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LYC - Rant: I've had a surprise birthday party before, but a surprise surgery? It happened today...

Posted by howie (aka howie) Jul 5 '12, 19:20

Tuesday I saw my knee surgeon for a follow-up. He decided that a suture under the skin on my knee was irritated and had to come out. He thought about doing it right then and there, but decided the risk of infection was too scary.

So his assistant scheduled me for a "10 minute" procedure at the out-patient facility at 7 am this morning.

Not only did they send me to the wrong building, but when I got to the right one it turned into a full-blown operation.

I thought they'd stick my knee with a local anesthetic, swab it down with antiseptic, cut out the suture, and and I'd be out by 7:30.

It turned into a whole cap & gown, gurney to the OR, general anesthetic, out-cold, surgery, with 2 hours in the recovery room.

Surprise!

How much is this gonna cost?

Responses:

I remember when James Bond ambushed me in my house with some chloroform in the middle of the night. - Mop on Chrome on iPad Jul 5, 19:53 1
- Does this rag smell like Chloroform to you? -- nm - James Bond SI Jul 5, 20:10
ooh, i know this one! - prayformojo Jul 5, 19:48
are you going out of town soon? maybe he is a terrorist, and you now have an exploding knee! -- nm - peglegpete Jul 5, 19:42 2
- Daaaamn, good call. Time for mandatory pre-flight amputations! -- nm - TSA si Jul 5, 19:48 1
  - they gave me a little plastic card that says "this guy has a metal knee" to show the TSA - howie Jul 5, 19:56
Are you sure you still have both your kidneys? -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:38 2
- You mean I got FOUR kidneys?!?! -- nm - Dewey Crowe si Jul 5, 19:44
- actually I don't. But that's another somewhat scary hospital story. (nm) - howie Jul 5, 19:41
How... odd. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 19:36
I'm glad they took care of it anyway. -- nm - Other David Jul 5, 19:30
Good lord, that is crazy. Hope you are all good -- nm - Epiphany Jul 5, 19:29 3
- so call you maybe? -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:39 1
  - Ha ha. -- nm - Amanda Jul 5, 19:51
- I'm fine, but I couldn't drive home, and had to have somebody come get me. (nm) - howie Jul 5, 19:31
Geez. I am on internal medicine now and we take care of all medical issues for the orthopod's patients. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 19:25 10
- My original knee surgeon did they procedure today, but I thought it was gonna be simple. (nm) - howie Jul 5, 19:29 9
  - Hehe, no clue. How long were you out for? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 19:33 8
    - It was about 20-25 minutes, but was all that really necessary? - howie Jul 5, 19:35 7
      - Maybe he was scared to get it infected so he wanted a sterile environment. I am not sure why they didn't do a nerve block instead of general anesthesi - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 19:39 6
        
        yeah, he wanted a sterile environment, but general anesthesia? wouldn't a local do the job? Nm - howie Jul 5, 19:52 5
        
        general with a mask or just iv? - b!i.p. Jul 5, 20:02 3
        
        the surgeon said it would be a local, but the anesthesiologist stuck in an IV and went to town (no gas that I remember) nm - howie Jul 5, 20:08 2
        
        yah, that's what happened to me, too. not the best, but hopefully that's that for you now. -- nm - b!i.p. Jul 5, 20:18
        
        It's over now & you are fine. But damned if it don't sound like the went in for a missing sponge - Epiphany Jul 5, 20:13
        
        Yeah, local should have been fine. *shrug* -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 5, 20:02
holy crap! are you insured? -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 19:21 10
- yeah, my knee replacement only cost me $2,900.01 - howie Jul 5, 19:26 9
  - Why the penny? -- nm - Other David Jul 5, 19:30 8
    - I considered sending in a check for $2,900.00 to see what would happen. - howie Jul 5, 19:32 4
      - my brother - out of spite - used to underpay his university by some trivial amount of cents so that they'd have to spend some amount more than that to - mafic Jul 5, 19:55
      - I mean, is your deductible the round number or the number with the penny? -- nm - Other David Jul 5, 19:53 1
        
        my deductible is just part of the $2,900.01 the rest is my cost above the deductible (I believe) NM - howie Jul 5, 19:59
      - *repossesses your knee with a chain saw -- nm - repo men Jul 5, 19:50
    - PIRR. -- nm - Remlik Jul 5, 19:32 1
      - So very word. -- nm - Amanda Jul 5, 19:50
    - So people would forget the rest of it. Jedi health insurance trick. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:31

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