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Project IGI (I'm going in!)

Written by James at 14 Mar 2005 06:19:44:

My last post here was on August 29 to be exact. Some of you may recognize me for arguing with the unaiding retards at Fathermag. I've also had some dialogue with Halfclip via e-mail.

Early tomorrow morning I will be at the hospital for my pre-operation consultation. Some time on Wednesday I will be under the knife, undergoing [what I assume will be] a partial circumcision to correct my phimosis issue.

The only thing I'm concerned about clarifying with the anesthesiologist tomorrow is that I do not want general anesthesia. My urologists' initial reaction to this was unpleasing, he was actually a bit of an ass in trying to demand general anesthetic. He then made a compromise and said spinal would likely be an option. Does anybody know about the use of spinal anesthesia for this procedure? I believe this would include sedation. I've heard it involves memory loss after the fact, but as long as I am not totally incoherent during the procedure I will be satisfied. Either way, I'm not going with the general.

Does anybody have any recommendations other than what I've read more recently about recovery? That'd be great, thanks.

I am sure I'll do fine. The pain factor is not intimidating in the least. The intimidating factor is that I'll have some man cutting tissue away down there and I want him to know I'll be watching for a miss.

Thanks -- wish me luck!!


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