[jallmon]

1970, US Navy Hospital, Philadelphia, 19 years old, had the pleasure of getting a "sitting up tonsillectomy" in a dentist chair. The idea was that a person sitting upright would bleed less than if the patient was lying on his back. What they forgot was that the patient would be sitting there (doped to the gills) looking at the surgeon, and having to swallow every drop of blood from the surgery.

After surgery Pain... They let me get addicted to Chloraseptic with codine to handle the pain. The idea being, stop the hideous pain now, get me off of Chloraseptic later. They were kind enough to explain that to me. They delivered a 9-bottle case under my hospital bed every morning for a week, and I'd sip the shit all day/night. Two other guys had the surgery before me, they were writhing in their beds from pain. I was the third person to get it. I hope they gave up on that procedure.