On: Dan Kohn has died

[TomVDB]

I ask for very light sedation. I still remember what was happening, but didn't feel any discomfort.

I asked for local anesthesia for a major knee surgery. (They normally do full anesthesia for that because an epidural injection is considered a bit riskier.)

That was a lot of fun! The doctor was delighted to have such an interested and captive audience, and ran over time because he spent too much time explaining everything while doing the procedure.

"Now I will cut loose this useless tendon from your thigh and reuse it as a replacement ACL."

[gojomo → TomVDB]

Now I wish I’d insisted on local for my ACL-from-thigh autograft! (My surgeon discouraged it.)

[TomVDB → gojomo]

I remember being rolled back to my room super excited. It was awesome.

And then the drugs wore off and the pain started...