While I was being sedated for my hysterectomy, the (woman) surgeon came in to check on everything. I asked her if she would be so kind as to send my uterus to Congress. If they want to control them, I said, they can have mine.
Every person in the room was female and I passed out to the sound of roaring laughter.
I did also wake up in the middle of the ordeal while strapped to a table pivoted so my head was basically upside down and a bunch of robot arms in my gut.
Redheads, man.
All told, the team did an incredible job, I was fixed better than I was before, and I can't help but think the levity prior to the surgery helped.
If you want people to like and help you, make them laugh. :)
great story! How about we share female surgery moments en route to sedation? Here's my lumpectomy story. My family bought me a "cameo" and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wished me lots of luck on the surgery. It was a glorious couple of minutes (I have loved Kareem forever and though I am barely 5'2", some friends have given me the nickname, Kareem) and the surgeon and staff loved it. It was a perfect preface to 10.9.8.7 and poof!
hysterectomy story. Counting down to 0 and the music the surgeon played was Cyndi Lauper's time and after time. I wanted to tell him that my name was Cindy and I had just written a book about time and American lit. and then the anesthesia kicked in. By the way, I am glad you are feeling well but how scary to wake up in medias res!
out is good.
Yikes! That also happened to me. In the middle of being strapped in and headlocked, I was like "some more please" -- but not that nice!!! So unnerving. Glad yours went well after that blip. Mine did, too.
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oof. during a C-section! You poor thing. I'm glad things got back on track.
I'm also very impressed with your spot-on reply during sedation.
What a brave and funny 15 year old! I'm so sorry she (and you) had to endure this. Thank god it wasn't malignant.
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