why iv into neck /anyone been intubated through the nose while awake

hi i am due for my wls next week wendesday and i saw the anethetist yesterday and iwas told i would have the epidural and lures put in while away and that as i have had a broken jaw in the past that he wasnt going to intubate me through the mouth but through the nose said thats ok as i have had this in surgeries prior he said were you awake and i said no it was when i was under he said that he will only do the nasal intubation whilst in conscious and itll take about 25 minutes and be extremly painful....gulp..i asked how much expierence he had doing this and he said he was head of the icu anesthiolgy and does it all the time....but there unconcious ....has any one else had this done as is there anything i can do to make it wasier on myself... i also will be having a neck iv and a wrist iv but the neck will go in theatre..kind of them!!. do you have this big iv sticking out your neck or is it discreet as my daughter will be upset as you can appreciate but i dont want to tell her if its able to be hidden....i didnt ask the anethatist as stunned by what i was told and as oublic hospital i arent allowed to just ring him so can anyone out there help... i tried looking through the library here but i couldnt find a answer...what is the neck iv for when i am also having iv in a wrist for 2 days

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