# I’m having brain surgery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849 "2024-08-17T23:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/41 "2024-08-18T18:53:24Z")
Outstanding news! I hope you heal up quickly, and that the surgery helped with the issue. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/42 "2024-08-18T18:53:41Z")
Glad to hear it went well and thanks for coming back to tell us. May it continue to go well and bring all the benefits hoped for. Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/43 "2024-08-18T18:57:45Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > I’m told I came through we with flying colors. This is my extremely happy face. 😁 I’m glad it went well. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/44 "2024-08-18T19:01:36Z")
I’m so glad to hear the surgery went well. May your healing time pass quickly and well. Keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/45 "2024-08-18T19:06:09Z")
Nothing perks up your week like a good trepanning. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/46 "2024-08-18T19:06:40Z")
This is classic Dope. Only thing missing was a live stream of the operation. 🙃 I remember from days past when members were cautioned to call for medical attention BEFORE opening a thread about arterial bleeding. Glad you’re doing well. We’re pulling for you. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/47 "2024-08-18T19:08:42Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > The came by to check on me, seem to think I wouldn’t remember our conversation tomorrow which I think is kind of ridiculous. C’mon back tomorrow and reread the thread just in case! Glad things went so well! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/48 "2024-08-18T19:10:05Z")
Glad to hear it went well. Best wishes for recovery. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/49 "2024-08-18T19:10:55Z")
Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/50 "2024-08-18T19:20:32Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Don’t worry about the blood thinners. When I was on them the slightest bruise would take up half my arm. Didn’t bother me, but it frightened others. Fun stuff. I’m on blood thinners, but I don’t get such extreme bruising. What annoys me is that cuts take so much longer to clot. I’m a menace – to myself – in the kitchen, and I live with bandaids on my fingers it seems. Good thoughts to you @squeegee! ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/51 "2024-08-18T19:23:38Z")
Anyone on thinners should have [QuickClot](https://www.amazon.com/QuikClot-Advanced-Clotting-Gauze-24/dp/B07WV5P9RS/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LiNPtHCZ1WhMl-stckLz9zBP2foOi07D_GvyVk8gZlCwNVpq8VFvNqFagZeceRpEnr1enPNKRMAEryxijP-MSEj8GIw3mv7FU8O0T1sjI6M5AH-8M8PzAluS7aHd3QBzS3yBS85-D6xnh7QtrDYkrQyjBEFjA4asf6fF_AKEEJVFe_RvISHayujOpTuKMd6QbzYiAZl7Ki9q9DUraFwVW-lRZ-LoHbUHljIJTEyW_B9BzsfPPbNrn4cVdJJy8CFVZktrlsmTyHmv5VeTLyg_Iz4xLkIEErnFm45jfv8Lzlk.6L5w2y2X3tEc-Y7Y3eXIX4SLPgbjPBIsYKngW4jLu4U&dib_tag=se&hvadid=409985258299&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9021322&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=181197173549222725&hvtargid=kwd-442837131574&hydadcr=21692_11234698&keywords=quikclot+bleeding+control+dressing&qid=1724008933&sr=8-5) on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/52 "2024-08-18T19:24:48Z")
Good news, glad to read it all went well! Have a good night’s rest! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/53 "2024-08-18T19:33:30Z")
Thanks for the recco. I’m seeing my doc tomorrow so I’ll ask if I need it. Those big sheets would be wasteful for me as my cuts are usually small finger cuts. I’m thinking of getting the getting the small Allaquix pads instead? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/54 "2024-08-18T19:34:13Z")
So I need to grab the neurosurgeon and ask: if they’ve sealed up the holes in my head (I would hope they would do so!) What’s to stop the original problem whatever that is from building up pressure again and starting the whole thing over? Rinse, repeat forever. ? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/55 "2024-08-18T19:56:04Z")
You have to assume they cauterized the leaker. Or made sure it’s not leaking anymore. I hope you recover well. Don’t be surprised of weird thoughts, mild memory lapses. Tomorrow might be weird. Just take it easy. Ask for help if you gotta get up. For anything. Don’t wanna bump that noggin now. Yes the holes are really small. They plugged them up. I’m so so happy you came thru. Better days to come. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/56 "2024-08-18T20:09:46Z")
I’m so happy to hear your surgery went well, take it one day at a time! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/57 "2024-08-18T20:19:18Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > The came by to check on me, seem to think I wouldn’t remember our conversation tomorrow which I think is kind of ridiculous. I guess general anesthesia can do that to you. I had GA for minor surgery and while in the recovery room was impatient for the snack I’d been promised afterward (since of course I’d had to fast pre-surgery and was now ravenous) as well as for a post-op report and instructions. No one came. Finally, I snagged a passing nurse and said, “um, what about food and a chat on what I should do next?” She said, “The doctor came in and spoke with you and you seemed perfectly lucid. And we already fed you. Sometimes people forget things that happen in the hours after anesthesia.” I sure did. And I am delighted that everything went well! I did not see this thread until the update that you were through surgery and okay was already posted. That’s definitely the best way to read a scary thread, although I would have added my best wishes if I had seen the thread before the surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/58 "2024-08-18T20:31:15Z")
It comes in powder form also. People who use chainsaws should also have it in their kit! (People who use blood thinners should probably not use chainsaws. Just sayin’.) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/59 "2024-08-18T20:34:38Z")
No worries on that front. Yay, @squeegee ! Sounds like you came through like a trooper. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849/60 "2024-08-18T21:12:48Z")
Well it looks like I’ll be taking a nice nap shortly. With my blessing my nurse dumped some morphine into my IV bag just now. Definitely felt that in a hurry. I’ve been in a lot of pain in my neck apparently I was in a strange position when they did the procedure and it strained my muscles. Hopefully I’ll get past that shortly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-having-brain-surgery/1005849.md?page=4)