HELLO EVERYONE------IT'S ME......I HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AGAIN......I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL MONDAY AS SCHEDULED, AND WAS SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE MIGRAINE WITH NAUSEA----(THIS IS TYPICAL, BUT THE NAUSEA SEEMED WORSE, MORE BLOATING---COULD IT HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY THE OVERNIGHT CITRATE OF MAGNESIA? has anyone else experienced this? ) WELL, WHEN THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAME IN HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO DO THE INTUBATION(?) WHILE I WAS AWAKE....SINCE I HAVE A SMALL MOUTH AND I WAS NAUSEATED>>>>>>>I COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT AND BEGGED HIM TO FIND ANOTHER WAY---I HAVE HAD FOUR MAJOR SURGERIES BEFORE AND HAD never BEEN AWAKE FOR ANY KIND OF INTUBATION......THEY WERE AFRAID I MIGHT ASPIRATE......SO TO MAKE A LONG SAD STORY SHORT, MY SURGEON HAS RESCHEDULED ME AGAIN........TO JULY 12......I AM SUPPOSED TO SEE THE ANESTHESIOLOGISTS TODAY TO HAVE THE PROCEDURE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL TO ME......HAS ANYONE ELSE EVER HAD THIS DONE?????? I DONT THINK I CAN HANDLE BEING INTUBATED AWAKE????HELP!!!!!!!!! I AM JUST REALLY FEELING SAD, CONFUSED AND NOW SCARED........I TRULY APPRECIATE ANYONE'S INPUT........