Please pray

[DaShi]

Sorry.

[notyoueither]

Extremely rarely.

Is it more common than fatal complications from anesthesia in general?

[Guynemer]

True, but it's not a procedure to be done just for the heck of it. If the tonsils have abscesses that casue recurring infections, if they're so enlarged that they interfere with breathing or swallowing, sure, but how often have I had patients come in with tonsils the size of little ol' kidney beans and the parents go behind my back and have them removed? Imagine their surprise when they discover that tonsillectomy doesn't prevent streptococcal pharyngitis? I wonder who's going around promulgating that lie?

Preaching to the choir, doc.

[Guynemer]

Is it more common than fatal complications from anesthesia in general?

I don't know the exact numbers, and I'm not going to speculate.

[MrFun]

Just saw this thread now. I'm glad all is well now, Elok.

[Elok]

EDIT: I probably shouldn't have mentioned this on a public forum. MrFun, if you could edit yours out, that would be awesome.

[MrFun]

okay - it's edited out - sorry it took awhile - was not at home

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Wow indeed, great that they figured it out and hopefully this is all behind you & the family now.

[Elok]

Yeah, he's out of the hospital now, back home with his family.

[Guynemer]

[dannubis]

Now that the young gentleman is fine (and I am very happy for you and your family he is) the following comment:

Good that some people were doing more than praying ey ?

[Elok]

Well, I was going to title this thread "Please instantaneously acquire superior medical expertise to what's available at Johns Hopkins and haul your arse down to Maryland," but it seemed awfully verbose. Anyway, thanks for waiting until after the crisis passed to remind us that you are an atheist and like to be a douche about it.

[Sava]

So it's bad that doctors were doing their thing instead of praying?

[The Mad Monk]

No, it's bad that douches are douches.

[Sava]

But how else would we have poo-free anal sex?