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With less than 8 hours on the clock, my doc called. Because I had a cardiac stent placed 30 days ago, the anesthesiologist refused to gas me tomorrow morning!
Since I'd rather not be awake for the surgery, it was canceled.
I could wait the 5 more months the anesthesiologist recommended, but since my out of pocket jumps up to $7000 on Jan 1st, I'm between a rock and a *limp* place.

My doc is being very cool it all, and since his morning will not be free... he's going to start making calls, Speaking personally with my primary doc and cardiologist (who had both signed off on the surgery)
and see what they say and then take that info back to the anesthesiologist. He even offered to to the surgery on Dec 30th, just so it gets done before the end of the year.

So there we have it, so close, yet so far away from finally having a working penis. Sigh...

Thanks for the previous well wishes. Hopefully in a few weeks I can post an update with an implant actually implanted!

Praying for a quick resolution.

G

Hi Greg,

Sorry to hear about your situation. I had my surgery done with a spinal. Dr Eid actually prefers that, since he said it gives a better result, the spinal dilates the penis and makes sizing easier. They also gave me a sedative. I never found out whether I was consciously alert or totally out of it, but I do know I have zero recall of anything except being positioned for the spinal and then being transferred from the OR table to the gurney when it was over. No recall of the surgery itself.

If a spinal or epidural is an option, I don't think you should fear it.

Addendum Edit:

There are a number of people who have posted in the implant forum who had a spinal (though the ones that come to mind all were patients of Dr Eid). I don't think any of them have ever mentioned that the experience of being "awake" as being unpleasant in any way. Well, in all cases probably so heavily sedated they didn't know what was happening, as was the case with me.

Hi Greg, Sorry to hear about the delay. I hope you can get a resolution to the situation.

Cajun jeff

Sorry to hear about the delay! What is up with the anethesiologist? He should have seen the flag about the stent before now. Hope you get a new time very soon and before the first of the year.

I beat my out of pockect deadling and tha is a winner.

Good luck and hard times ahead.

Radiodec

Greg:

I was so sorry to read about your schedule change at the eleventh hour!

Keep your chin up, sounds like your Doctor will get things organized.

Best wishes,

Jere

I told Dr. Eid that I wanted to be totally out of it so I asked for General. We had a big discussion in the OR about what to take, which I never expected. I thought that was already decided? They both urged me to take the spinal which would be better ---wouldn't feel nausous and sleepy after the surgery. As Rim stated, I didn't feel a thing only recall one on one side and the other --shaving my privates.

My anesthesiologist highly recommended a local along with a couple of meds that would keep me asleep. Many good reasons for that, as he explained. One of the meds that they used for sedation will keep any memory of the procedure from happening. He said even if I woke up in the middle of the procedure, I wouldn't remember it. It worked great for me, I woke up feeling like I could have got up and walked out, no grogginess at all. Also, the spinal has the added benefit of controlling pain after surgery. Go for it without any fear, it is the best way to go. I woke up from my colonoscopy feeling more groggy than after the implant.