- sugery visit

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Hi ,

Too bad you didn't remember to mention it to him.......but next

time, for sure. I have that happen to me too, the forgetting while

you are in consultation. I sure can understand why, especially

with those CT films to be looked at!

I was wondering....do you think he will submit it as a case

report? It seems that your " incident " is a rare thing and I wouldn't

be surprised if either he or the radiologist doesn't write this up

as a case report for a few journals. If so, let me know and I can

look for the article. It usually takes a year or more to get

published but I sure bet that they are thinking about it! Wow,

what a close call girl! You are literally " tough skinned " I guess in

order to keep those intestines enclosed against that pressure.

Oh my goodness, I just cannot even imagine what that must

have looked like.........

As far as pain...yea, that surgery for me was the worst that I have

ever experienced. I even felt it during the surgery itself. I

remember it very clearly. I was screaming in my head for the

surgeon to stop, stop, stop! The surgeon thinks that I am

crazy....he said that there is NO WAY that I was feeling pain

during the procedure let alone have memory of it. But I honestly

feel that I do. I just cannot believe that I made it up. I was never

conscious in any of my surgeries when they wheeled me into the

suite so I cannot be using those memories to construct false

ones. I was put under in pre-op.......... Anyways, I had a hard

time dealing with those memories for the first year or so...had

nightmares pretty regularly, only get them occasionally now.. No

wonder I am so skittish about having any doctor deal with

me..........I guess I have lots of hangups. Sigh..........

Well, I hope that you are getting better. Get lots and lots of rest. I

hope that your daughter is still able to get you around. Having a

driver to help out makes things a little easier. Get better soon,

get your job at the DDC like you hope and maybe, just maybe, I

will come down and see what is up in your neck of the woods!!!

Laurie