I remember when I was in my 20s and rather fit I had some surgery planned that was made up of 4 separate procedures and originally the surgeon suggested doing t

I remember when I was in my 20s and rather fit I had some surgery planned that was made up of 4 separate procedures and originally the surgeon suggested doing the work in 2 operations - for some reason I talked him round to doing everything at the same time even though he did warn me that I would feel like I had been "hit by a bus" (his exact words). I did indeed feel pretty awful after - was off work for six weeks. Now I am a good bit older I'd be pretty reluctant to undergo surgery requiring general anaesthesia unless it was really required.