Bound and Gagged by Dana Summers for September 28, 2021

My dad (circa 1970s) had some surgery and the meds made him unruly. I got a call to come and get him because they didn’t want him in the hospital. Luckily Mom and I could take care of him for a day or so.

Yes and I learned a few new cuss words….

As a child I had a tonsillectomy. Ether was the anesthetic, I can still “memory-smell” it decades and decades later. The O.R. staff thought I was under, but they were wrong. As a result, I fetched one of the nurses a rattling kick in the breadbasket. Then they “poured it on” until I was well and truly ethered. Boy, did I have a bodacious hangover when I woke up after surgery!

If he’s the doctor i would love to see the patient.

and even with plenty of anesthesia they have to strap me down in case my sub-conscious kicks into gear

Coma now, are you serious?!

…especially during dental surgery

Here’s a description of a 17th century surgery to remove a large bladder stone without anesthesia. Although it doesn’t say so in the linked article, other descriptions I’ve read of the same surgery said that the doctor had enough helpers to hold the patient down as he struggled.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/curatorial/removing-bladder-stone-size-tennis-ball

He’s here to tell ya.

( During the Civil War): “ Bite down on this while we saw your leg off. But first, have a big drink of whiskey.”