Re: previous surgeries
From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Mon Oct 25 19:08:40 1999
At Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Tina Shelby wrote:
>
>Chris -
>
>So sorry to take so long to get back to you. I have been away from my
>computer for a few days.
>
>Reading your anestesia notes - it looks like you got hypotensive - and that
>is why they gave you the ephedrine and explains why they didn't try to go
>for the ovary. Your blood pressure was falling fairly steadily - 80/38 is
>really too low. Your O2 saturations stayed stable - because you were on a
>ventolator (breathing machine) - which was providing the necessary O2
>requirements.
>
>On your laps - was anything removed besides the adhesions?
>
>Tina
Hi Tina:
Thanks for your opinion! I thought the blood pressure was a little low,
but not sure what the usual response is to anesthesia. I forgot about
the ventilator. Funny no notation was made. I guess this is the type
of thing the anesthesiologist looks at when reviewing previous
surgeries.
I wonder if that's why I had an inhalation mask the second time with
some horrendous smelling gas, or maybe this is just the preference of
the anesthesiologist. I didn't have this the first time.
All I had removed were the adhesions. Ovaries were left in place,
uterus gone 12 years ago. There were a few dots of endo here and there
which I think they removed.
Thanks again for your help
Chris S.