"John H" wrote in message
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:12:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com
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"John H" wrote in message
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No, this is in my groin and will be done with an incision. It's not
the laparoscopic surgery but the
open repair.

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I remember my hernia repair vividly. It was done by the same
surgeon
who had performed a mastectomy on my wife, so I knew him pretty well.
He was joking around with me before they administered the anesthesia.

The problem is that I don't accept anesthesia very well. I fight it.
Always have, even with oral surgery. The docs think I am out but I
am
not.

Anyway, he thought I was out and started making the incision. I was
groggy, but still very much awake. I lifted my head a little and
said, "HEY" !
Scared the bananas out of him. He said, "You can feel that?" I
said, "Damn right I can". He told the anesthesiologist to "hit him"
and that's the last I remember of it.

He came by later in the recovery area and apologized. He told me
that
all the monitors indicated I was out like a light when he started.
Told him "no sweat" ... it really didn't hurt, but I didn't want him
to get too carried away until I was really out. He said it took
quite a bit to put me under.


Never had that experience. Did come about half-way awake during a
colonoscopy. Remember groaning and
seeing a TV, but that was only for a few seconds.

Doesn't sound very enjoyable!
--

John H.

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It wasn't a big deal. More funny than anything else because he jumped
when I yelled.

Last time I had oral surgery it was a similar experience. The nurse
started the IV drip that had the anesthesia and the doc told me to do
the typical "Count backwards from 100" Most people are out by the
time they get to 90. I was still counting at 50, so they upped the
drip.