Internet Myth #12: "My pet had an anaesthetic 2 months ago and now needs another. Won't that be too hard on her "system".

Although it would be wrong to state that there isn't any risk during anaesthesia, I'm going to provide an interesting example of how this fear is generally unfounded. At the University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College they have a radiation unit for treating certain types of cancer. The pet must be perfectly still for the treatments meaning they have to be anaesthetized. One of the protocols that I am aware of involves 16 treatments over a 21 day period. That means that the patient undergoes 16 anesthetics in a 3 week period! And they do just fine. Again, today's anaesthetics are far superior to those of previously and we tailor fit the anaesthetic to the needs of the patient.