Epidural vs. Gen.Anesthesia

[Guest guest]

Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural My

surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware of

whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

D O N

[Guest guest]

At 06:22 AM 5/8/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural My

>surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

>general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware of

>whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

I wasn't given the choice, but after reading about anesthesia (Going

Under-a good book on the subject), I was happy that Dr. Boyd prefers spinal

anesthesia. I woke up more times than most, but I'm sure if you requested

it, they could make sure you were happily sawing logs through the entire

thing. It didn't bother me a whit to wake up and hear what was going on

either. That is some great stuff that they put in those IV's!

Cindy

C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

[Guest guest]

> Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural My

> surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

> general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware of

> whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

I ended up with a general because they couldn't get the epidural in.

My understanding is that postop pain management is better with the epi,

but I was okay regardless (as you know, having dropped by to talk to

me a couple of days after surgery).

I found the whole general anesthesia " teleportation effect " to be a

little disorienting: it was 8 AM in the OR, then I blinked my eyes and

it was 2:30 in the recovery room. Very strange...

I just wish they'd videotaped the surgery. I'd love to have a look at it.

Steve

[Guest guest]

> Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural My

> surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

> general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware of

> whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

I ended up with a general because they couldn't get the epidural in.

My understanding is that postop pain management is better with the epi,

but I was okay regardless (as you know, having dropped by to talk to

me a couple of days after surgery).

I found the whole general anesthesia " teleportation effect " to be a

little disorienting: it was 8 AM in the OR, then I blinked my eyes and

it was 2:30 in the recovery room. Very strange...

I just wish they'd videotaped the surgery. I'd love to have a look at it.

Steve

[Guest guest]

Don,

I had general anesthesia twice for my week apart bilateral with zero

problems. I chose general (yes I had the choice) after talking with

my physician, surgeon, the pre-op screening anesthesiologist at the

hospital and the anesthesiologist who administered the anesthesia for

my ops. There are benefits and risks associated with the different

procedures that should be discussed with your doctors and

anesthesiologists.

Ed

>In surfacehippy , " ladon992001 "

wrote:

> Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural

My

> surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

> general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware

of

> whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

> D O N

[Guest guest]

Don,

I had general anesthesia twice for my week apart bilateral with zero

problems. I chose general (yes I had the choice) after talking with

my physician, surgeon, the pre-op screening anesthesiologist at the

hospital and the anesthesiologist who administered the anesthesia for

my ops. There are benefits and risks associated with the different

procedures that should be discussed with your doctors and

anesthesiologists.

Ed

>In surfacehippy , " ladon992001 "

wrote:

> Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural

My

> surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

> general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware

of

> whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

> D O N

[Guest guest]

Don,

I'm not sure anyone replied, but I received both an epidural and

general anesthesia for my replacements with JRI. I wasn't really

given a choice. I had a reaction to the general when I awoke in

recovery but it was better than the alternative. You'd have to be a

hard core masochist to want to watch yourself being worked on with a

bunch of stainless steel Makitas with your femur sticking out your

gown. Just viewing the pictures they took during surgery is enough,

thank you.

Best of luck on the 21st.

Dave

> Seems like everyone who has had resurfacing recieved an epidural

My

> surgery is May 21St at JRI with Dr Beaule and I am opting for

> general. Anyone else choose this route?. I don't want to be aware

of

> whats going on at all. Were other people given the choice?

> D O N