ohnozombees

I could! The lead surgeon actually spent some time talking about his golf scores--and for some reason, that stuck with me. Well, when I came to I was super agitated (enough that it ended up in the medical notes, as you can see). And I started screaming "I can feel it! I could feel it I was AWAKE!", so they called the doctor. The nurses tried to tell me it was just a bad trip from the morphine, and in my anger and panic, I looked at the doctor and snarled, "You -suck- at golf!"

He'd talked about that about halfway through, so it wasn't anything I could have known otherwise. I have never seen someone go the colour of concrete before or since.

And yeah, it was pretty shitty and I'm still dealing with the PTSD from it, but hopefully this'll be therapeutic! You're very welcome.

They were working on my left ankle. If you feel where your Achilles Tendon is, and the bone under that? That's what they were working on--and it's definitely a toss up. The first incision was the worst pain-wise, but the horror of hearing a bone saw coming for you and being unable to move/cry out/scream was pretty bad.

Nope! Fully paralyzed, and even if I had, I was on my stomach, so they wouldn't have seen anyways.

Aint that a pisser, eh?

As it so happens, I have my medical records on me. (I tried to do this thread last month and got harassed terribly and called a liar etc for having crappy proof, so this time I brought it!)

http://tinypic.com/r/dq66gh/5

http://tinypic.com/r/35n1s8n/5

Hopefully that helps!

I did, yes. I remember joking with the nurses to be careful when they turned me over, since it was a full moon; and then I stared up at the night and all the doctors arrayed. I stared counting back, and slipped out at 95,

And then, I woke up.

And no, I was present-- though there were parts where I was more lucid from the pain. I wouldn't say I drifted out of consciousness, but, I definitely checked out a couple times.

A little, but only for the anaesthesiologist. I really wish he'd been more thorough with the checks-- I don't know quite what went wrong, but damn did he ever phone it in that day.