Last time, I used: “Anybody need anything while I’m out?” and that went over well. May not make it through this surgery on Friday, so I turn to Lemmy for top-notch suggestions for my potential last words!

  • goodgame@feddit.uk
    324·
    8 months ago

    Good luck for Friday! Hopefully you can post an update next week, so we know you’re with us. This may interest you; my wife used to be an anaesthetist, and during long, boring procedures would give the patient a facial - blackhead removal etc. It’s considered unethical, but she delighted in them waking up looking great.

    • Windows_Error_Noises@lemmy.worldOP
      181·
      8 months ago

      Barring any issues that could have brought her in certain circumstances, that’s adorable! How nice to have something immediately positive to wake up to, besides the post-surgery uncomfortable everything else. I was very happy to learn that our state is one of the few that’s thankfully outlawed got-dang pelvic examinations under general anesthesia, unless they have specific prior consent - with some of the things US teaching hospitals allow, I’d be down for some unethical unconscious skincare.

      • workerONE@lemmy.world
        10·
        8 months ago

        It’s not the anaesthetist that does pelvic exams, it’s medical students. Medical students need experience so they practice on anaesthetized patients. There was a story on the radio of a male medical student who was supposed to do an exam on a woman and he realized that she was unaware and hadn’t specifically consented and so he mentioned his concerns to his peers and it started a discussion worldwide about the practice. I don’t think the practice is limited to pelvic exams.

      • jigsaw250@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 months ago

        Never really thought about it. I suppose I would prefer a woman to do it, but wouldn’t necessarily mind if a man did it IF I wasn’t completely creeped out that they did something purposeful and unnecessary to me while I was knocked out.