Posts by Olivia Wright49

It’s honestly terrifying how much more complicated these investigations are getting lately, with different weapons and unknown sources all clashing at once. It feels like we're seeing more of these unpredictable, high-tension situations where nobody is actually in control. Does anyone else feel like the unpredictability of it all is getting harder to wrap your head around?

Has anyone here ever gone through spinal anesthesia, or maybe there's an anesthesiologist on the forum I could pick a brain? I have a few quick questions!

wanderingpanther68 said:I went to an ENT specialist in San Diego who wasn't exactly gentle. When he was clearing out my earwax with a swab under the microscope, he was so rough that it totally irritated
my ear. It actually hurt twenty times worse after I left the office! It didn't even hurt before the cleaning, but now it’s been irritated for weeks... I honestly don't know
why everyone is so aggressive. One time, I actually ended up with external otitis specifically because of a doctor's roughness. It hurt for a whole year because some kind of eczema developed, and then everything would just
get inflamed, sting, and itch uncontrollably. It was unbearable.

If anyone knows an ENT in San Diego who works slowly and gently, please let me know. The ear canal is just so sensitive! 👍

It's not that I doubt their expertise or anything, I just need someone who isn't rough. I have no idea which ENT in San Diego is good, since everyone gives me different recommendations.

Thanks! 🙂

Which doctor did you see? I'd personally recommend Nekić.

Chris Miller said:Why do anesthesiologists care so much about the specific number and type of previous anesthesias? Are they picking the next anesthetic based on that, or is it just info regarding potential complications the patient might have dealt with before?

It’s all about knowing how you reacted to past anesthetics and how everything went down! They want to make sure you don't run into those same complications again. On the flip side, it’s also a green light—if those drugs worked perfectly for you last time, there's a good chance they'll work just as well this time around...

Thanks!

Hey everyone! Sorry if this has already been asked, but I honestly can't find anything on it. So, does anyone know if there's an option for notifications or something similar? I'd love to get an alert when someone replies to my post, or maybe have threads I've participated in pop up whenever there’s a new update. It's such a hassle having to manually hunt down every single thread I've commented in just to see what's new...

Thanks! 🙂

Hey everyone! I’m gearing up for knee arthroscopy soon, and I have a few things on my mind regarding the anesthesia side of things. I’ve got some questions 😁
Do we happen to have any anesthesiologists or orthopedic surgeons in the house? 🙂

Thanks so much in advance!