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Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 8:53 am
by Andrew MacLean
Paul
all the best with your graft in March/april. Is this your first? I ought to be having one at about that time, too.
Andrew
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 11:03 am
by Paul Osborne
Yes its my first, so am a tad anxious about it all.
Just want it done and over with now.
Roll on the AGM!
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 12:21 pm
by Andrew MacLean
I had my first one done under general anaesthetic, and am planning the same for number 2. How about you?
A
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 5:07 pm
by Paul Osborne
I have been *told* by the consultant that it is being done under a general, I wouldn't want it any other way.
Mr Coward
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 5:40 pm
by Andrew MacLean
Don't run yourself down! It is bad enough to have to go through the build up to surgery without the prospect of having to watch!
I take my had off to the folks who have gone through surgery under locals, but I'm afraid it's not for me.
Andrew
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 6:06 pm
by jayboi2005
i couldnt do local no way! LOL
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 8:11 pm
by Andrew MacLean
Looks like the men on this forum, young, old and middle aged (I used to think of myself as middle aged, but my son (23) tells me that people do not usually live until they are 110) are unanimous about not wanting locals. The women are made of sterner stuff!
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 9:35 pm
by Sweet
Hehehe maybe! Well i guess it could be said that that is why women have kids and not men!!
Personally i would have prefered a local and not fretted half as much as i could have talked to the surgeon and indeed listened to what was going on, instead of me worrying over not waking up from a general! Hehe but after meeting with me and all the talking i do, maybe that was why it wasn't offered to me as he would have needed some peace to work!!!!!!!!
Sweet X x X
Posted: Mon 16 Jan 2006 10:57 pm
by John Smith
ROFL!
Yes, I'm sure that he'd never have concentrated with your constant babbling in the background
Seriously though, my consultant told me straight when I gingerly enquired whether my graft would be under a local or a general. "Oh, general. No question! We do this for the comfort of the patient." She went on to tell me that in the USA, grafts are more likely to be done under a local for the comfort of the surgeon... solely because of the increased risks of being sued if a patient doesn't come round from the anaethsetic!
Posted: Tue 17 Jan 2006 12:44 pm
by ChrisK
I'm glad you asked Sally as I hadn't a clue what this meeting was about either.
I may have to come along to as I'm sure it'll be most beneficial.