Reply to "Anesthesia required for a "Flex sig" exam?"

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The last doctor that gave me one always does them with medication so I didn't argue with him. It depends on how much experience the doctor has doing j-pouch scopes I think.

It also depends on how much money your doctor wants to extract from your medical insurance provider. With my old GI, he would bend me over an exam table and be done with it inside ten minutes. No fuss, no muss, pay the $20 co-pay and have a nice day.

Nowadays they want to send you to a clinic, get sedation, do a full bowel prep, get a room, etc. Even if you waive the sedation you still get charged for having the anesthesiologist on hand (in case you fall asleep?). Everyone wants to get paid and what used to be a simple procedure now requires a tremendous amount of time and a bill of a couple of thousand dollars.

If you want to be sedated, wait for the bill to come--that's when you'll need it.

6/9/142:42 PM

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