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WADA Worries

Fri, 09/05/2008 - 14:57

Hello everyone,

 I scheduled my temporal lobectomy for September 29th. I go for my WADA test on September 9th and I have no idea what to expect and I'm really not looking forward to it. For those of you who have had it, what's it like? I'm kind of afraid of the whole idea of putting my brain to sleep. How do you feel? How long does it usually last? My doctor told me to arrive at the hospital at 6am, and I read the test can only take up to an hour but you have to stay in the hospital the rest of the day and then try not to do much for the next 24-48 hours. Is that the case? Any information is helpful. Thanks!

Angie 

Comments

Re: WADA Worries

Submitted by Amber28 on Fri, 2008-09-05 - 15:28

Well, I had to have one of those too before the surgery.  To be totally honest the test itself is pretty cool because it is amazing what you feel like when half of the brain actually goes "to sleep".  For my procedure I started out in it seemed like a normal operating room.  They put something that seemed to look like a normal catheder in my right leg very close to my inner thigh, pelvic area.  I would have to say that was a painful experience and the doctor was having a hard time figuring out why.  I felt a stinging and they tried to get it to stop.  I cried and the nurses took care of me.  The stinging did go away and I don't remember feeling the catheder move the rest of the way up my body.

 I remember the doctor telling me to close my eyes when they were moving toward the brain and then before he put one half of the brain to sleep he would have a nurse go on either side of me and have me put both of my hands up in the air.  I remember that one side made my hands fall silightly down but the other side did not.  Then he tried to get me to answer questions. For both sides I knew what the answers were but I had a more difficult time answering the questions when he put my left side to sleep then when he put my right side to sleep.  I think that each side stayed asleep for like 30-45 seconds.  It wasn't long at all.  That part of the test was just amazing.

After the test was over you are required to lay flat for a specific amount of time..Then the area on my leg was sore for a couple of days.  For the most part it was painless but very interesting.  Let me know if I can answer anything else for you.  You can also email me personally if you want to.  I will help you anyway that I can!!!!

Well, I had to have one of those too before the surgery.  To be totally honest the test itself is pretty cool because it is amazing what you feel like when half of the brain actually goes "to sleep".  For my procedure I started out in it seemed like a normal operating room.  They put something that seemed to look like a normal catheder in my right leg very close to my inner thigh, pelvic area.  I would have to say that was a painful experience and the doctor was having a hard time figuring out why.  I felt a stinging and they tried to get it to stop.  I cried and the nurses took care of me.  The stinging did go away and I don't remember feeling the catheder move the rest of the way up my body.

 I remember the doctor telling me to close my eyes when they were moving toward the brain and then before he put one half of the brain to sleep he would have a nurse go on either side of me and have me put both of my hands up in the air.  I remember that one side made my hands fall silightly down but the other side did not.  Then he tried to get me to answer questions. For both sides I knew what the answers were but I had a more difficult time answering the questions when he put my left side to sleep then when he put my right side to sleep.  I think that each side stayed asleep for like 30-45 seconds.  It wasn't long at all.  That part of the test was just amazing.

After the test was over you are required to lay flat for a specific amount of time..Then the area on my leg was sore for a couple of days.  For the most part it was painless but very interesting.  Let me know if I can answer anything else for you.  You can also email me personally if you want to.  I will help you anyway that I can!!!!

Re: WADA Worries

Submitted by babzy on Thu, 2008-09-11 - 02:00

hi angie, i had the wada test last week. not bad dont be worried,,good luck

hi angie, i had the wada test last week. not bad dont be worried,,good luck

Re: WADA Worries

Submitted by babzy on Thu, 2008-09-11 - 02:00

hi angie, i had the wada test last week. not bad dont be worried,,good luck

hi angie, i had the wada test last week. not bad dont be worried,,good luck

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