Surgery

[[Ki...]]

Dear Friends

 

I will be needing surgery as my 1st step to treat my breast cancer

Shud I tell the anesthetist any precautions

It will be under general anesthesia

Does benzo withdrawal interact with GA.

Thank you so much

 

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Kirkhero,

I am so sorry you will be dealing with breast cancer on top of all of this.  There have been others on BB in a similar situation; there is a thread under "support groups" where you could post your question for shared experiences on GA and withdrawal.  A good friend of mine, Hope76, was in this situation.  Perhaps you could reach out to her?

 

http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=157052.0

 

with compassion.....

[[Ki...]]

Thank you so much

Will go thru the link

Appreciate it

[[Ch...]]

I’m sorry you’re facing this now, but glad it’s been caught and being treated. 

 

Many of this community have had surgeries requiring anesthesia with no problems. You will probably be offered a benzodiazepine as a pre-surgical relaxant. If you choose to take it, I doubt it will hurt anything. But it’s optional. I decided to wait til the last minute to decide, by that time I was no longer nervous about surgery and didn’t take it.

[[Ki...]]

Thank you so much.

It puts my mind at ease.

[[pi...]]

Kirkhero,

 

My heart goes out to you, I'm sorry you are facing another challenge.  You are strong though and will face this first step in the treatment of breast cancer.

 

I have had many surgeries due to a terribly bad shoulder.  As Challis said, you will be offered a benzo pre-surgery for calming and amnesia effects.  Dr. Ashton says that a one off use of benzos for surgery should not present problems. I do know of people who had no issues with this.

 

I personally chose not to have pre-op benzos.  My wishes were respected and since this wasn't my first rodeo in terms of surgery, I was fine and didn't need the drug.

 

I'm thinking of you and sending you positive thoughts for your surgery.

 

PG 

[[be...]]

Hi

 

 

I took a one off dose of versed and it didn’t affect me. They gave it to me without telling me so if you opt not to take a pre surgery benzo you might want to tell them right off. They also gave me fentynl which pissed me off to no end.

[[Ki...]]

Thanks my friends.

So nice to hear from you Pianogirl. Means a lot to me

I will definitely not take the benzo.

What other drugs shud I avoid in GA

Did u have surgeries with GA.

Thank you so much.