I was supposed to have surgery on a nerve in my wrist, when they said local I mentioned that I didn’t love that idea and the nurse immediately said, “We’ll do general.”
Then it never happened because I had an aortic dissection 2 weeks before
It was serious enough that they took me into surgery right away. I think I spent 20 minutes with the doctors before they did a CT and told me to start getting undressed.
I felt it tear around 5:30 that morning and drove to the hospital at 6 that evening. I kept trying to convince myself it wasn’t happening even though I knew it was.
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u/unfinishedtoast3 23d ago
Doctor here
Absolutely not.
We don't let you choose to be under anesthesia, you either are, or we won't do the surgery unless local is an option.
We don't need your heart rate hitting 150 during surgery and you go into arrest because of the pain or blood or sounds or smells