Surely the anaesthesiologist would be the one losing hos job rather than the surgeon. I'd say the bigger deal would be waking up rather than the swearing.

Damn it, his not hos. *Hides in corner*

Honestly, it's not the surgeons fault.. It would be the anesthesiologist's. Hence his cursing being the reason he's scared.

Stuff happens during surgery. It's not just going through the motions. Plus, every patient is different and handle drugs differently. After hearing stories from my dad (who is an anesthesiologist) he always says how this person needed more of this and that person needed less of that.

It seems I was missing a comma there....oh well.

No. If my patients start to wake up, I do the only reasonable thing possible: I kill them. Then there is no chance of them remembering anything.

Typical Doc.

Would you also use the word "curmudgeonly"?

Can we please go one Medical related FML without someone mentioning DocBastard?

Nykkii, stop being so noisy.

By any chance did you read someone else already put this comment?

99 - Why would you want that?

Why? He's everyone's favorite Doc.

Where exactly are you getting your information? Please allow me to educate you a bit - "lots" of people do NOT wake up during surgery. It's an extremely rare occurrence.

I realize it's not a good idea to argue with DocB, but quite a few people wake up during operations. They don't wake up fully, but eyes do open. They will not remember it after the operation.

And to add on, surgeons that have performed surgery on me, have told me that it's a common occurrence, but greatly depends on the amount of anesthesia given.

See I, also, have woken up durning surgery. I vaguely remembered one time it happened, but I just remember a flash of light and nothing else. The other time I didn't remember waking up but was told I had. I understand the majority people do not, but a lot of people do. Oh and, Doc, I got my information from my surgeon, who informed me about 40-50 precent I patients experience an awakening feeling during surgery, though they may not actually awaken they have a awareness for a few moments .

DocBastard, according to statistics from 2000, around 20% of people put under general end up awakening before schedule. However, due to Versed, not even half that remembers it.

That's what I mean. "Waking up" does not mean "moving around a little", because a LOT of patients do that. I'm talking about "anaesthesia awareness" where you wake up and are aware during surgery. Bubble, I misunderstood what you meant by waking up. Apologies.

Nope no worries Doc, prehaps I should have explained the awareness thing a little better. :)

I can back DocBastard up on that. Have had a few surgeries and every time I wake up I have that clear goop in my eyes. It seems my eyes open and I try to move around, but I never remember anything. I like to think I woke up because the hot nurses were making out on top of me.

And what exactly did OP do that was worthy of karma? I'm fairly positive you have used at least one vulgar word in your life.

...What?

What the **** are you babbling on about? That sentence doesn't fit in just any situation.