General Anesthetic or not?

[David_R]

I found the videos fascinating, too. But they were somebody else's dick.

Me, too. (In fact, I am glad that I had not seen the videos before my implant was inserted.)

And I am glad that I was asleep when it was going on. To be awake and know that those people down there were measuring my dick would have made me die from embarrassment!

[Cnidium]

Lost Sheep,

Im almost certain that when you are given spinal block you are also sedated. So, from an experience point of view, there is nothing different than general. I can't recall one Eid patient, including myself, who could describe any part of the surgery. However, I may be incorrect here.

Interestingly, when Eid sent me my full surgical report, the anesthesia type listed said 'General'. I need to ask him about that.

[Lost Sheep]

I found the videos fascinating, too. But they were somebody else's dick.

Me, too. (In fact, I am glad that I had not seen the videos before my implant was inserted.)

And I am glad that I was asleep when it was going on. To be awake and know that those people down there were measuring my dick would have made me die from embarrassment!

Enough strangers have seen (and handled) my penis that the embarrassmeny factor is nil

[Lost Sheep]

Lost Sheep,

Im almost certain that when you are given spinal block you are also sedated. So, from an experience point of view, there is nothing different than general. I can't recall one Eid patient, including myself, who could describe any part of the surgery. However, I may be incorrect here.

Interestingly, when Eid sent me my full surgical report, the anesthesia type listed said 'General'. I need to ask him about that.

Many drugs given in concert with a spinal or local anesthetic have the sde effect of amnesia.

I accompanied a friend for a gastric exam. When it was all over, he asked me when they would start doing it. Even ster o showed him the pictures of his interior, he didn't believe it had been done. But was woozy enough not to argue the point. On the way home, we picked up lunch at a delicatessen, had lunch at his house and watched sports for a while until he was fully lucid (i thought) and i went back to work.

The next day, he remembered NOTHING of the lunch, the game or the discussion we had about hos lawnmower, the walk sround his yard we took...nothing.

So, I am not surprized memory of the procedure is likely to be spotty at best, no matter what anesthesia is used.

I had a colonoscopy once where they allowed me to monitor what the camera saw. I know sometimes they offer view by mirror or video camera of operations. I don't know if i would want that. Probably close my eyes (i look away from the needle when donating blood and having my preop blood draws as it is).

But given the choice, i hope to be brave enough to go for it, just to optimize the outcome.

The "Full Monty", as they say. In for a dime, in for a dollar.

[LesNesman1]

I had my implant done in April and was given the choice and went with the spinal.I just did not want the tube down My throat. I was given some other medications that knocked me out.Nurse said "Here comes the happy juice" and that was all I remember until I woke up.I loved it.I think you would be just fine with the spinal and seems to have less risk I understand.

Les

[ShopMan]

I just talked to my wife who had a spinal block for her knee surgery last January. She told me that she remember nothing. As others have indicated you will be sedated.
There were advantages, my wife stated, over the general. First, when she had her first knee replaced she had a general. She was somewhat sick after because of the anesthetic but with the block after the sedation wore off she felt no sick feeling like before.
I can't believe that a knee replacement would be much different than penile surgery as far as anesthetic is concerned.
I wish I had been offered a block when I had my dick fixed. I would have jumped at the chance.
Charlie

[Lost Sheep]

I recall being told that, even if i have no recall of the procedure (colonoscopy with no spinal block, local anesthesia or general anesthesia, only a general analgesic like verced in that case), i would be awake and aware, lucid and able to carry on conversations, etc. but would remember nothing.

So, those of us who believe they were unconscious during the operation may have been awake at the time, but after recovering, be completely unconcious of any awareness, after the fact. ... Or, they may have just fallen asleep.

No guarantee of amnesia, but a high likelihood. I am pretty sure I remember at least some of the procedure and conversations, though.

[Lost Sheep]

My advice is to go spinal following Dr. Eid's advice on his web site. While I was given the choice and choose general, after the surgery, I was reading the materials on Dr. Eid's web site where he recommends spinal. His reasoning was that spinal relaxes the penis muscles and let the blood flow hence the sizing can be easier. In other words, spinal get the penis is a kind of erect state. With spinal you can be sedated, so you won't feel a thing, so don't worry about freaking out.

I am not worried about freaking out over feeling any pain but I know I will feel some tugging and movement. The freaking out I was concerned about was more like knowing that I'm being cut open, especially if I cannot see what they are doing or maybe because I CAN see what they're doing.

Please don't anybody tell me what I am obsessing over this. I already know I am obsessing over this

[nudist]

My advice is to go spinal following Dr. Eid's advice on his web site. While I was given the choice and choose general, after the surgery, I was reading the materials on Dr. Eid's web site where he recommends spinal. His reasoning was that spinal relaxes the penis muscles and let the blood flow hence the sizing can be easier. In other words, spinal get the penis is a kind of erect state. With spinal you can be sedated, so you won't feel a thing, so don't worry about freaking out.

I am not worried about freaking out over feeling any pain but I know I will feel some tugging and movement. The freaking out I was concerned about was more like knowing that I'm being cut open, especially if I cannot see what they are doing or maybe because I CAN see what they're doing.

Please don't anybody tell me what I am obsessing over this. I already know I am obsessing over this

sheep-

I am trying my best to get my surgeon to let me be fully awake with a spinal and lots of novacaine. I want to know all about it and report all I learn to others on this site. I don't think they will go along with it, but we'll know in a week!

[sliphill]

Nudist, you're one brake man?