It is hell! I remember somewhere in surgery, I could hear the pounding when they drive the new implants into your leg bones. They don't give you general anesthesia, just a spinal, a nerve block and some gas every once in awhile. I didn't feel anything, just heard the pounding.
I am using most of the 90# here for toothpaste...
Shrapnel,
I know a couple of joint replacement surgeons. They say it's just glorified carpentry. They use a damned reciprocating saw to take the end of the bone off, then they make a hole, add some adhesive then pound the prosthetic pieces into place.
I was given the choice of a spinal block or general anesthesia. I chose the anesthesia- that way I didn't hear the saw, smell the bone smoking, or feel the hammer blows when they replaced my hip. Choosing that alternative was one of the few great decisions of my life!
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
