[Kiting-in from synecdochic's page, at your general invitation.]
I'm still on the mend from some fairly risky surgery (basically they fused C2-C6 in my neck, involving metal, bone re-use, and some 'donor bone.') It had to be done (the alternative was eventual quadriplegia,) but the not-knowing whether I'd wake-up again after they took me into the operating room was...yeah. Regardless of how well one thinks they've prepared themselves, mentally, for the event, it can still be...well...unsettling.
And, of course, all surgery has risks. Even the routine ones.
I don't really know what to say to you, except that I get it, about as well as someone who isn't you and doesn't know you can. Yes. You might've died. The risk was quite small, but it was there and it was definitely real. The important thing was that you didn't. In actuality, you take similar risks, daily, when riding in a car or other transportation, or crossing a busy street. It's simply that we're used to those risks, and therefore take them for granted.
FWIW, I'm glad that you got through okay, and that you're apparently recovering well. May you recover completely and quickly, and remain well for years and years to come. *g.*
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I'm still on the mend from some fairly risky surgery (basically they fused C2-C6 in my neck, involving metal, bone re-use, and some 'donor bone.') It had to be done (the alternative was eventual quadriplegia,) but the not-knowing whether I'd wake-up again after they took me into the operating room was...yeah. Regardless of how well one thinks they've prepared themselves, mentally, for the event, it can still be...well...unsettling.
And, of course, all surgery has risks. Even the routine ones.
I don't really know what to say to you, except that I get it, about as well as someone who isn't you and doesn't know you can. Yes. You might've died. The risk was quite small, but it was there and it was definitely real. The important thing was that you didn't. In actuality, you take similar risks, daily, when riding in a car or other transportation, or crossing a busy street. It's simply that we're used to those risks, and therefore take them for granted.
FWIW, I'm glad that you got through okay, and that you're apparently recovering well. May you recover completely and quickly, and remain well for years and years to come. *g.*