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To: E who wrote (40527)	10/28/1999 12:54:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 71178

When I was twenty-six misfortune befell my left eye and I needed surgery. "You'll put me out, right?" "Not an option. We're gonna do 'local standby'". Turns out that they put you lightly under, then anesthetize half your face. (They also add a muscle relaxant any nekkid Amazonian would have been proud to use on his darts. can't have a semiconscious patient move) Only I came to while that 16 gauge needle was coming RIGHT AT my eye and on into the socket. When it touched bone, I deadpanned "I am not enjoying this." None of the OR staff had the good manners to ROFL. I imagine I would have moved if I could have. The sight of that needle coming and not stopping is one of the singularly most horrible experiences I ever had. I was pretty proud of my capacity for complete, correct and oh-so-mild sentences while zonked and freaked.