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Doctors Postpone Guy’s Surgery Because They Needed Time To Stop Laughing After Finding All Of His Body Drawings
The idea of going under the knife for surgery is a nervewracking thought. Thanks to anesthesia you won’t feel anything (let’s hope) but it is an anxiety-filled process sometimes. One of the best ways to fight off jitters? humor – which is exactly what one guy did while waiting for his knee surgery.
One online user shared the tale of his knee surgery as a teenager. For the post-op process, things seemed to start out routine, with the doctor giving him a sharpie to mark the affected area. Well, waiting around to be taken into the operation room can take a while, so he found a hilarious way to keep himself entertained. When the surgeons found what he had done the prank was so hilarious thing fell a bit behind schedule.
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A guy shared the story of his knee surgery prank, which delayed his operation for 30 minutes
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People in the comments thought the story was hilarious and even shared some similar tales
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Herb Eaversmells 6 years ago
There is a patient waiting on the operating table, the doctor says " don't worry Andrew, its a real simple operation, you'll do fine". The patient looks at the doctor and says " my name isn't Andrew", the doctor responds "I was talking to myself"
Eunice Probert 6 years ago
It's a very strange feeling, waking up after a general anesthetic. You don't have a sense that time has passed, as you do when you wake up after sleeping normally. When I had a knee operation the nurse didn't get me to count backwards. He asked me questions about the north east of England, where I'm originally from. And I was unconscious before I knew it.
Marek Cieślik 6 years ago
My experience exactly. With regular sleep, you kinda FEEL some time has passed since you fell asleep. With induced anesthesia you lose that frame of reference. I remember feeling extremely weirded out when I went under and then woke up what felt like immediately afterwards; in reality, several hours passed.
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Yettichild 6 years ago (edited)
I just had a dental implant put in about 3 weeks ago. I was not put under, but was given 'sedation pills' As instructed I took one 45 minutes before the appointment and the other once I got to the clinic. They told me I wouldnt remember anything. Well, I remember it all. It really wasn't bad or anything, but it blew them away when I went in for my post op check up and could recount the conversation they were having as well as the two stupid jokes I made at the end. The implant is basically a screw that they put up into the socket where your tooth was, so of course after they finished puting in the base I had to say 'I can't help but think I'm getting screwed", then when they put in the upper piece they tighten it down with a little ratchet, so of course I had to add 'And now I'm ratchet'.
Candice Ravel 6 years ago
I f*****g love that the doctors had a good sense of humor about this. Unfortunately, the reason people have to do this is because of the many times doctors have in fact operated on or in some cases, amputated the WRONG F*****G LIMB!! I mean, how can this s**t still happen??
Susan Forbes 6 years ago
It's extra confirmation and probably part of a protocol
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Rachel Dolmatch 6 years ago
i had a hemorrhoidectomy -(in my 20s- long story). i had my then boyfriend draw a tic-tac-toe grid on my butt. the OR staff filled it in ;)
Anibal Damiao 6 years ago
That was an expensive laugh if the delay happened in an American hospital (lol from outside of America)
Id row 6 years ago
I had a local anesthetic for a mole removal one time and the doctor and assistant were chatting away about their weekend, their kids and such and I was getting a little annoyed they weren't really paying attention. All of a sudden, I felt a really sharp pain and liquid running down my side and I hear the doctor say, 'Oops'. It ended up leaving a two inch scar, I was pissed. Then when I was getting dressed afterwards, I turned around just as I put my clothes back on and saw a window washer hanging outside the window watching me. I had had it by that point and flew into a rage at the staff. Never went back to that place.
Zulma Ruiz 6 years ago
It is very intelligent to do that, it is almost taken as a joke, but it can save your life, last week I heard in the news of two people who happened to them, one had a healthy kidney removed, and another had a healthy leg amputated.
ntensegirl 6 years ago
One time I went into surgery to open up my bile duct (I am the 1 in a million person that had a gallstone AFTER my gallbladder was removed...anyways) they said that they had to put the camera down my throat and then take the surgical implements down there as well. The dr introduced himself and said I am the head surgeon here I will be doing your surgery you are in good hands. You will not feel anything, wont remember the surgery....well I am here to say F*$% that...they gave me the anesthesia and I told them I was still awake..could feel everything but I couldn't move...they start going in to cut the duct open..and I could hear the doctor telling a RESIDENT...no dont go in this way..go in that way...as I started screaming in pain...they kept saying give her more fentanyl...after the surgery..I stood up OFF the table myself and onto the gurney....WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!
Shawn 6 years ago (edited)
Sounds more like a lawsuit to me if that is truly what you experienced. Cause if so the anesthesiologist screwed up his cocktail of drugs he was supposed to deliver.
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Herb Eaversmells 6 years ago
There is a patient waiting on the operating table, the doctor says " don't worry Andrew, its a real simple operation, you'll do fine". The patient looks at the doctor and says " my name isn't Andrew", the doctor responds "I was talking to myself"
Eunice Probert 6 years ago
It's a very strange feeling, waking up after a general anesthetic. You don't have a sense that time has passed, as you do when you wake up after sleeping normally. When I had a knee operation the nurse didn't get me to count backwards. He asked me questions about the north east of England, where I'm originally from. And I was unconscious before I knew it.
Marek Cieślik 6 years ago
My experience exactly. With regular sleep, you kinda FEEL some time has passed since you fell asleep. With induced anesthesia you lose that frame of reference. I remember feeling extremely weirded out when I went under and then woke up what felt like immediately afterwards; in reality, several hours passed.
Load More Replies... Yettichild 6 years ago (edited)
I just had a dental implant put in about 3 weeks ago. I was not put under, but was given 'sedation pills' As instructed I took one 45 minutes before the appointment and the other once I got to the clinic. They told me I wouldnt remember anything. Well, I remember it all. It really wasn't bad or anything, but it blew them away when I went in for my post op check up and could recount the conversation they were having as well as the two stupid jokes I made at the end. The implant is basically a screw that they put up into the socket where your tooth was, so of course after they finished puting in the base I had to say 'I can't help but think I'm getting screwed", then when they put in the upper piece they tighten it down with a little ratchet, so of course I had to add 'And now I'm ratchet'.
Candice Ravel 6 years ago
I f*****g love that the doctors had a good sense of humor about this. Unfortunately, the reason people have to do this is because of the many times doctors have in fact operated on or in some cases, amputated the WRONG F*****G LIMB!! I mean, how can this s**t still happen??
Susan Forbes 6 years ago
It's extra confirmation and probably part of a protocol
Load More Replies... Rachel Dolmatch 6 years ago
i had a hemorrhoidectomy -(in my 20s- long story). i had my then boyfriend draw a tic-tac-toe grid on my butt. the OR staff filled it in ;)
Anibal Damiao 6 years ago
That was an expensive laugh if the delay happened in an American hospital (lol from outside of America)
Id row 6 years ago
I had a local anesthetic for a mole removal one time and the doctor and assistant were chatting away about their weekend, their kids and such and I was getting a little annoyed they weren't really paying attention. All of a sudden, I felt a really sharp pain and liquid running down my side and I hear the doctor say, 'Oops'. It ended up leaving a two inch scar, I was pissed. Then when I was getting dressed afterwards, I turned around just as I put my clothes back on and saw a window washer hanging outside the window watching me. I had had it by that point and flew into a rage at the staff. Never went back to that place.
Zulma Ruiz 6 years ago
It is very intelligent to do that, it is almost taken as a joke, but it can save your life, last week I heard in the news of two people who happened to them, one had a healthy kidney removed, and another had a healthy leg amputated.
ntensegirl 6 years ago
One time I went into surgery to open up my bile duct (I am the 1 in a million person that had a gallstone AFTER my gallbladder was removed...anyways) they said that they had to put the camera down my throat and then take the surgical implements down there as well. The dr introduced himself and said I am the head surgeon here I will be doing your surgery you are in good hands. You will not feel anything, wont remember the surgery....well I am here to say F*$% that...they gave me the anesthesia and I told them I was still awake..could feel everything but I couldn't move...they start going in to cut the duct open..and I could hear the doctor telling a RESIDENT...no dont go in this way..go in that way...as I started screaming in pain...they kept saying give her more fentanyl...after the surgery..I stood up OFF the table myself and onto the gurney....WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!
Shawn 6 years ago (edited)
Sounds more like a lawsuit to me if that is truly what you experienced. Cause if so the anesthesiologist screwed up his cocktail of drugs he was supposed to deliver.
Load More Replies...
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