This has happened much quickly than expected. The surgeon I saw last Wednesday said he would be able to operate tomorrow. He is the same surgeon who operated on the knee of national badminton player Julia Wong.
Well, I am very comfortable with his explanation and he gave me a lot of confidence. Hence, I am going under the knife tomorrow. I was mentally prepared to get this done in July and now that this has been brought forward, I have to admit I feel a little strange.
I have yet to decide on whether I should go on local anaesthetic or get knocked out on general anaesthetic. Would certainly need wisdom on this.
Though it is not a very life threatening surgery, I do appreciate prayers support and hopefully everything will turn out well.
Thanks for all your well wishes and catch you guys later…
Well, I am very comfortable with his explanation and he gave me a lot of confidence. Hence, I am going under the knife tomorrow. I was mentally prepared to get this done in July and now that this has been brought forward, I have to admit I feel a little strange.
I have yet to decide on whether I should go on local anaesthetic or get knocked out on general anaesthetic. Would certainly need wisdom on this.Though it is not a very life threatening surgery, I do appreciate prayers support and hopefully everything will turn out well.
Thanks for all your well wishes and catch you guys later…
41 comments:
Get the operation done & over with it.
Praying you'll be on your feet again.
All the very best.
"Catch you guys later" That sounds like a very confident ending.
Good on ya, God bless and I am sure everything will be well.
Have a restful recovery. :)
PRAYING YOU BE WELL SOON, Y FRIEND!
Hey there,
all d best of luck with ur surgery!!
All the best and have a speedy recovery after the surgery!
if you have the possibilty, you should most certainly choose local anesthetics.
1. it's safer!!!
2. pain is recepted on the periferia but sensed in the brain. if the limb is numb, it's like a phone with a cut wire. but if only the brain is "shut down", you don't feel the pain but several additional pain "channels" are activated (hipothalamus, amygdala, and so on) so after surgery you might have some "aftershocks"
Speedy recovery!
Good Luck, Zewt!
Gd luck zewt n all da best !!!!! Take gd k.
ive been for two surgeries under g.a. it turned out well. but if i had a choice, i might choose l.a. simply because theres less risk involve.
its a little scary being completely knocked out and not having any control over your body for a couple of hours.
that being said, the risk under g.a is quite low.
all the best for your surgery =)
good luck zewt.. hope tat you have a success surgery tomorrow..
I wish you an exceptionally competent and experienced knee surgeon (or surgeons) - and a swift, comfortable recovery, Zewt. You'll soon be doing the joget again.
Yes, get it over with. You will be fine. Get well soon and take care.
Looking forward to your next post.
Zewt: The only reason why I refrained from commenting on these few related posts is because I'm scaredy cat fikir benda-benda macam ni. My wife is an orthosurgeon, I myself is an engineer. So I know a lot jugalah.
Good luck, God is with you!
i wish you all the best for your surgery. remembering you in my prayer. God will take care of you.
All the best for your surgery. Take care and God bless!
Hope everything goes well and u'll have a speedy recovery! Take good care there!
God bless and get well soon Zewt~
don't stress lah. i've gone under thrice for my ankles. relax. ask for some weed before and after the op. hey, you gotta' try right? say it's for the pain or something. might wanna' also ask them to put titanium plates in there so you come out part man, part superman but no robocop ah please.
you'll be back to your ronaldo ways in no time. make sure you stick to your physio regime. that's very crucial.
May your operation goes well, Zewt! Praying for you. You'll be fine!
hope all is well....
another friend of mine here just had his achilles operated on after rupturing it during a basketball match. It happened when he was about to change his direction of moving...!
do update on your ACL status...
Don't worry! I'm sure everything will be fine since you're in good hands. ALL THE BEST!! I'll definitely wait for you to return with good news! :)
All the best babe! We'll go dancing once you're all healed :)
i presume it's key-hole surgery which is why you have choice of g.a. or local.
i'd still take g.a. too stressful to be around when the procedure is being done.
Hi Zewt, hope all goes well for you. I was wondering if it is an open operation or a 'needle hole' (arthroscopic) one. Usually LA better if you can tahan. GA has many side effects. Hope to hear from you here soon! :)
Oh yeah. Key hole. What needle hole. HAHAHHA Needle too small lah! Arthroscopy is okay, I have seen those for shoulders. Amazing stuff (because I don't understand at all..)!
Hi,
You should do what you feel most comfortable doing. If it is not a long operation and you have the choice, you may feel its okay to go down the 'local' route. I did it once for a lower limb operation. The anaesthetist was present throughout the op. People chatted to me, I was fully informed what was happening, I preferred this, and I believe recovery was quicker as a consequence of the use of 'local'. I doesn't work for everyone nor for every kind of procedure. It is surprising though, just what is now operated on, without a general.
Take care and get well soon. XX
keep us posted!! take care!
Ooh, good luck with it!
All shall be well....
Oh ya do keep us posted on all da gorgeous looking nurses in their uniform ya...let us who who gv u a hard time n who gv u a 'hard' time....*wink*
Get well soon!
dun worry. you'll be fine!
cheers
Zewt,
You will get well soon enough. And after you're done, please continue to write asap, ya. Do take good care. Godspeed.
Zewt: You will be fine. Take care mate and get well soon!
Gosh, I've been too busy to check my own blog. Just decided to visit the 1st blog today and saw this entry. Hope you're doing fine! God bless.......
I wish you a very smooth operation and quick recovery after. I chose general anesthetic when I removed my wisdom teeth and everything went well.
get well soon.
i hope all is well. How are you doing?
may you be blessed.
hope everythg is smooth sailing & you have a speedy recovery with the least 'pain' !!
take care...
Dear all - many thanks for your well wishes and prayers. Trust me, they helped... a lot! I am on the road to recovery and I hope I will be up and running before long... though doc said will take 9 months...
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