Work: Surgery gone rogue

Surgery gone rogue

By Anonymous - 03/06/2012 20:27 - United States

Today, I was operating on a young girl, when she began to awaken during the surgery. We quickly put her back under, of course, but now I'm terrified that she'll remember my profuse cursing and get me in the shit with my curmudgeonly killjoy of a boss. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/10/2013 21:49 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I started to come to during dental surgery. I clearly heard someone behind me say "Shit! Get this fucker back under!" then another person mentioning they'd have to kill me to avoid "another lawsuit", followed by laughter and the blackness of sleep. FML

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Crossing a line

By Anonymous - 20/02/2015 19:25 - United States - Wapakoneta

Today, my surgeon was giving me the lowdown of what was going to happen on the operating table. I was anxious enough without him saying stuff like "cut you open", "quite a bit of blood" and "it's all quite risky." That's all I remember before fainting. My wife won't stop mocking me for it. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/10/2013 20:42 - United Kingdom - Leicester

Today, I heard my surgeon mutter to a nurse how easy it would be to kill me on the operating table and make it look like an accident. FML

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By notahero - 09/01/2015 04:40 - United States - Brentwood

Today, my boss told me she had a nightmare where her life depended on me, and I let her die. Now I'm ridiculously paranoid that I'm going to get fired at any second. FML

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By DocBastard, meet DocCunt - 18/10/2013 22:12 - Australia - Sydney

Today, my surgeon was talking to me about my upcoming heart bypass operation. I was extremely nervous from the start, but he somehow managed to keep saying things like "death", "fatalities", "high-risk", and "never wake up" throughout. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/07/2011 15:46 - Belgium

Today, I went into hospital for knee surgery. When I awoke, I was surprised to find a bandage wrapped around my throbbing head. The nurse explained that a student observer had fainted in the operating room and his head had smashed against mine on the way down. FML

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By offtothejobcentre - 31/12/2012 22:42 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my boss put me on suspension, a week after granting a subordinate time off to recover from surgery. When I signed the paperwork, I was too embarrassed to admit I didn't understand her writing, which apparently said she was getting treated for "dangerously low levels of dick". FML

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By NoPainNoGain - 17/09/2009 14:31 - United States

Today, I got my wisdom teeth pulled. Apparently the medicines don't work on me. I woke up in the middle of the surgery and felt EVERYTHING. One of the nurses asked if I was okay, and the doctor just kept saying "Don't worry she's just dreaming", while tears were pouring down my face. FML

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By Noname - 06/03/2009 22:20 - United States

Today, I was at the dentist getting a cavity filled. As she's drilling into my tooth, I feel the drill slip, and then she quickly stuffs gauze into my mouth. She nervously laughs and says to me "Wow! You must really be numb!" FML

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By Anonymous - 17/05/2014 16:02 - United States - Elko

Today, my boss yet again said she was "literally dying", after she watched a funny video online. Long story short, I'm now on her shitlist because I couldn't help but point out that she clearly wasn't dying, and that her ranting was distracting me from doing actual work. FML

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lonkite101 14

Monday 4 June 2012 0:39

Flash her one of those things from Men In Black.

Spongii101 12

Monday 4 June 2012 0:41

Surgery must be pretty stressful. There's a lot of pressure involved. If anyone should be allowed to swear at work, it should be a surgeon.

Comments

myndmelt 4

Monday 4 June 2012 14:49

First of all, fire the anesthesiologist. Second act professional dude. YDI

ReaperUSMC11 5

Monday 4 June 2012 16:29

With the kind of work you do on a daily basis, you should be entitled to curse on the job. Screw your boss.

subversivefreak 2

Monday 4 June 2012 16:41

so, you've got a young girl on her back and you're just looking for any way if possible to make her forget the past 24 hours... do you happen to know a very friendly pharmacist.. ?

majaham29 0

Monday 4 June 2012 16:54

Yes poor YOU - nevermind the trauma of waking up during your own surgery ... Ass

afunnyterdcody 5

Monday 4 June 2012 19:42

What's curdmoengly or whatever

yourwifelovesme 25

Monday 4 June 2012 22:35

What the hell does curmudgeonly killjoy even mean?

fightingkittens 39

Tuesday 5 June 2012 7:33

It means you should get off your lazy ass and look up shit in the dictionary.

hipposrock101 6

Monday 4 June 2012 23:57

Tbh, you'll be fine.. Anyone would freak out and cuss if someone woke up in the middle of surgery. Don't worry, I think it was more important that u got her back to sleep and finished the surgery. don't sweat it :)

helpme37 0

Tuesday 5 June 2012 4:05

First off you ain't no surgeon nice try this would be a HIPPA violation weather or not you mentioned the patients name! Second off why would your boss give you crap that would be the chief of surgery! Nice try wake up stop dreaming oh and dr. Know how to spell

unhappycamperuk 12

Tuesday 5 June 2012 14:59

even if she did start to wake, she wouldn't remember it. #trustmeimanurse

Lehk 9

Tuesday 5 June 2012 16:49

If it was my kid, while waking up in surgery would be quite horrible, if a mistake had to happen better it be under dose and wake up in the middle than over dose and never wake up at all