Has this become common place now? Your colonosc. driver

the entire procedure?

At my last colonoscopy, I took a cab to the facility, had the procedure, and called the person who was going to take me home after the procedure. She was able to be at work while I had my procedure.

Aw, man! Has it changed? Thanks.

Follow Ups:

• way late to the party ... PAM Fri, Aug 05 2022 at 12:50 AM CDT (0)
• I've never known it not to the policy around here. Too many people sneaking out and trying to drive home under anesthesia. nm Thu, Jul 28 2022 at 04:30 PM CDT (4)
  • Since having a recovery room would be inconvenient/cut into profits, they dump the burden of getting home still under anesthesia onto the patients. sm Sat, Jul 30 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT (3)
    • Nobody ever releases a patient "still under anesthesia." That's ridiculous. They need to know you have a driver because many are still groggy. nm Wed, Aug 03 2022 at 09:46 AM CDT (1)
      • And it can impair your reflexes and decision making for a while nm Talon Sun, Aug 07 2022 at 04:43 PM CDT (0)
    • I always go to a post-procedure recovery room after colonoscopy and they monitor my vital signs. SM Tue, Aug 02 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT (0)
• Yes this was normal in my area 15 years ago when my mother had colonoscopy. sm yes Mon, Jul 25 2022 at 06:26 PM CDT (5)
  • Yucko! You're not in the Wash. DC/Northern VA area are you? Thank you. nm Tue, Jul 26 2022 at 01:30 PM CDT (4)
    • I was in the DC/MD area and had one about 15 years ago and had to have my driver there the whole time. Sun, Aug 07 2022 at 03:09 PM CDT (1)
      • Re: I was in the DC/MD area and had one about 15 years ago and had to tijundonghua60 Tue, Sep 27 2022 at 06:36 AM CDT (0)
    • Great Lakes area nm Tue, Aug 02 2022 at 07:28 AM CDT (1)
      • Thanks. nm The OP Fri, Aug 05 2022 at 08:12 AM CDT (0)
• Our GI has required it for years. Then with COVID, we had to sit out in the car for 3 hours SM Mon, Jul 25 2022 at 02:34 PM CDT (3)
  • Oh, man. Are you in my area, Wash. DC/Northern Virginia? Thanks. nm Tue, Jul 26 2022 at 01:32 PM CDT (2)
    • NC nm Wed, Jul 27 2022 at 12:57 PM CDT (1)
      • Thank you. nm The OP Wed, Jul 27 2022 at 04:37 PM CDT (0)
• Give some consideration to whether noninvasive testing would be appropriate for you. GI docs often discourage it because colonosocpy is their cash cow. sm Mon, Jul 25 2022 at 07:15 AM CDT (2)
  • that is a very good option (sm) Pam Wed, Jul 27 2022 at 09:53 PM CDT (0)
  • In my area, lots of things are cash cows for docs. Cancer is not common in my family. Blood presure, cholesterol, and ... sm Tue, Jul 26 2022 at 01:59 PM CDT (0)
• What's their rationale? nm Sun, Jul 24 2022 at 10:47 PM CDT (1)
  • They gave none. One of their company policy articles say you can just have driver pick you up. Another article says you have to be in waiting room. nm Tue, Jul 26 2022 at 01:34 PM CDT (0)
• Well, that's a great policy to ensure many more people don't schedule a colonoscopy, isn't it? nm Sun, Jul 24 2022 at 05:27 PM CDT (1)
  • Every time they tell me they want me to have one I say I live alone, nobody to be there. yep Mon, Jul 25 2022 at 06:27 PM CDT (0)
• I have heard of it becoming more commonplace. nm Talon Sun, Jul 24 2022 at 01:35 PM CDT (1)
  • Thanks for the input. nm The OP Wed, Jul 27 2022 at 04:39 PM CDT (0)

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