
I'll level with you. I'm really freaked out by loose buttons. I'm fine while they're doing their job, but once they're free the evil bastards are a major threat to my life. Tell us what spooks you, and how you cope. Also: church bells, doner kebab salads, death.
( , Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:18)
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I have a tremendous fear of waking up while the operation is still going on, but being unable to move or cry out. Three times I have been anaesthetised AND had paralysing agents pumped in to me so I couldn't move during surgery.
The idea that I could have been awake and unable to scream while they hacked at my spine is giving me cold sweats even now.
( , Fri 12 Sep 2014, 8:05, 9 replies)

(It's all part of the plan, you apparently have to be conscious when they do it, but it's a bit of a groggy shock to see the needle coming right for you while you don't really know what's going on).
( , Fri 12 Sep 2014, 8:18, closed)

you sound like an evolutionary dead end
No'ffence like.
( , Fri 12 Sep 2014, 8:38, closed)

I have been asked many stupid questions in my life. But one of the best was when I had to have surgery on my penis. They asked if I wanted a general anaesthetic, or would I prefer to stay awake during the procedure?
Yes, there's nothing I look forward to more than watching someone heading towards my todger with a sharp knife.
( , Fri 12 Sep 2014, 11:33, closed)

I had to have a local and remain conscious. I also happen to be terrified of needles. HURRAH
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( , Fri 12 Sep 2014, 15:45, closed)

under local anesthetic, the radio went "pzzzzzztttt" when the tubes were being cauterized.
I did not go back to work that same day.
( , Fri 12 Sep 2014, 17:17, closed)
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