Oughta file this under Nightmares

This is something no one on this board will probably believe, but other than a hernia operation when I was first born (I was six months old, I think mom said - she talked about all she could give me for several weeks was sugar water), I have NEVER been through any sort of surgery. No tonsilectomy, no wisdom teeth (thought I might should have), no nothing...also have never broken a bone.

Which brings me to today. I'm 41 years old now, and I told my wife if I EVER have to undergo that, I hope I'm unconscious when they start surgery...I'd be so scared to death I'd probably have a heart attack and die right there before they even opened me up! I am scared to death now of ever having to have surgery of any type!

Sorry you feel this way. Surgery isn't really all that scary. You get treated really good. The meds are wonderful

I'm exactly the opposite. I don't like to lose consciousness. All of the surgeries and procedures that I have had done I have requested not to be knocked out. Sometimes that takes a bit of persuasion but to me it is worth it. They give some really good drugs to take the pain down to the I don't care level so it is no big deal. The benefit is I'm out of the recovery room in a fraction of the time and my head doesn't feel like I drank the whole liquor cabinet the night before. To me the nightmare would be to get the paralytic drug but not have the pain meds work. Not being able to communicate that fact would be true torture.

I want to be OUT. Don't want to know about it untill it's over.

I was 30 when I had my first serious medical procedure. Scary - yes. But if you are in pain, afraid for your health or something isn't working well or at all - I think you'd be surprised at how quickly you would welcome medical intervention. I drove myself to an emergency room at 4am and left 2 days later minus my appendix.

You could get through your whole life without ever having to see the inside of an operating room and many surgeries are much less invasive today. Unless you are like moebiusgold - they pretty much want you "out" too, before it starts!

I'm curious if those with a "surgery" fetish - have found their real life experiences titillating?

I've already had 3 different surgeries and in all I was knocked out completely and I'm only in my early 20s. The worse one was the Rhinoplasty one but then again I did have gauze tapped to my nose for the next few days so the massive sinus headache was no surprised. I've also has wisdom teeth exctraction and another dental one where they began bringing out an impacted tooth. Surgery isn't all that bad you wake up groggy and alittle disoriented and maybe in a bit of pain at times but when you consider the rewards later its worth it. BTW I haven't had a sinus headache since I had the Rhinoplasty which to me is a miracle.

The only surgery i've had is having my wisdom teeth removed. Other than that, I have not had any major surgery. I've had some local procedures done such as getting an ingrown toenail removed... but nothing major that would require me to be knocked out. Surgery is one of my fears, but mainly because its a loss of control.

I don't had any major surgery until now, had only many local procedures at the dentist including a wisdom tooth removed: a not so nice experience because this damn tooth was hard like a rock ...

However at the dentist I had also some sweet experiences with the nurses, lol

M.

If you ever have to have surgery, be open and honest with the doctors and nurses or other medical staff. Tell them you are scared and why. They will do everything they can to comfort you. Anything from holding your hand to giving you a medication such as Ativan or Xanax to control your nerves. The key here is communication.

First surgery I had was a Tonsilectomy at about age 5 and they used ether back then. Definitely a nightmare for a small child. The next time I had surgery besides wisdom teeth was a hernia repair when I was early 50's or so and a much different experience. Much less traumatic but still a little scary I suppose. Medicine has came a long way since the 1950's. BTW good advice Mashie!

I was 30 when I had my first serious medical procedure. Scary - yes. But if you are in pain, afraid for your health or something isn't working well or at all - I think you'd be surprised at how quickly you would welcome medical intervention. I drove myself to an emergency room at 4am and left 2 days later minus my appendix. You could get through your whole life without ever having to see the inside of an operating room and many surgeries are much less invasive today. Unless you are like moebiusgold - they pretty much want you "out" too, before it starts! I'm curious if those with a "surgery" fetish - have found their real life experiences titillating?

I have had a surgery fetish for a long time, however I find nothing "titillating" about real surgery. I am actually vehemently opposed to any completely unnecessary procedure on myself if it involves anesthesia, mostly due to the loss of control over my own body. Maybe that is where my fetish comes from. To me there are certain things that are simply fantasy, or masturbating material and that I have no real desire to carry out.

I had an emergency appendectomy when I was fourteen. The worst pain I felt was before I got taken to the emergency room--I was literally on the bathroom floor screaming in pain. I felt a bit more calm once I was in the hospital and the drugs they gave me helped a lot more. The OR was a bit titillating because I have a mask fetish, but I wasn't in there very long before they gave me an IV--had hoped to stay awake long enough to have an anesthesia mask lowered over my face. Even if I had been awake long enough to experience that, the fact is that it all went by very quickly.

You are sayin you had a sexual fetish?involving mask at 14?wow not sayin I don't think your not honest but wow col.