Today's Dear Fanfic Writers
Dear Fanfic Writers,
Anesthesia =/= anesthetic. Their definitions overlap, but in general usage, anesthesia involves a loss of consciousness, while anesthetic creates a loss of sensation. A person refusing anesthesia to treat a wound doesn't mean they have to white-knuckle it. There are lots and lots and lots of ways to numb an area that don't knock people out.*
This has been your tip of the whatever.
*Unless you are me and are stupidly resistant to anesthetic. Seriously, thirty injections to get a chronically inflamed sweat gland removed before I finally just told them to get it over with.
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Anesthesia =/= anesthetic. Their definitions overlap, but in general usage, anesthesia involves a loss of consciousness, while anesthetic creates a loss of sensation. A person refusing anesthesia to treat a wound doesn't mean they have to white-knuckle it. There are lots and lots and lots of ways to numb an area that don't knock people out.*
This has been your tip of the whatever.
*Unless you are me and are stupidly resistant to anesthetic. Seriously, thirty injections to get a chronically inflamed sweat gland removed before I finally just told them to get it over with.
This entry was originally posted at https://cereta.dreamwidth.org/1202627.html. If you can, please speak there.
have spoken there.