Well, the last time I had surgery, I was about two years old, and I had a tonsillectomy. Had my consent been necessary then, it probably wouldn't have happened. So a couple of months ago, when my doctor's office called and said that the sonogram report showed stones and my gallbladder needed to come out, I took it under advisement but wasn't totally sold on the idea. Not counting the tonsillectomy, as I said, I had never had surgery ....so why start now??!! They even mentioned that the surgeon to whom they were referring me was "good-looking." (Which of course, is ALWAYS important when choosing a surgeon, right?) But since I am an old married lady married to my very good-looking hubs, even that didn't sway me.
I finally did, however, make an appointment and a surgery date was scheduled. At the surgical consult, I was to learn that a robot named DaVinci was to be performing the surgery! Hmmmmm!!! Well, my surgeon, Dr. Cione, informed me that this did not mean that he could go out and drink a cup of coffee while the robot did his thing! He assured me that he would be at the helm controlling the robot.Whew. At least that.
So after much second-guessing, and some prayer, I decided to go through with it. And so I did and I survived. One notable thing which we loved was that my surgeon asked if he could pray for me before the surgery. He said he liked to pray over all his patients before going into surgery.
I was able to return to work after about 5 days and now three weeks out, I would say I am pretty much totally recovered. So all in all, it wasn't too bad, but I don't care to repeat this sort of thing with any regularity....even if the surgeon IS a Christian ....and good-looking to boot.
I finally did, however, make an appointment and a surgery date was scheduled. At the surgical consult, I was to learn that a robot named DaVinci was to be performing the surgery! Hmmmmm!!! Well, my surgeon, Dr. Cione, informed me that this did not mean that he could go out and drink a cup of coffee while the robot did his thing! He assured me that he would be at the helm controlling the robot.Whew. At least that.
So after much second-guessing, and some prayer, I decided to go through with it. And so I did and I survived. One notable thing which we loved was that my surgeon asked if he could pray for me before the surgery. He said he liked to pray over all his patients before going into surgery.
I was able to return to work after about 5 days and now three weeks out, I would say I am pretty much totally recovered. So all in all, it wasn't too bad, but I don't care to repeat this sort of thing with any regularity....even if the surgeon IS a Christian ....and good-looking to boot.
