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ugh, you poor thing! That sucks. At least it is not cancer, though, thank God!

I am pretty sure you'll have to be put under for the surgery. It doesn't necessarily HAVE to be horrible. I'm not sure why it was traumatic, but make sure you tell the doctor about it first and it can probably be made a lot easier. Tell them beforehand if you are prone to nausea and they can really help with it. There are lots of lovely drugs to deal with pain and nausea so don't tough it out.

I've been put under four times. The actual getting put under was a breeze every time (well, except getting the !#$%ing IV in, I'm a hard stick), but last time after my surgery last week the recovery was brutal. Probably because I had fairly invasive surgery and there was a lot of pain and nausea involved. Morphine was my friend. The anti-nausea stuff they gave me was great. No vomiting whatsoever!

Hopefully everything goes well for you. Let us know how it's going.

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jen

"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC

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