I agree with you.
The need to know how the surgery is going and what they are doing in major surgery is zero, in my opinion.
I did have an outpatient dental surgery several years later and I was terrified.
I was awake for the whole thing — deliberately — I was given options.
It turned out fine.
I hope you are doing fine now Lucius.
The conversation was good between doctor and nurse and the music being played was classical music.
Wasn’t feeling up to music appreciation at the time.
I met with one oral surgeon who went off in a snit when I said there was no way in hades I was going to take a general for pulling a tooth. The not unsympathetic dental office “adjusted” the fee for me (their normal doctor had injured his hand and was in recuperation, and I saw a substitute). I went to another dentist and he did it with nothing but Novocaine, no muss, no fuss.
Personally I don’t do general anesthesia for surgery because I’ve already got enough health problems without dealing with the effects of a general. In my case, the tugging and cutting and cauterizing and all doesn’t bother me much. But for anyone it does bother, yeah, I can see wanting to be out for the count.
In the article, it =is= pretty terrible. Disco music? Arrrgh! Make it stop, make it stop! Not ABBA-noooo! Aiiiieee, it’s ELO! Must...stop...BeeGees... :D