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1. In Naraka (permanently) (mono@shitposter.club@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 01-Feb-2020 12:02:27 JST In Naraka (permanently)

   • In Naraka (permanently)
   https://reducing-suffering.org/the-horror-of-suffering/
   
   i don't hate brian i just think he lives a cursed existence.
   
   also i really didn't need to read those stories about people waking up during surgery.
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   • In Naraka (permanently) (mono@shitposter.club@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 01-Feb-2020 12:05:03 JST In Naraka (permanently)

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     >Colonoscopies are recommended for all adults every 10 years starting at age 50. Alarmingly, patients may not realize how painful the procedure was because amnesic drugs like Versed prevent memories from being retained. The paper "Midazolam-pain, but one cannot remember it: a survey among Southern German endoscopists" discusses endoscopy, but similar findings may apply for colonoscopy:
     
     >Ninety-eight percent of the questioned physicians felt that patients have pain during endoscopy with midazolam+/-opioid, but do not remember later. Ninety-two percent reported that it happens that patients moan aloud because of pain and almost half of the endoscopists (48%) reported of screaming. The majority of the endoscopists (91%) reported fierce defense movements with midazolam or the need to hold the patient down on the examination couch because of fierce movements, respectively (75%). Seventy percent of the endoscopists wished to have the rooms for endoscopy preferably soundproof away from the waiting room [...].
     
     holy shit bro