tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post8466804844291088254..comments2023-10-20T15:06:46.493+01:00Comments on A Changing Life: Seven minutes for an anaestheticA.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-83303005537213350702007-05-12T13:19:00.000+01:002007-05-12T13:19:00.000+01:00Good evening Chris, good evening Mathi. Welcome t...Good evening Chris, good evening Mathi. Welcome to you both.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for your comments. Mathi, you have definitely reassured me, so it's normal to have such a short consultation.<BR/><BR/>Chris, you underline the phenomenon appearing during this last week: jubilation. I try all the same to suppress it a little (don't count your chickens before they are hatched, etc.) but it is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-10855786901196216072007-05-12T13:11:00.000+01:002007-05-12T13:11:00.000+01:00I too had a very short consultation with my aneast...I too had a very short consultation with my aneasthetist, 5 minutes before the operation itself even .... and everything went well. Certainly he was a great deal nicer than the one you met, but it was hurried!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-35610330304025636722007-05-12T13:06:00.000+01:002007-05-12T13:06:00.000+01:00It's been only a few days that I've known about yo...It's been only a few days that I've known about your blog. I'm counting with you the passing days which bring you closer to this new life, this unknown territory. 22:05 10 May, soon 11 May ... Still a few more hours to be nibbled away ... hugsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-12245042568677530552007-05-12T13:02:00.000+01:002007-05-12T13:02:00.000+01:00I had never looked at things from that angle, Lili...I had never looked at things from that angle, Lili :)<BR/><BR/>And in fact you are right, it is safer to be in the hands of someone who is in control of himself (and I think Dr Banquise is in control of himself in all circumstances) than in those of someone who lets himself be carried away. The first undoubtedly makes fewer mistakes than the second ...<BR/><BR/>And all the same it's true that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-91190855645866134062007-05-12T12:53:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:53:00.000+01:00Dear papillon, you know, doctors have little train...Dear papillon, you know, doctors have little training in the ease of their consultations.<BR/><BR/>I understand that you expect so much from those in whom you entrust your fate, but they have a different role in the business.<BR/><BR/>Think that the doctor who chooses to anaesthetise his patients has taken a very technical direction professionally and dialogue with the patient doesn't enter into Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-90657420894177040122007-05-12T12:41:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:41:00.000+01:00Hi ClaudeIn effect I've reduced Dr Iceberg to the ...Hi Claude<BR/>In effect I've reduced Dr Iceberg to the role of "sleep-maker/waker-up" so as not to think any further about it.<BR/><BR/>All the same it's difficult to admit that you are just a number in a long chain, even if it's tiring to give the same information to each one.<BR/><BR/>In the end, it's indeed Dr Foldès, my interlocutor, and it's best that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-56447130544895046642007-05-12T12:21:00.000+01:002007-05-12T12:21:00.000+01:00Ah yes, Dr Icecube, I know him well, I've met him ...Ah yes, Dr Icecube, I know him well, I've met him in his various forms. Psychology isn't really the order of the day in medical studies.<BR/><BR/>That said, the last twice that I've been anaesthetised, the pre-operative consultation wasn't done by the same person who carried out the anaesthetic, and so much the better.<BR/><BR/>What you need to say to yourself is, he's the anaesthetist, he's notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-77495316587993418892007-05-07T21:45:00.000+01:002007-05-07T21:45:00.000+01:00Hello and welcome!Nathalie in Sydney, thank you fo...Hello and welcome!<BR/><BR/>Nathalie in Sydney, thank you for your kiss from beyond the oceans :)<BR/><BR/>Geralda, your experience has also been enlightening?!<BR/><BR/>When you carry out a step of this sort, I find it ridiculous that a doctor whom you have in front of you, doesn't notice the difficulty, the fear, and the vulnerability which we present to them.<BR/><BR/>The positive point is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-616765124770211582007-05-07T21:17:00.000+01:002007-05-07T21:17:00.000+01:00Dr Icecube? That must be the cousin of Dr Couldnt...Dr Icecube? That must be the cousin of Dr Couldntbebothered who I came across once during an infertility assessment ...<BR/><BR/>I had to have a radiological examination of my [Fallopian] tubes. So there I was with a bare bottom, my feet in stirrups, in an unfamiliar examination room, in front of an unknown assistant, feeling psychologically comfortable, my modesty in no way offended, and with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6995313306997352940.post-28095503805201419462007-05-07T20:41:00.000+01:002007-05-07T20:41:00.000+01:00I came, I read, I am moved. It's good what you sa...I came, I read, I am moved. It's good what you say.<BR/><BR/>A butterfly kiss for you from the other side of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com