Re: epidural question/stephanie

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you are a brave soul, child! the though of being awake and watching

just gives me the creeps. i freaked out during a c section with an

epidural and don't want a repeat performance.

how's this for the ultimate experience?: go to med school and

graduate, study under one of the ds docs, then get your epidural and

operate on yourself!!!!! how cool is that????

physician: SWITCH thyself!

(with tongue planted firmly in cheek)

mary y st. louis

itchin to be switchin

> Has anyone ever been awake for the surgery? I think it would be

neat if they

> got you totally numb to where you couldn't feel anything but you

were still

> awake. I'm having lap DS (I hope) and thought about how it would be

just

> fascinating to watch the surgery on the monitor. OK, I know some of

you

> would think me insane, but I actually always wanted to be a

surgeon. I'm

> still not sure why I never pursued it. I think it was the thought

of so many

> years of school at that young of an age. Oh well, I still have the

Discovery

> Health channel. ;D

>

>

> Re: epidural question

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> In a message dated 5/21/01 4:30:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

> sblevins@z... writes:

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>

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> They surely don't have you awake????!! They do put you to

sleep for the

> DS

> surgery? Right?!

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>

> YES! You are asleep! Many of the surgeons like them I think

because you

> can

> get up and walk without pain. I'm assuming that is the reason.

Some

> think

> its better than pain medication. My dr uses pain meds because he

doesn't

> like the effects with the epidural as much. Its just a

preference I

> think.

> The epidural actually is not used until after you are out of

surgery from

> what I've been told. You are knocked out for surgery and then in

recovery

> when you come around, they get that going.

> Can you imagine being awake for that??? NO WAY! I'd like to be

out before

> I'm at the hospital...I'm a whimp!!! I Admit it!!!!!!!

>

> ~~* AJ *~~

> BMI 58

> NW Washington Medical

> DR Heap, Richland WA

> Working on 1st appeal

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