Mariya,
I have to agree with what you are saying about knowing too much before going into this surgery. As much as I enjoyed watching the short clips of surgery on The Learning Channel, and hearing stories from people here, I'm glad I did not see anyone's recovery.
People kept asking me what I was going to be like and I just kept saying, "I'll find out and deal with it when I wake up." I really don't think that anyone can mentally or emotionally prepare for the recovery part of this experience. All I wanted to know was that I was going to be ok when I got on the other side of the surgery and that if I wasn't ok, I and my family were prepared to deal with it. A lot of people asked if I was scared of becoming paralyzed and I would tell them that it's a risk and if it happened, again, I'd deal with that when I woke up. Seeing the surgery on TLC did give me hope but I can see where something this detailed could make people more anxious than they need to be. Being on the other side now and feeling perfectly healthy, I'm very interested in seeing what happened in that OR.
I have to agree with what you are saying about knowing too much before going into this surgery. As much as I enjoyed watching the short clips of surgery on The Learning Channel, and hearing stories from people here, I'm glad I did not see anyone's recovery.
People kept asking me what I was going to be like and I just kept saying, "I'll find out and deal with it when I wake up." I really don't think that anyone can mentally or emotionally prepare for the recovery part of this experience. All I wanted to know was that I was going to be ok when I got on the other side of the surgery and that if I wasn't ok, I and my family were prepared to deal with it. A lot of people asked if I was scared of becoming paralyzed and I would tell them that it's a risk and if it happened, again, I'd deal with that when I woke up. Seeing the surgery on TLC did give me hope but I can see where something this detailed could make people more anxious than they need to be. Being on the other side now and feeling perfectly healthy, I'm very interested in seeing what happened in that OR.
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