Most feared medical procedure

For me it would be any type of surgery in the genital area

Almost any type of dental procedure especially root canals

Almost any type of dental procedure especially root canals

This surprises me. It's also a media meme apparently, coming up in so many TV shows, movies and jokes.

I've had a root canal done in less than 30 mins once by a French dentist who commuted from France to a small mountain village in Spain. He truly looked like John Cleese. It was also so hot then that the JC lookalike dentist was wearing nothing but his pants and a dental smock. Lots of potential for comical ideas.

It was an emergency on my part but I did not feel a single thing except a slight sting of the numbing injection. And it was cheap too: 50 euros.

It was an emergency on my part but I did not feel a single thing except a slight sting of the numbing injection. And it was cheap too: 50 euros.

You still have that tooth? Ha.

I hate the dentist but luckily have pretty good teeth. I watched my father as he never went to the dentist and as he got older all his teeth fell out. That lesson is enough for me to brush and go to the dentist. Never was much for flossing though. Bleh.

As I've posted the worst pain I ever had in a medical setting was an arterial blood draw. They stick a long needle between the tendons of your wrist all the way to the bone and it hurts like a motha! They recently did another and I made them knock me out first. Much easier!

Anything that involves the prostate, other that a simple DRE.

@patientin_Jacqui I agree!

Thankfully I’ve never had surgery except dental.

A girl I went to college with had some kind of urological procedure done. And another girl had a hemorrhoid surgically removed. I swear I was sweating with nervousness when these stories were told to me, especially the painful recovery!

Lobotomy, but they no longer do them

@kristens

Check the link: https://collection.museumoffailure.com/orbitoclast-lobotomy-tools/

My most feared medical procedure? I'd have to go with my own autopsy. Because, well… yeah.

A blind 12 core prostate biopsy. I WILL NOT consent to this without a VERY good reason.

Getting the bill.

My most feared medical procedure? I'd have to go with my own autopsy. Because, well… yeah.

@SadisticDaddy Don't worry, from what I've heard it's painless! 😕

@SadisticDaddy Don't worry, from what I've heard it's painless! 😕

It's a painless medical procedure? Gosh, I'm dying to get one!

(Alright, I'll show myself out…)

Anything that involved penetrating the urethra: swabs, catheters, etc. Erotic but peeing afterwards was painful and not fun.

I am not confortable with surgeries involving eyeballs, not really sure why, but really something I hate and fear.

I was in an antique shop near Athens, Georgia a few months ago and they had an orbitoclast for sale. Creepy

Surgeries, and MRI

I have had three prostate biopsies. The first one was four cores and hurt like the dickens. The last two were 12 core prostate biopsies and they didn't hurt at all. The urologist numbed my prostate up with lidocaine, I think it was, for both of the 12 core biopsies. The four core biopsy was not numbed up. So with the numbed up 12 core prostate biopsies I got to lay there and enjoy the feel of the ultrasound probe sliding through my sensitive anus as he moved it all around inside my rectum to extract the 12 samples. That and the enema before the procedure were the best parts of the whole procedure. I would do it again if the doctor said it was needed. Sadly my GP doctor doesn't seem to believe any prostate exam is necessary for someone my age.

A visit to the Cath Lab for ANY reason. Eye surgery is also on my list of feared procedures.

Tomophobia is an intense fear of surgery or surgical procedures often leading to one refusing medical treatment.

Here's a link to some scary medical procedures that were used in the past (hopefully). https://themindcircle.com/horrifying-medical-procedures/

One of the weirder ones was the Tranquilizing Chair: Tranquilizing chairs were interesting in which they were a form of shock therapy. You were shocked so much that if you were thought to be insane, it would leave your body. There was even a bucket underneath the chair to catch the insanity. That sounds reasonable!!!! 🙄.

@Rigel I suspect that the bucket ended up catching other stuff by the end of the treatment.

As a toddler, I actually had the receptionist take my rectal temperature over her knee at her receiving desk while talking on the phone and checking people in.

I’m guessing she was also a nurse and that I was very sick. She was probably squeezing me in for an appointment with an already full house. Prior to that I had thrown up in the waiting room lobby and my mother was cleaning it up. It was a memorable day and one I deeply feared to repeat.

NG or OG tube. Someone tries that one on me , they gonna need a dr.

Anything that involves a tube going down my throat or up my nose I can't do it and I will gag a lot, I promise

Reconstructive rotator cuff surgery, been there done that. It failed, now I need shoulder replacement. 🙄

Rectal exam.

I third the NG tube. The medical staff lobbied hard to get me to take one to decompress my stomach after surgery. I very reluctantly tried it and it got about halfway down before I panicked. I told the nurse I would really rather be miserable.

When I broke my shoulder muscle during a ski accident I spent a few days and had a long lasting operation. When I woke up I felt a very strong need of peeing. The nurse said “you cannot yet stand up” but I will help you with a catheter. Before I could resist she was back with another nurse and I got this rubber tube into my bladder. It was a horrible experience.

Big difference between erotic play and reality. I felt so much ashamed and my penis was small like a little lipstick.

I’m probably most afraid of but also most aroused by a cystoscopy. I’m terrified of having a scope go through my urethra into my bladder but I also think it would be arousing and painful at the same time.

Mine was one that just happened recently was when I cut my finger at work and had to get 7 stitches i was scared because it had been years since I had stitches and didn’t remember anything if it but I heard getting the shot for the stitches hurts like heck and it sure did my friend vicki was there with me to hold my hand and squeeze it and she always told me I have a high pain tolerance but this time I actually had tears in my eyes she said so yeah that was mine