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My stock joke is that if the doctor or nurse says it won’t hurt, it will hurt at least a little. If they say it will hurt a little, it will hurt a lot. If they

by tomcam 4y ago

My stock joke is that if the doctor or nurse says it won’t hurt, it will hurt at least a little. If they say it will hurt a little, it will hurt a lot. If they say it will probably hurt, time for serious anesthesia. Also, there’s pretty much no such thing as minor surgery except maybe skin tag removal.

dotancohen 4y ago
The book Enders Game opens with this premise.
- tomcam 4y ago
  Had completely forgotten about it. Rings so true: https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/endersgame/ https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/endersgame/
thisNeeds2BeSad 4y ago
Lucky you, if you dont have genetics were anesthesia do not work properly. Then find a doctor, who accepts that problem and gets it over with painful but fast. The hardest part is if you have a dentists that insist on anesthesia must work, but it wont, so you must act your ass off to prentend to not be in pain, so he wont push syringe after syringe, doing nothing and waiting for 15 minutes in between while your tooth is already open with the root canal drills in.
- tomcam 4y ago
  So you’re one too. No dental anesthetics work on me. I have to go under general anesthesia, where you’re knocked out so deep a machine has to take over your breathing. So every procedure starts at about $10,000 and that’s not counting the dental work. All out of pocket. No insurance coverage.
  - andi999 4y ago
    Did you try nitrous oxide?
    - tomcam 4y ago
      Doesn’t do a damn thing for me.
- Kaze404 4y ago
  As someone with very low tolerance for pain, this seems like my worst nightmare. I’m curious though, did your tolerance for pain increase over the years as you had to endure it?
  - tomcam 4y ago
    Decreased, if any. I think it’s probably because I know nothing has ever worked. FWIW I am old and get a major operation every two or three years: hernia, cancer, hydrocele, etc. I have no problem dealing with that kind of pain, even when it is considerable, which is often true post-op.
    - Kaze404 4y ago
      Interesting. Thank you for sharing. Wishing you the best.
russellendicott 4y ago
"A minor surgury is one that's happening to somebody else." -unknown
- tomcam 4y ago
  Man, words of wisdom. I’m stealing that one.

by tomcam 4y ago

dotancohen 4y ago

The book Enders Game opens with this premise.

tomcam 4y ago
Had completely forgotten about it. Rings so true: https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/endersgame/ https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/endersgame/

thisNeeds2BeSad 4y ago

Lucky you, if you dont have genetics were anesthesia do not work properly. Then find a doctor, who accepts that problem and gets it over with painful but fast. The hardest part is if you have a dentists that insist on anesthesia must work, but it wont, so you must act your ass off to prentend to not be in pain, so he wont push syringe after syringe, doing nothing and waiting for 15 minutes in between while your tooth is already open with the root canal drills in.

tomcam 4y ago
So you’re one too. No dental anesthetics work on me. I have to go under general anesthesia, where you’re knocked out so deep a machine has to take over your breathing. So every procedure starts at about $10,000 and that’s not counting the dental work. All out of pocket. No insurance coverage.
- andi999 4y ago
  Did you try nitrous oxide?
  - tomcam 4y ago
    Doesn’t do a damn thing for me.
Kaze404 4y ago
As someone with very low tolerance for pain, this seems like my worst nightmare. I’m curious though, did your tolerance for pain increase over the years as you had to endure it?
- tomcam 4y ago
  Decreased, if any. I think it’s probably because I know nothing has ever worked. FWIW I am old and get a major operation every two or three years: hernia, cancer, hydrocele, etc. I have no problem dealing with that kind of pain, even when it is considerable, which is often true post-op.
  - Kaze404 4y ago
    Interesting. Thank you for sharing. Wishing you the best.

russellendicott 4y ago

"A minor surgury is one that's happening to somebody else." -unknown

tomcam 4y ago
Man, words of wisdom. I’m stealing that one.