gives me shivers just thinking about it
THe hospital offered her 5,000.00 for her pains. She didn't accept that and is sueing for 70,000.00 now.
If this would have happened in the states I assume she would never have to work again or could buy her own helicopter to get to work. [ 06-30-2003: Message edited by: Tarquinn ]
Doing the 'count back from 10 to 1' thing had to be repeated twice too .. third time they just said 'fuggit, just wait till you conk out'.
After surgery (which ended at noon), one is generally out cold till about 6pm, and as far as I was told, I was awake at 2pm after which I got doped up some more and ended up being up and about at 9pm heh..
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Kal, you won't have to worry about "seeing" the operation at least. Its pretty easy to notice when a muscle relaxant isn't working, so you won't even be able to open your eyes if the anaesthetic isn't working. Pretty scary actually. Can't move *anything* while you're in extreme pain while the doc works on you. No way to indicate at all you're not asleep. She was pretty lucky that the doc noticed her crying, probably stopped the operation, and started shooting her up full of anaesthetic.
It took around 9 hits to get me under, and then i was out for about 9 hours. I went in at 7am and woke up around 11pm.
If this is true, then why do we fear it?
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From the book of KaLourin, chapter 3, verse 16:
you're not helping any Talonus... make me dread the operating table even more now.
Ah don't worry that much. Just make sure you have a respected doc doing the operation and you'll be fine. But hey, if it does happen at least you're a guaranteed millionaire considing the American legal system. You'll be able to buy some device to get rid of the horrible dreams you'll have for years. 
I have grown resistant to every stepped-up version of novocaine. They all last ten to twenty minutes on me.
Every time I go get dental work done I piss everyone off because they have to give me ultracaine which is, like, the uberest novocaine and I'm slowly growing resistant to that too. Argh.
Doctors bad. I wish white magic existed 
I wouldn't wish that on anyone, except a few WR players and maybe Sean.
I mean, if they used local anesthetic, I could be like..."Holy SHIT that's my gall bladder! I've been using it all this time and I'd never even SEEN it!"
Anestesiology is still an inexact science, with different drugs having different effects on different people. Thus, if you don't get a good one, you could have a bad time in the operating room.
Wierdest surgery I've ever had was my cornea transplant. I have Keratoconis (corneas slowly become more and more cone shapped). One eye became too cone shapped, and the cornea split, then re-formed with scar tissue, thus the need for surgery. What was wierd was they only gave me LOCAL anesthisa for an EYE operation. I couldn't feel anything, but god that is a terrible feeling having people putting things in your eye for an hour or so, and still half able to see through the whole procedure.
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Bill stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
am I the only one who thinks that'd be kinda cool?I mean, if they used local anesthetic, I could be like..."Holy SHIT that's my gall bladder! I've been using it all this time and I'd never even SEEN it!"
I want any surgeries I have taped. Next best thing and no chance of pain.
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Comrade Snoota stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Can't stop laughing...
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Bill had this to say about Pirotess:
am I the only one who thinks that'd be kinda cool?I mean, if they used local anesthetic, I could be like..."Holy SHIT that's my gall bladder! I've been using it all this time and I'd never even SEEN it!"
Are you sure you want to know? A disclaimer for the squeamish.
