wayne-o,
Best wishes for your upcoming surgery. I felt somewhat relieved to finally make it to the pre-surgery room at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. A knee replacement patient was a curtain away, chatting on a cell phone. It was her second knee replacement and she didn't look nervous so I couldn't look nervous. The anesthesiologist came in and I initialed the consent form. He said I would get an epidural. I asked if I would get a spinal too and he said yes since Dr. Su works fast. I noticed a check-off for posterior and anterior and inquired as neither were checked. He said that applied to spinal surgery not hip resurfacing surgery. I knew Dr. Su did posterior surgery. Dr. Su came in and initialled my left inside thigh with a marker (I had only one side done - the right side is OK). They wheeled me to operating room 2, which was cold (seemed about 55 F). I saw some of the assistants getting ready for surgery. They placed me on a special bed for operating. The anesthesiologist came in and and administered a sedative which put me to sleep. He then must have connected the spinal/epidural catheter in my back. Next, I woke up about two hours later in the post anesthesia care unit. A technician took an x-ray of my pelvis. I asked to look. He asked if I was a Doctor. I looked and saw it was a BHR (hooray). Dr. Su had estimated a 90 to 95 per cent probability of getting a BHR or otherwise I would get a full size metal THR. They kept me in the PACU for about five hours until the spinal anesthesia wore off (my feet were no longer numb). They wheeled me up to my hospital room which I shared with a knee replacement patient. A nurse's aide came in and said she was a "Lee." That is my last name. I looked up and saw a woman but couldn't read the name plate since my glasses were in the personal belonging bag. She got my glasses and I saw that her middle name was "Lee." I hope this informs from 1/2 to about 3/4 of the way to your successful outcome!
Topic: Nov 7th it is (Read 4163 times)
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