[geeks] rants: surgery

[Scott Howard]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 10:05:29PM +0000, Kris Kirby wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > Blah.  I hate minor surgery.  Going in Friday to have an ingrown toenail
> > hacked on.  Had to do this four years ago to the OTHER foot - but at least
> > it hasnt bothered me since.
> 
> I had a toe hacked on for exactly the same thing. I saw a needle 1.5"
> long, looked away, then felt him wiggle it in the joint. I got a mental
> picture of my leg with the needle sticking out of it and blacked out. I
> awoke to him halfway through. My mother, a nurse, kept watch on me and
> urged him to get started while I wasn't an issue. :)

I've had it done twice on one foot, once on the other.  The 2nd time they
removed the whole nail, which was done under a general. Needed crutches for
a few days afterwards, but it did pretty much stop the problem :)

  Scott.