Deep Thoughts On A Propofol Drip

A medical procedure requiring general anesthesia can be a gas.

At the least, it’s an opportunity to have a great nap.

Propofol anyone?

While lying on the operating table waiting for my propofol drip…

  • It occurred to me that toe tags probably have bar codes now. When we die, we are scanned like a can of peas at the Food Mart. Reduced to a digital file in the eternal cloud. Immortality anyone?

  • If your anesthesiologist resembles an underwear model, feel free to gush. Life is short.

  • Is it kosher to “card” your surgeon? Yes, especially if has braces on his teeth and is wearing a Cub Scout uniform.

  • Don’t let the medical team mistake upper for lower. It’s the difference between an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. It happens.

  • Enjoy the chipper young nurses, the ones who resemble lovey-dovey kindergarten teachers who adore children. You know, the ones who haven’t had children yet.

  • “The patient tolerated the procedure well” - of course, she did - she was high in the sky floating on propofol blissfully unaware of all violations via rubber hose and movie camera crammed down the throat, knives pinching off stomach tissue to send to pathology.

  • And what about the results of your biopsy? “Log onto the website to see if you have cancer.”

  • Not quite a spa experience, but… the best nap ever.

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Barb Best