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Beach, maybe they'll Tivo it for you and you can watch it at home.
 
ooh Jamie--- now *there's* an idea....

A whole new twist on home movies..... Hey, Kelley, wanna come over and watch my knee surgery?

LOL.... maybe not
 
My daughter wants me to ask the surgeon if she can come in and watch my next TKR. She really likes watching surgeries on TV. I thought she might be a bit more squeemish knowing this was actually Mom that they were cutting on but she said no. hmmm.... I keep forgetting to ask the surgeon. Actually, just how much different would it be then watching a C-section? I had my husband and Mom in-law in for that. All my husband could say was that it was like gutting a fish. Gee, thanks hubby!

For me? I want to be asleep for surgery. I was awake once when a rod was being taken out of my tibia and another put in its place. Yes, via the knee joint.... All the hammering and jerking of my body was NOT FUN! Imagine a nail being hammered into a 2x4 except you are the 2x4...okay that was kind of graphic.
 
My friend who had bilat, her PT observed her surgery. He figured that he was treating them all the time from the outside, he should see inside too. I was awake for a biopsy of a lump in my calf. But because it was the calf I was face down on the table so I didn't see anything.
 
I wouldn't want to be awake for anything major like KR or that rod replacement.... but arthroscopy is pretty minor..... still haven't decided for sure. I can decide at the last minute or after they start, even.

I did remember to ask if I was awake or asleep for my PKR(spinal/epidural). Once they gave me the "something to help you relax"(Versed) in the pre-op area I remember absolutely nothing until waking up in my room. Scott says I was awake and talking to everybody the last he saw me... but I don't remember any of it....I know they have you awake in recovery... no memory of that either....

The PA says I was awake until the actual surgery then they had me asleep for the rest. It is freaky to know I was awake and talking and have no memory of it. She assured me that they are very professional in their conversations with patients.... but it is too weird to think of ALL the possibilities of things I could have said and have no memory of.... yikes!

I think I will turn down the Versed this time around..... too weird
 
Weird is right!! If you'll remember me telling this, I announced to my Pastor that my mouth tasted like camel sh!t!! Classy, huh?????
 
do you remember that--- or did they tell you later?
 
beachcomber said:
ooh Jamie--- now *there's* an idea....

A whole new twist on home movies..... Hey, Kelley, wanna come over and watch my knee surgery?

LOL.... maybe not
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Hey, I have just remembered, I have a home video of my kidney stone removal (it was in my ureter by the time it was removed.) It was done for a TV show in the UK called Tomorrows World at Large. Do you remember it Jo? Judith Haan was trying out the job as theatre nurse. Had it done in Covent Garden, London at St.Pauls hospital by Mr. John Wickham, with head nurse Toni Raybold overseeing it.

I agreed to the filming as I used to work as a theatre nurse once and my hubby knew the head nurse Toni, so trusted her to oversee it. I developed the stone while I was pregnant with my youngest, Laura. It was a lot of fun filming it. They came into our home and filmed all our 3 kids, all under 5 years after the surgery.

I must get that converted to the american system so I can watch it again. It was weird watching it the first time on TV as you would normally have lost that time of your life eh?
 
See? A whole new rite of friendship! We could start a trend!
 
I cannot imagine you saying that to your pastor..... I'm sure he's heard worse..... and he knows it wasn't the real you. But still I am sure you were mortified.
I was super stressed the day of my surgery--- it was right before the holidays and I had to leave a huge catering project undone to be finished up late by my students and a substitute teacher... I must have babbled on about that ad nauseum...they probably zonked me out to shut me up!




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They told me...nothing I could do about it then!
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I wouldn't want to be awake for anything major like KR or that rod replacement.... but arthroscopy is pretty minor..... still haven't decided for sure. I can decide at the last minute or after they start, even.

Beach, I'm sure if you decide to do it you'll come back and start a thread with all the details. Let us know.
 
Shoot fire, Patti. I've said worse than that on a regular day. Anyway, Beachy, I like the idea of getting a 'recorded' version to veiw when the time is right............you could pull it out to get rid of unwanted guests.........or when those days get here that 'we can look back and laugh about it'. I was like you on surgery day, nervous/scared, thought about ditchin right up until they had me on the table. They didn't give me squat until I was strapped down and in the OR and then the next thing I knew I was in the regular room and my knee was demanding attention.
My wife is all into the watching surgery stuff and she wanted to go in but they wouldn't let her. I wish they had, maybe if she had seen what went on my life would be a lil easier these days.
 
Yeah but Gat, our Patti is a lady and all.... Pain and drugs are necessary for her to cross THAT line.
I didn't get anything til I was in the OR either. Hated it then, but now after the fact I appreciate it because I can remember more, a learning opportunity, like I think Beach is looking for.
 
I'm not sure if I want to "learn" or just make sure I keep my mouth shut and don't embarrass myself! I live in a small city (30,000) and have a public job.... I never know who has a child, niece, nephew, neighbor, etc. in my class..... I really don't want to babble....

One thing I am learning---- the diclofenac I have been taking for the past 9 months *must* actually work---- because I had to stop taking it due to my 'scope tomorrow and I am feeling like Patti's mouth tasted this morning after 36 hours off the anti-inflammatories..... grrrrrroooooowwwwwl...... my students had better be good today!

Wish I had that gel this morning.....
 
Sorry you're hurtin' Beach. So, you don't want to get "put out" to avoid saying foolish things under the influnce?
 
Why do I think you embracing that opportunity Gat would be very scarry.
 
Nursepair said:
Hey, I have just remembered, I have a home video of my kidney stone removal (it was in my ureter by the time it was removed.) It was done for a TV show in the UK called Tomorrows World at Large. Do you remember it Jo? Judith Haan was trying out the job as theatre nurse. Had it done in Covent Garden, London at St.Pauls hospital by Mr. John Wickham, with head nurse Toni Raybold overseeing it.

I agreed to the filming as I used to work as a theatre nurse once and my hubby knew the head nurse Toni, so trusted her to oversee it. I developed the stone while I was pregnant with my youngest, Laura. It was a lot of fun filming it. They came into our home and filmed all our 3 kids, all under 5 years after the surgery.

I must get that converted to the american system so I can watch it again. It was weird watching it the first time on TV as you would normally have lost that time of your life eh?
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I DO remember that programme, Sue! Gosh - to think that was you! Who would have thought - all these years on!

This all made me think of the guy (a friend of a friend kind of thing) who video'd his son's delivery (normal) and then insisted on making everyone and anyone sit and watch the wretched thing. Trouble was, HE thought it was such a miracle but he seemed impervious to the fact he was showing off his wife's - ummm - parts to all and sundry! MEN! HA!


As for for daughter going into theatre to watch your op, 1jt, I really wouldn't recommend it. I went into the anaesthetic room with my sister twice to support her and was VERY queezy both times. It IS different when it's your own relative on the table. Besides which, as a theatre manager, I never condoned it until the c-section event. Even then the partner was not allowed to watch the surgery, only to sit with his wife (whatever)! I be very surprised if the surgeon would agree to it either.
 
I wasn't given an option to be awake or asleep for the rod replacement. This surgery was at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego and military hospitals don't always give you an option. They just do what they do. I still had good care but I would not have chosen to be awake for this particular surgery.

Thanks for the opinion about my daughter in the surgery room Jo. I was thinking of conveniently forgetting to ask the surgeon again like I did with the first tkr! ooops!
 
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