He was grey-haired and handsome, with a reassuring bedside manner. He numbed my face, respecting my choice to stay awake during nasal surgery. When I opened my eyes, he was holding a chisel and hammer to my nostril. I thought he was kidding. He wasn’t.
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Hi —
I had to write when I read this. My husband works with Dr. Anderson at Meriter. Did you end up completing the surgery awake?? I will have to share this him. (my husband) Unless you would feel weird having it make its way back to him. (won’t have to) Small world.
Kari
oh YIIIKES!
Too wacky! Small world, indeed!
The surgery was about 10 years ago, so I’m sure it was all in a day’s work for the medical staff. For the patient, it’s much more memorable.
I did end up staying awake for the whole thing. I had bunches of shots around my nose so I wouldn’t feel pain, and I had a mild sedative. It was all quite surreal. But I had a huge fear of going under, so it was definitely worth it for me.
Afterwards, I swelled up quite a bit, which was a little unexpected. Basically, I had a huge upper lip. Looked like someone had punched me. I do breathe a lot better now. (I had a deviated septum.)