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LasVegas CH.com Sponsor Offline Episodic CH since 11 yrs old, now 50. Posts: 2020 north of the 60th parallel Gender:	Anesthesia a trigger? Mar 5^th, 2010 at 11:02pm Is anesthesia known to be a trigger?
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Re: Anesthesia a trigger?
Reply #1 - Mar 5^th, 2010 at 11:27pm

Any change in the blood chemistry *can* be a trigger. Note that I didn't say "all" changes...or that any change "will" be a trigger - just that blood chemistry changes *can* trigger. It takes 6-9 months for the body to rid itself of anesthetics. Combine that with the fact that they tend to have a rather heavy affect on the gastrointestinal system, serotonin levels tend to fluctuate a bit for a few weeks.

That being said, I have had 4 surgeries in the past 2 1/2 years and can't really say that any of the Godawful crap they've pumped into my system has actually triggered an episode.

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Re: Anesthesia a trigger?
Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2010 at 8:27am

Since I've had CH I've also been put out at least a dozen times. It has never triggered a hit. In fact, once I was in cycle and got a few days break following a colonoscopy.

That education session with the Ansthesiologist is always interesting. Most of em think I'm full of shit. Fortunately, I've never had to prove them wrong. The last thing I say when they put the mask on is; "if I get hit, you just turn that O2 up as high as it can go".

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Where there is Oxygen, you must use proper caution.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Anesthesia a trigger? Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2010 at 9:47am I was in mid cycle for my colonoscopy a few weeks ago. While the anesthesia left me loopy as a loon for about 12 hours, it did not trigger an attack. Joe
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Anesthesia a trigger? Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2010 at 9:51am Quote: It takes 6-9 months for the body to rid itself of anesthetics. Source?
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AlienSpaceGuy CH.com Old Timer Offline Greetings from outer space Posts: 254 Northpole Gender:	Re: Anesthesia a trigger? Reply #5 - Mar 6^th, 2010 at 5:08pm Brew wrote on Mar 6^th, 2010 at 9:51am: Quote: It takes 6-9 months for the body to rid itself of anesthetics. Source? I would be interested in that source too. Always eager to learn something new.
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Re: Anesthesia a trigger?
Reply #6 - Mar 7^th, 2010 at 1:25am

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WileyP wrote on Mar 5^th, 2010 at 11:27pm:

It takes 6-9 months for the body to rid itself of anesthetics.

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"the plasma half-life of suramin was 44 to 54 days. This is among the longest half-lives reported for any therapeutic substance given to humans."

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Re: Anesthesia a trigger?
Reply #7 - Mar 7^th, 2010 at 2:07am

Ever since I started getting CH's, anesthetic has been a trigger for me and as groggy as I might be, I'm getting hit when I come out of it.
Before I let them put me under I want to see the oxygen set up and ready. It might only be one hit if I'm out of cycle and it doesn't seem to start a cycle.......but that one hit is more than I'd like.

Gayle.

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