Appellatelaw wrote:I know exactly how you feel. I’m 35, pills rarely work and I have a horrible fear of needles. But I’m also scared to get surgery and my wife is against it (she is a nurse in icu and whenever i talk about it, she brings up stories of her patients with implant issues). Oddly I’m surprised I don’t hear more implant horror stories on this board.
It’s scary to think I could have 5 replacements! Aka 5 surgeries! It’s scary as hell!
I’m merely replying to say “I get it and have your same concerns”
So since I had some spare time on my hands. I used the search function for the word icu. I got 32 hits. I took the time to scan every one of the posts. I did not find a single post about an implanted man being in an icu. Guys talked about their hip replacements, their wives with various ailments & covid. I know that there have been members that got an infection but it seems that they all recovered with antibiotics without any icu stays. Not to say they didn't spend some time in a hospital. But again, no mentions of icu's.
Draw your own conclusions on her stories.