Posted on 11/15/2006 3:15:55 PM PST by FLOutdoorsman
They left out being anally probed by space aliens. Other than that seems like a fairly complete list :)
Actually it sounds like a former porn star's name.
heheh..good one...anyway, they did leave out the Alien probing though..
George Carlin has a good line: "By process of elimination it's possible to find the worst doctor in the country...and someone has an appt. to see him tomorrow."
or a divorced guy who went on an extended drought immediately after a divorce..not that I'd know..ahem..cough cough..
LOL! Here I was all serious and somber until I read your comment.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say you were able to move when you woke up - back in 1958 I would imagine you would have just received an inhalational anesthetic - not a combination of muscle relaxant, narcotic, sedative etc. So back then one could wake up but at least let someone know.
Now, it's possible to wake up and be completely paralyzed.
I.E. things have gotten worse, not better :)
Of course I'm basing this purely on a guess given the year (1958). Maybe you were paralyzed back then, just seems unlikely to me.
Were you able to feel pain?
My wonderful experience:
prescribed a steroid (prednisone) when I needed antibiotic (keflex) for
a skin infection.
Nearly lost a leg to what a smarter doctor called "flesh-eating bacteria, Jr.".
Geeze, sorry. I thought it was bad enough when they can't give you a IV properly. Sorry, I hope your better now.
Years ago... I remember reading about a woman in India who had a cancerous eye... so they removed the good one.
I recall waking up during the extraction of my wisdom teeth. I opened my eyes, heard the nurse say "he's coming back" and they put me back to sleep. Little did I know that I could have sued everyone in the room and lived the rest of my life sitting on a giant pile of money.
Yes - AWAKE - as in screaming and kicking...
Several nurses/doctors had to hold me down and the last thing I remenber was the ether mask coming down over my face...
This happened in a fairly small town where the doctors and nurses were all family friends of ours.
I got teased (good-naturedly) by them about it the whole time I was growing up.
No big deal back then, but nowadays ... they'd probably get their pants sued off.
Is this bias toward some types of 'SCARY' and not other types of 'scary'? Isn't 'scary' a choice between rational probabilities and irrational fears?
Fear of insurance not covering a treatment is big. A legitimate Auto or Homeowner's claim is much more likely to be paid than a legitimate Health insurance claim.
Fear of high cost due to lawsuits is big. I get a severe pain in my side at 1 AM. In the emergency room the clerical person, nurse and doctor each tell me "It's a kidney stone. Drink a lot of water. It will pass. Take Advil for the pain til it passes." Then the doctor does $4,000 of tests to cover his rear in case I later sue him.
Fear of TV exaggerations of eboli, bird flu, and other exotic disease is big. After a TV episode, emergency rooms are full of people certain they have the rare disease on TV. They panic over promos for a program and tell the emergency room they have the disease before the TV program even runs.
Fear of facts and logic is a big problem. Our public education system teaches people what to feel, not how to think. Facts and logic make people sweat.
Many years ago, my sister had an operation, and was recovering in her room. The doctor came in and examined her. I pointed out that they had left a drainage tube in her side. The doctor reached down with his bare hand and yanked the tube out. He then wiped the oozing bloody area with a kleenex, and tossed it and the tube into the room's trashcan.
I was so astonished, my mouth was open. Then, he said 'She's fine', and left...
Unless I see a bone sticking out somewhere or copious amounts of blood, that's my plan.
Coulda been: Slick Willie
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