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My grandparents and my father grew up in the Soviet Union. I always find it fascinating hearing about my grandparent's childhood and what it was like to grow up
by Aaronstotle 3y ago
My grandparents and my father grew up in the Soviet Union. I always find it fascinating hearing about my grandparent's childhood and what it was like to grow up there.
One anecdote for not all rosy:
My father is permanently traumatized because he had to get his tonsils removed when he was young and they didn't give him any anesthetics.
- helge9210 3y ago> they didn't give him any anesthetics This is a description of the most of the Soviet health services. For example, dentists were using short metal pipe on a thumb when treating kids, so they don't bite or close their mouth.
- diuddnbsb 3y ago>"and there was boy in sewer... and he was eating the rat...and the rat was eating the dog...and the dog was eating me...but i was runned away... and it was so bad..." >"and then the police shoot the dog...and the dog raped the boy...and then the rat shot the police..." >"and then you have to eated the police...but the dog was eating the rat..." >"and my grandmother ate the police...and the police turned the dog into lampshade....but the rat raped the police...and now my grandmother is dead inside lampshade dog...."
- Toutouxc 3y agoI got my (pharyngeal) tonsil removed without anaesthesia, in 2001 I think, as a kid, in the Czech Republic. It didn't hurt at all, but I still remember the loud crunch of the cutting and the whole setup — I sat on one doctor's lap, he grabbed me with his arms around my whole body AND my arms, so I couldn't move at all, and a second doctor did the cutting. It only took a few seconds, there was a lot of blood, but I got many cold drinks and ice-cream in the next few days, so that was good. But I can definitely see someone getting traumatized by this.
- lnsru 3y agoAnesthetics were only for the higher caste kids of party members. Basically they had everything the westerners had :-) General population however had nothing.
- thriftwy 3y agoThis cannot be further from truth. High ranking party members had access to "special distribution" stores whose selection of goods available was inferior to what your local 7-11 offers (not to mention the modern Russian supermarket chains for that matter). They could get some of the things westerners had, but with extremely low bandwidth.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoI had teeth pulled as a child, and other dental work done, without anesthetics. Going to the dentist now is ... challenging.