Dear all:

On a personal note, I appreciate Rachel Myr's explanation of the effects of nitrous oxide.  I recently had an experience with it when I broke my nose in Martial Arts and the ENT who fixes tongue ties also fixed my nose.  I hadn't realized how much experience I had with various forms of anesthesia until the anesthesiologist came to ask me questions about my prior experiences -- 2 fibroadenomas, a surgical delivery, a dental implant, and a plate in my wrist from snowboarding.  He asked why I decided to take up such sports as snowboarding and Martial Arts and I told him it was to stay healthy because my mother had a heart attack at age 52.  And we both chuckled over how it clearly had the opposite effect on my bones!! I really hate anesthesia.  After running down the list of what I hated about each different type of anesthesia he settled on one that he thought would leave my system really quickly -- and that was Nitrous Oxide.  I personally loved the fact that I did not feel like I had been anesthetized after its use.  I had no pain meds at all after the procedure.  On the other hand, I know very well that not everyone react the same way to medications.  

Best, Susan Burger

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