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On Tuesday 12 August 2008 19:17:06 Kendall D. Corbett wrote:
> Aw, Mag, if you're out all the way before you go into the OR, you miss half
> the fun! I've had about 18 surgeries, and I was only out all the way when
> I was younger. For my last few brain surgeries, the anesthesiologist would
> show me where the elapsed time clock was and would often have me coming out
> of anesthesia as I got moved back to the Gurney to go to the recovery room.
> I remember he caught me checking out the clock as I got moved back, and he
> said "How'd we do?" The last brain surgery I had was an "awake"
> craniotomy, so they can make sure that nothing happens to your speech
> centers. That one was really interesting! I didn't really get to kibbitz
> (sp?) but I could hear the doc's talking!
Last surgery I had (at 40) was "The Snip" - they put me out cold - probably a
good thing, 'cos I'd had this recurring dream for the previous week that I
woke up during the op and everyone was laughing because the surgeon had joked
about needing more money for doing micro surgery.
Cheers
Deri
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