleep, which is like doing chemotherapy because you're tired of shaving your head." - Robin Williams

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Damn!

That 1 second between when you go under and when you wake up isn’t really a second at all. It feels like an eternity of time. It’s the weirdest and most unbelievable experience one could have.