CRS

[iconotakeu]

I want CRS more than anything and know for the first time in my life I not only want it but need it but I have a very serious phobia of going under (never was knocked out, because I never had major surgery. Just minor with locals). I know the risks and I'm scared to death of them. How serious is it to go under general? My main thing is what if I'm

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[new2life]

I have had three major surgeries with the first one being in 1993 0r 4 or something... The difference between then and now is amazing. I had that same phobia after my first surgery where I just had a bad experience with going under. The last two surgeries were a peace of cake. The way they use meds now, so much easier. One minute you are there, the next minute you are in recovery. That is what it felt like anyway. Mind you, I am the guy whose dentist prescribes me a xanax or valium before a dentist appointment. I had all my surgeries at hospitals, which *I* felt safer at. For top surgery, I was comforted by the fact I was in a major hospital where if anything went wrong, there was immediate access to everything. Nothing is ever a hundred percent certain, and you can only allay so many fears. I was nervous as hell, my wife was with me, and they give you good drugs during the surgery prep that are designed to relax you and make sure you are ok. You can ask who the anesthesia doc is and check their medical record etc.. I had top surgery at a teaching hospital and the anesthesia doc was a student (resident?) being supervised by the head of the department. I actually felt safer in those circumstances for some odd reason. I cannot speak enough about how far medical technology has come and how much less stressful and invasive procedures are compared to how they used to be.