Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Oh Elaine, you are NOT a baby!! I was so terrified going into my revision that I was actually shaking & trembling with tears going down my face when they wheeled me away from my husband. He is normally pretty laid back and anti-drugs, but while we were waiting in the pre-op area (I had my IV in and everything, was just waiting to be taken into the operating room) he kept asking if an anesthesiologist could PLEASE give me something sooner to help calm me down. So you are definately not alone with afraid of another surgery. It took a lot for me to psyche myself up for the big day, and I don't know if I could do it again. My husband and younger girl both got colds right before my surgery, and I about quarantined them because I was so worried that I'd get sick and have to re-schedule (and re- psyche) myself. Do you have an appointment yet with Dr Ondra? I've forgotten if you said that you did or not. I go in to see Dr Koski on Tuesday of this week for my 6-month post-op check. > > Gosh, It is so good to hear that others are as afaid as I am. Everyone is always talking about their surgeries and what they are preparing to do. I have felt like such a baby. I have had 3 major spine surgeries and am supposed to be scheduling another revision for last of April or first of May. Since Christmas I have been thinking maybe, I will just forget the next surgery maybe, I can stand it the way I am. I don't know what I will end up doing but right now I just get weak in the knees thinking about it. Like you I could do without ever having to be put to sleep again and I have not had near what you have had. > > > PS to Andy > > Andy -- > Hi, it's me again. You wrote a while back: > I sure hope this was my last surgery – it gets harder and harder the more you remember from your previous procedures. Can anyone relate to that??? > I just want to say: O yes indeed! > After eight major spine jobs and countless pain-pump revisions, I needed yet another pump revision a couple months ago. This was merely the latest in a string of straightforward, 2-3-hour operations focused on the area just under my abdominal epidermis -- no messing with my spine or vital organs. For some reason, though, the prospect of this surgery had me weak in the knees and sternly wrenching myself back from the edge of hysteria. > Also, it took all of my resolve and much earnest self-pep-talking to get to the podiatrist for the bunionectomy and hammertoe revision I underwent this past fall. The procedure itself (performed without a hitch in an ambulatory surger unit) bent me out of shape for at least a week. > I seem to turn into a bigger baby with each new operation. I start globalizing and catastrophizing and having dark, amorphous feelings of impending doom. I hope no one suggests so much as a root canal to me anytime soon, or I will probably have a profound existential crisis followed by some kind of protracted phobic disorder. > I have no clue why it gets harder and harder to " go under the knife. " Shouldn't it be getting easier? > Your sincerely commiserating colleague, > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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