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Post by starvingartist on Aug 13, 2008 19:47:56 GMT -5
UPDATE Clover's had her surgery, and she's doing fine. They're keeping her overnight (for observation, I believe?) and she's pretty tired, but all is now well.
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Post by acilf on Aug 13, 2008 22:57:57 GMT -5
actually, Schadenfreude is from german. " i meant what i said was from Ave. Q. quote from a song. a wpnderful song "NICKY: Oh, Schadenfreude, huh? What's that, some kinda Nazi word? GARY COLEMAN: Yup! It's German for "happiness at the misfortune of others!" NICKY: "Happiness at the misfortune of others." That is German!" and yay good to hear how clovers doing! send her our love!
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Post by Trey on Aug 14, 2008 4:29:24 GMT -5
Yeah, we know the song. =p
But your quote wasn't really necessarily from the play, it was just the word and the definition.
So Pat was just saying that because you didn't really quote the play...
Clover isn't on MSN and it's weird. I want her back.
Clover, imagine that I sent you something nice, like a teddy bear, or flowers.
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Post by AndrogynousMelon on Aug 14, 2008 9:23:47 GMT -5
Imagine I sent that too, but with like, sprinkles or something.
I'S GLAD THINGS HAVE GONE WELL.
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Post by Trey on Aug 14, 2008 12:55:11 GMT -5
lol.
'here clover, I bought you a dozen red rozes, with SPRINKLES!'
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Post by acilf on Aug 14, 2008 13:01:31 GMT -5
mmmm... edible roses with sprinkles? i sense those would be all sweet and sugary
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Post by Trey on Aug 14, 2008 15:13:40 GMT -5
lol, who said edible? =o
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Post by Clover on Aug 14, 2008 15:59:50 GMT -5
Things did not go well. I woke up.
During the surgery.
I was paralyzed and couldn't move, and I know it sounds like a bad horror movie, but I felt everything. I woke up once while they were making the incision..... and once again. I could feel the doctor run his hand over my bone, could feel the flesh held apart by the clamps, and I could feel them start to sew the sutures. And I tried screaming, but nothing happened. Nothing came out.
So no, I had to stay overnight, and no, it wasn't a very nice reason why.
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Post by Rick Garcia on Aug 14, 2008 23:26:56 GMT -5
Ooh, that's awful! And scary. ><
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Post by espacefine on Aug 14, 2008 23:45:15 GMT -5
God, this would be so awesome if it had happened to someone else. D=
But, it didn't. So, it's horrible. ._.,
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Post by Trey on Aug 15, 2008 0:28:20 GMT -5
oh my god Clover did you tell them afterwards?
Were they like 'oh. sorry?'
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Post by Clover on Aug 15, 2008 6:52:17 GMT -5
Everyone knew, as I kind of woke up very adamant I'd been very awake beforee. Apparently, I had a very rough time of it coming out of the anaesthesia in recovery. So everyone knew.... the doctors tried to figure out what happened, and my surgeon came in and apologized. My general physician wanted to know if I wanted to a file a complaint, but I didn't. I don't. It was an accident, and I hurt, sure, but what can you do? It was just a stupid mistake on someone's part. No sense getting angry, it won't make it go away.
But it does suck. Worst is that I asked them to take photographs of the surgery--and I looked at them late yesterday, once I was calmed down enough--and one of the photos is of my leg, with me on my stomach and clamps holding the skin open--which means I was awake during that photo, since I remember feeling the clamps. THAT spooks me out. But yeah. Takin it slow for the next two weeks, so wish me luck, guys. I'm trying to avoid the PTSD for this whole surgery-awareness thing. It's pretty common, but so far so good.
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Post by acilf on Aug 15, 2008 19:39:23 GMT -5
....wow. I've heard of things like that happening. They would be scary as hell. Other than you woke up did the procedure itself go alright?
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Post by Trey on Aug 15, 2008 20:57:35 GMT -5
I'm glad you aren't one of those vindictive people who are willing to ruin some surgeon's record just because you want to get some money out of something that wasn't necessarily their fault.
I freaking hate people like that. >=o
And yeah, that must be a little odd to remember what was going on in that picture. =/
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Post by Clover on Aug 15, 2008 22:53:50 GMT -5
I have photos of the tumor and of the surgery, but they're gory so I haven't loaded them. I figured Jones might smack me for it. But yeah, it was a little weird to look at the photos, look at my legs, and feel the clamps in my head. I had a moment of "oh shit".
And I mean, I do have grounds for a serious malpractice suit. I mean, I was awake for a quarter of a fucking surgery. We're looking at a surgery that took two hours. I was awake for half an hour of it. Which doesn't seem like too long, except that I was in excruciating pain for all of it. So yeah. I'm a little pissed, and it was the anaesthesiologist's fault. The only reason I'm not doing anything about it is for purely pragmatic reasons: if I start something now, my other surgeries are going to be a lot harder. People won't want to deal with me, and surgeons will dry up. So it's better for me to just stay quiet and cooperate, if I don't want to be blacklisted. And I don't believe the tumors won't come back, so it's best I stay on the surgeon's good side.
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