Just my 10# worth. When I had a vasectomy I was prepped and had the
aesthetic needle stuck in the back of my hand around 10 minutes before the
actual injection. (Doesn't hurt if you don't move your hand.) The needle
slipped out under the sticking plaster holding it in place. When injected,
the aesthetic did not enter a vein as it should!
Time moved on and I was on the table with the bits of me that are hidden
from most others views by my trousers injected and cut apart, I was still
awake and feeling rather bored and could only see the ceiling. So I leant
up on my elbows and watched the surgeon chop me up and tie me off. It was a
freebie job (I knew his daughter! LOL - not true but it sounded good, I knew
his wife <chuckle> ) and a group of student doctors were looking enviously
down. A girl was looking on and looked horrified as I began to lift my
shoulders upwards so I could see, then when I asked the surgeon why such a
length of tube was cut out, she nearly fainted! The surgeon explained all
to me and added to his students that it was not too unusual for a patient to
seemingly be awake and ask questions. He went on to say the way to comfort
the patient was to go along with him as he was really asleep and he would
not remember anything afterwards. I leant back and fell asleep as he was
sewing my outer sac up.
I was chatting to him on a follow up visit and told him what had happened.
He was quite concerned and asked if I had felt any pain etc. After being
re-assured I didn't and I would not nor will not be suing him, we had a
laugh over the situation and he thanked me for asking the questions I had
done. He explained the reason was the lot of dozy students looking on were
always too frightened to ask him anything as it shows what they perceive as
being a lack of their own knowledge in front of the 'master'.
My wife is a midwife (slightly different work over here to the US version
but broadly the same) and some of the tales she tells are hair raising - not
for me there's not enough left to raise - but the bottom line is always get
yourself checked out when something goes wrong, never just accept it as
being 'normal'.
Prosperous New Year to all
Guy R Day
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From: "derf" <derf247 at gmail.com>
To: "Shop at Just Brits" <shop at justbrits.com>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:51 AM
Subject: [Spridgets] Ed Gives Medical Advice, too?
>I had a procedure(endoscopic) done recently. I had sensors and IVs
> here and there. When I woke up, some of the sensors were in different
> places.
> They said I fought them coming out of anesthesia. There were two
> nurses, one Dr., one Dr. in training, and one anesthesiologist.
> They said it took all 5 of them to keep me under control. I don't
> remember struggling at all. They said "Get comfortable" and then next
> thing I remember is waking up in a different room.
> Before they put me under, though, they said I shouldn't make any
> important decisions or sign any documents for the rest of the day. As
> soon as I woke up after the procedure, they shoved a clip board at me
> and asked me to sign something. I said, "No, you told me not to sign
> anything." My wife didn't find it amusing so I signed.
>
> I had a buddy who got a heart cath where they went in through a
> femoral artery (leg). They gave him the dope and when they started
> doing the procedure he said in a loud voice "Hey! I'm still awake
> here!"
>
> I've been in MRI tubes. It was a very tight fit.
> Around here, if you are too large to fit in the equipment, they send
> you to the LSU Vet school where they have equipment to use on large
> animals.
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