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.
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.
TheJen will not comply
(((Cindy Weinstein)))