Anatomically, hands are da bomb. Muscles that move fingers are way upstream. Ligament puppeteering. If CPII wants to know what she did not get to see about knee, internet has you covered. Uncovered. eg: Dissection of the Knee | MedBridge Education | MedBridge Time may come for me to invest in a titanium knee or two. Definitely planning to sleep through that. Saws, drills, and hammers.
I had the option to witness my first total hip replacement - and declined. This past June I had a hip revision to replace the loose femoral component, and woke up during that surgery. I laid there watching some of the procedure in the reflection of an overhead piece of equipment - until they knocked me out again. I am not squeamish at all.
mrs bisco has had two knees done. easy peasy, but they say you do not want to be awake for it. many surgeries today are patient viewable, if they desire. the question is now posed by the anesthesiologist.
The hip assembly is all Stryker. The pelvic cup and femoral stem are titanium, ball is ceramic, and bearing is a highly cross-linked polymer. At the six month mark, the new femoral implant appears to be affixed in my femur this time. My continued recovery for the next year (or so) will be all of the soft tissue getting back to normal... lots of careful gym time. Thanks for asking.
That's where the leukocytes, or white blood cells, are. If the centrifuge used to separate the blood is calibrated properly, then right above the buffy coat is platelet rich plasma. Platelets are essential components for the formation of blood clots. Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
incredible. i figure we'll be growing our own food soon, without the carbon footprint. then we can go back to gassers and fun times!
'Xeno' organ transplantation is now the done thing, but requires immunosuppression which opens other bad doors. 'Allo' organ production (and installation) avoids those problems. In a decade or two (money and God willing), medical reconstruction will have changed a lot.
And I'm wondering how many others have passed out reading this thread. Fortunately Bob is still awake and reading right now -- at some other thread. So at least he didn't receive a serious head injury from fainting trying to read this thread.
For me, it is the feeling, though the anticipation of an upcoming pierce causes bodily reactions that worsen the actual piercing. On the good IV insertions, once the initial pierce has passed, I have no problem watching the rest of the work. But on the ones where the initial pierce didn't go so well, I best not look until the tech has finished messing with it and the stabilizing tape is in place. My reaction is the same as yours. A couple years ago, for some minor fillings near the front, I did request to try no anesthetic. The dentist had no problem with that, letting me know that I could change my mind at any time. It went great, no pain at all, easier than even a simple needle poke. But deeper or more rearward work, no way would I try that. The pain of long-ago deep drilling under inadequate anesthetic is still quite vivid.
Just changed the bandage and no problems. Sprayed with Steriskin wash; wrap with a non-adherent pad; outer layer of paper towel, and; coban tape wrap. For good measure, paper backed sticky tape to hold firm. It is my needle phobia, not wounds or blood. I gave my wife B12 shots and we once had a diabetic dog. Pictures are not a problem either but more like cocking the hammer then the sting pulls the trigger. The dentist uses a swab before the needle which make dental work tolerable. Externally, I suspect a cube of ice or freeze spray to deaden the skin might also work. But I just treat it like a bad reflex that is mitigated by letting the medical staff know. Bob Wilson
That's like me! Are we being ghoulish? Don't know, but I watched my own bladder cancer being removed surgically on colour monitor. I'd had a spinal fluid local anaesthetic, but the lights, camera tools and flush were all introduced via urethra. Not so much keyhole surgery as peehole surgery. However, a spinal injection was about the worst jab/shot I ever had. The Anaesthetist was a Chinese gentleman BTW. For me, the worst part of dental work is the drooling mouth for an hour or two afterwards. An RAF dentist asked me if I was willing to try fillings without anaesthesia and I've never looked back. Dentists will advise when the pain may be too much to suffer and I will generally follow their guidance. It's the bill that requires most pain relief.
With regard to blood donation, that has always been a problem for me. First, as an air traffic controller you are not allowed to donate without your senior controller's permission and you are not allowed to control aircraft for 7 days afterwards. That's how long it can take to fully recover after losing that amount of blood. Secondly, after having cancer you become persona non grata to the transfusion services.
We have friends who were missionaries in France at that time. They were on vacation in England and were so impressed by the beef prices that they bought a whole bunch of it and brought it back with them. When they got back to their digs in Paris, that's when they first heard about the mad cow outbreak. Oops!!
Drooling? You must still have old-school dentistry. I haven't experienced that in a very long time. I had some work done last month, from a recently graduated dentist who (along with her husband) bought the practice three years ago. No drooling, easy recovery afterwards, and improved methods of applying the anesthetic in the first place, I felt only one of at least 3 needle pokes. But even her predecessor, an early 1990s graduate of dental school, was vastly better than what I experienced before that.
