This is great to see and I particularly like your rebuttal of the claim that individuals 'feel pain differently'. It's all a distraction from the central issue, which is that the pain management aspect of this and related procedures simply hasn't been prioritised. We can speculate on why this might be.
The option of GA should always be offered up-front while the alternatives are as unacceptable as what you describe here, which is in keeping with what I've heard from women I've spoken to. I do think your point that the location of where gynae procedures are done is also a significant one, and one I hadn't considered before now.
Could a possible solution be simply to move gynae endoscopy into the same physical locations as all other forms of endoscopy so the same infrastructure is available in terms of sedation etc? If not, why not?
I had mine under GA and would do so again unless something like this was an option.
Through the hysteroscope: Reflections of a gynaecologist
in Women's health
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This is great to see and I particularly like your rebuttal of the claim that individuals 'feel pain differently'. It's all a distraction from the central issue, which is that the pain management aspect of this and related procedures simply hasn't been prioritised. We can speculate on why this might be.
The option of GA should always be offered up-front while the alternatives are as unacceptable as what you describe here, which is in keeping with what I've heard from women I've spoken to. I do think your point that the location of where gynae procedures are done is also a significant one, and one I hadn't considered before now.
Could a possible solution be simply to move gynae endoscopy into the same physical locations as all other forms of endoscopy so the same infrastructure is available in terms of sedation etc? If not, why not?
I had mine under GA and would do so again unless something like this was an option.