Surgery in a few more days....

I have a tumor in my finger. It's benign, but its got to go or else I'll lose mobility in my finger forever.

I'm going to have surgery... again!
I'm nervous...

Yeah... I'm so used to having surgeries. But at least this time I'm going to be fully comatose for this one. All my prior surgeries I decided to play it a bit cheaper and do local anesthesia with a needle injection. So this time it'll be a lot less painful. I had this finger operated on before. It was determined by the pathologist that this was a giant cell tumor many years ago on my first hand surgery. But it came back, and this time they're going to do a more extensive job by putting me to sleep this time.

Being put to sleep will be a real treat for me because I'm used to feeling the needle inject all the anesthetic fluids. That's the worst part, but once you're numb it's all downhill from there. You're actually awake and conscious the entire time they're doing the surgery when they do a local anesthetic.

I've had local anesthetic surgeries on my hand and penis ! This shit fucking hurts like hell!! Interestingly, getting my hand injected hurt more than getting my penis injected; there's more nerve endings in your hand than your genitals! I guess my dick just numbed up a lot faster than my hand did too.

This is why I'm thankful I'm getting put to sleep. I don't have to relive any of that pain. But this time I don't get to watch my own surgeries like I did in the past.

I really think that anesthetics are truly the best invention of human history.

 

Both my open eye surgeries I was awake for. I won't be doing that shit again though because although I don't feel my eye, I feel my back and body ache and ache and then the docs leave you there by yourself so they can have lunch, and then they take forever and ever.

But you'll be fine, silly. What's the worst that can happen? Missing finger. =p
Probably be worth a few hundred thousand in that case.

 

OMG!!!

If I were to get operated on without being totally, absolutely knocked out, I think they would have to take me to the nearest insane asylum, because that would just flip me out.

Aside from local anesthetic just barely working to keep away pain (I'm refering to dental work), being awake with my mind churning away while they worked on my body parts would just undo me.

Fueled, you must have a really strong mind. :2thumbsup:

Even though I don't have a penis, I cannot imagine having ANYTHING in that area being worked on with a knife while I was aware and awake.

Good luck!

 

It's interesting being awake and listening though. I felt my eye pulling when all the stitches were sewn in and one of the helper ladies was really nice and she was talking about how like her only experience with plastic surgery was with breast implants and I was her first non implant patient and she said it was refreshing to help out people who actually needed it.

 

Thank you kindly for the moral support :2thumbsup:

I'm an artist, and I really don't wanna lose this finger as it is my index on the hand I draw with.

But isn't it such an interesting experience to observe your own surgery while you can't feel anything? I mean, I can feel the movement of the surgical instruments, and the stitches being put in. But there's no pain at all. It's quite fascinating in a very gruesome way.

 

I Have Had Open Eye Surgery Twice On My Left Eye,

And Sometime In The Next Few Months My Right Eye Will Too.

To Be Totally Honest I Rather Enjoyed It, The Surgeon Kept Me

Informed At Each Stage, And Whilst I Know This Will Freak Some Of

You Out I Could Actually See The Instrument He Was Using Whilst

It Was Inside My Eye...



Cheers Glen.

 

What did you get done, Glen?
Mine were cornea transplants.

 

Yeah it took some convincing and lots of external comforting from the doctors and nurses to get me to accept it. My first local surgery was my first hand operation, so I already knew what that felt like. During the dick surgery, I assumed they would numb me up around that area and it would circulate throughout. But when I saw the doctor aim the syringe right at my shaft, I panicked, covered myself and yelled NO NO No No! But like I said, the hand procedure hurt more.

I like to tell myself I was brave for being able to handle a fully conscious surgery like that.

 

Cataracts And Some Other Prob Whose Name Escapes Me...



Cheers Glen.

 

NO...you ARE brave to handle a surgery like that fully conscious! Brave with a strong, stable mind.

I've been knocked out a number of times by now, several dental surgeries, one pin in my hand, and ankle surgery...so, I'm glad you aren't testing your limits this time and are having surgery as it is meant to be had, being knocked out. lol

 

I Just Re Read The OP Again And I Can't Understand

Why They Would Give You A Full Anesthetic For Just A Finger,

With Every Full Anesthetic There Is Always A Risk Involved,

Personally I Would Opt For A Local One....



Cheers Glen.

 

The reason I'm getting a full anesthetic is because the surgeon believes he may need to do a more extensively thorough micro-surgery on this area.

This is a repeat procedure. When I had surgery on this finger almost 6 years ago, the doctor at the time didn't know what it was until the specimen was sent to the pathologist. But now that this giant cell tumor has returned, the doctor believes that he may need to put me down for a lot longer so he can do more work in removing 100% of the cellular matter.

 

There will always be risks involved when you go to the hospital, much less surgery. All those lethal viruses (MRSA, for one) just waiting to jump in you.

But seriously, if I am ever given the option to be fully put under, I will choose that.

When its my time, that'll be when I go.

 

I Wish You Well...



Cheers Glen.

 

^ that, plus please come back and let us know how everything goes.

 

Best wishes on your surgery.

 

Good luck to you

 

wouldnt it be cheaper to just remove the finger whole?...

 

I might make you feel somewhat better--maybe not. I have a hydrocele on me right plum. A while back, I went to the crotch doctor to find out what was next. Said-"I can fix it temporarily or permanently." Since I was going to California a day or so later, I opted for temporary. Here's the fun part! He left the room and came back with a HUGE hypodermic that looked like it should have been for use ON A HORSE! Without any numbing---he plunged it into my sack and drained the growth!! As one would expect--I TIGHTENED up big time! Coulda' bounced a quarter off me and it woulda' hit the ceiling!! To fix me permanently ---HE HAS TO CUT MY SACK OPEN!!! Feel any better yet???

Anyway, good luck and a speedy recovery.

 

i had to get surgery on my thumb last year to repair a torn ligament. here's what it looked like a month after the surgery:



i got "knocked out" for it, but somehow i think it wasn't the maximum amount of anesthesia. i think there was additional stuff they would have done if i wanted.

do you know if you'll be getting a nerve block? they recommended that i get it to help with pain and so that i couldn't move my arm or hand while the doctor was operating on it.

the nerve block was bizarre though. it's like you're whole arm went to sleep and weighs 200 lbs. and you literally can't move it. you're arm. is. dead.