Hip and knee operations should be done under local anesthetic to help cut carbon emissions

The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | 6/17/2020 | Emma Gatten

[Bratch]

I’m scheduled for a hip replacement.

Don’t care if they knock me into next week.

[Huskrrrr]

Why don’t you stop breathing, toots. Carbon Dioxide, you know.

[jonascord]

The screams will cause noise pollution, but still, and the proles are so dim that they will forget how much it hurt.

Wanting it not to hurt is SO selfish. Have they no consideration for their grandchildren, and the Earth?

I would think this is parody, but CHAZ is on TV...

[brianr10]

I had a spinal, with heavy sedation. It was the same as being asleep.

[LibertyWoman]

lmao!

[Jeff Chandler]

I would want whichever works best.

[Jeff Chandler]

General anesthesia is best avoided whenever possible, . . because it can have serious complications

Cognitive impairment being one of them.

[Jeff Chandler]

I had 3 hip replacements.

Three hips. Do you require a special car seat or something?

[Abathar]

That's 487 cars driven 15k miles a year on average.

So, a good sized sub division or a single pulling competition, which probably puts 5x as much in a single weekend...

[Pearls Before Swine]

How about propofol? It needs to be monitored, as the Michael Jackson case shows. But, I think I got it for a colonoscopy. They told me to think of something like the beach. Then I looked at them and asked if we were done and why my throat felt scratchy all of a sudden. "Yes, and we had to use a little suction."

It was instant lights out and lights back on. No fog. And no atmospheric pollution.

[Abathar]

Just be thankful it’s not your knee is all I can say. I had my hip replaced 2 years ago, wife had her knee 4 months later, I was only 53 at the time (had it done on my 53 birthday actually) and I pray my knees stay healthy after watching her.
I went home, sat for 3 days, said screw this, drove to work and that was it. It’s scary as hell, but sooo worth it in the end.
On a side note, I don’t know how old you are, but my Dr. went a little extra and put one in that the ball and socket are replaceable, like changing a tire. If I wear it out he cut me open, replace them, and never touch the bones, you might want to ask about that.

[poobear]

Two replacements 1 revision. Three in my book smarty buckets.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Just no!

[4yearlurker]

"Paging Doctor Howard, Dr.Fine,Dr. Howard."

[Bratch]

Same thing happened to me.

After the first one, I woke up with less pain than I had before the operation. The rehab was routine and uneventful.

Then my wife had knee replacement a few years later. I’ve never felt so sorry for her. They eventually had to knock her out and do a manipulation to break up the scar tissue so she could move it correctly. Needless to say she’s not enthusiastic about having another one, even though the other knee is starting to bother her.

Lots of differences between the hip and knee joints.

[rlmorel]

I like the way you think.

[FamiliarFace]

Let’s just give them CoVid and put them out of their misery!

(Do I really need to add a /sarc tag for that one?)

[Haiku Guy]

So, each operation converted would eliminate the equivalent of 7.3 miles driven in a car.

So if you take a taxi to the hospital for your surgery, you have flushed away the savings, and you get to be awake as they saw your body to pieces for nothing.

This is beyond stupid.

[napscoordinator]

I’ve heard worse causes of death then that. For me, I hope I go that way, a massive hearts attack or just never wake up some night.

[leaning conservative]

I just broke out in chill bumps. Horrifying.