Quote from: s2seraha on August 22, 2023, 06:37:49 PMIm now scared about fat embolism now 😬
Youll be fine. Highly doubt you would get a FE from this. Plus your going with betz so theres no way he wouldnt be able to detect a FE early before it gets bad
Thanks lots that will help me sleep
As far as anaesthesia goes, just be open with your doctor about any medications or supplements you are taking to make sure they don't have negative interactions with the anaesthesia.
If anyone has a question for Betz ill have a consultation next month ill post all answers here
Quote from: s2seraha on August 22, 2023, 06:33:14 PMI heard spinal has very bad side effects like nausea, dizziness etc
No, it doesn't. It goes in your spine (back) so how can you get dizzy from it? I took spinal and I was fully awake during the procedure and can feel the vibrations of them drilling my bone canals. Didn't have any side effects. There are risks with spinal as well but dizziness is not one of those.
Im glad you didnt experience those but all my female friends who gave birth on spinal anesthesia reported pretty bad side effects
Hi.
You can expect to fall asleep instantly once they inject their stuff to your iv.
Waking up can be with pain, but you can ask for a nerve block up front. They do want to see you wake up and able to move your toes before they do the nerve block. So you may have some pain for few seconds or minutes from waking up until the block works (matter of seconds to 1 minute).
This block completely numbs your legs so no pain at all.
After 24 hours the pain gradually appears. By then you can manage with pain killers, usually opioids, by mouth.
The general advice is to take pain killers before the pain really sets in, that way you don't "wake up" any nerve pain pathways... This may be the situation for few first days. After that the pain gradually decrease.
You also may feel nausea when waking up. They can give you something for that.
You may also feel some soreness swallowing because of the tube for inhalation they insert (if they do it).
The overall experience of LL makes the anesthesia part and anesthesia recovery really a non significant part..
Good luck
Quote from: s2seraha on August 22, 2023, 06:33:47 PMWho would you pick instead?
Someone who has a strong history of working as an ortho surgeon with specialisation in deformity correction and LL. There are so many in Europe. But most don't have weight bearing nails.
And if you're meeting a doctor, ask him for their complication rates. For each complication ask him how many he has dealt with. If he hasn't dealt with a complication then he might not be good at handling it.
Quote from: s2seraha on August 22, 2023, 09:26:37 PMIm glad you didnt experience those but all my female friends who gave birth on spinal anesthesia reported pretty bad side effects
A lot of people have all kinds of surgeries and they do fine. You shouldn't worry too much about anesthesia (general or spinal). You'll be fine.
Just to let you know, its no longer Betz operating the surgeries. Becker has taken over the institute
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