this time tomorrow
I will be propped up naked on a table in surgery, while a doctor I only just met monday roots around in my left knee. While my ginormous scrotum freezes to the stainless table like Flick’s tongue. I hope they have a teflon spatula.
I did use a magic marker to write “this one” on it.
My knee, not my scrotum.
You might want to add “Wrong One” to the other knee.
Contagion has a very valid point.
Indeed! Thanks.
Oh, off topic but you might be interested in the second rant down on this page. http://mobyrebuttal.blogspot.com/
I was given the opportunity to watch my knee surgery on the monitor in the operating room.It was very cool.And I was drugged enough that it was like an “out of body experience”.I’ve watched all of my surgeries except for the rotator cuff procedures.Too close to my eyes. Couldn’t focus on them but I would have if it was possible.Ask your surgeon. They may let you.
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Good luck with that. You might also want to write “Not here for the ballectomy. That’s the guy next to me” on your abdomen.
According to my oldest dau, the 1RivrDau, who runs two of the surgery practices at a medium-sized local hospital, it is standard practice now to right “this one” and Wrong one” on the appropriate knees, because there were just far too many wrong-knee (or ankle or shoulder, etc) surgeries done.
So, if the sawbones says scrub it off, ask him to replace YOUR grafitto with HIS, and tell him to do if before you gork out. Patient’s Orders.
I did that on my knee when I had it replaced. The Doc looked me in the eye and asked if I was sure. I said I was, he said “OK then, you saved me the effort of doing it myself.” Him , I trust. But I’ll write on my other knee when he does it anyway. Trust, but verify.