Ummm this is not true Mike! If you have an experienced doctor then you have nothing to worry about? Death is not the only complication from this surgery! I prayed that I would die after suffering for months and months! I had Dr. Callery the father of this forum, and yet I had hidious complications. So with current technology.. I'm here to say that it's like rolling the dice, and it's a crap shot! Janie
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Originally Posted by fisher1000
Somebody in another thread a few weeks ago said something that really made me feel good:
Yes, you are taking a risk. But, isn't it better to take a tiny risk now that something "could" happen versus not during the surgery and be guaranteed that something "will" happen.
With current technology, the death rate is less than 2% nationally, and for some doctor's, it's much less than that. If you have an experienced doctor with extremely low rates for deaths or complications, then you have nothing to worry about.
I was scared to death before the surgery, because I like living. But that was also my reason for having the surgery in the first place: I like living. I WANT to be there for my wife and especially for my daughter, and this is what I had to do to make that happen.
I remember the morning of the surgery. I woke the baby up so that I could hold her in case it was the last time. I was so upset and I cried all the way to the hospital. I wish I had known then what I know now...it wasn't bad at all.
I've made the right decision. I take risks everyday--driving, talking back to my mother, running with scissors...that sort of thing. (kidding...) This surgery is just another risk to make the life I lead a fulfilling one.
You'll be fine.
-Mike
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