Damsel wrote:
>
> "Sheldon" > said:
>
> >But when adressed in an adult-like manor the
> >actual physical pain is not so terrible compared with the emotional
> >pain experienced by those with low emotional threshholds, which is what
> >I see demonstrated in this particular case.
>
> Thanks. This was particularly traumatic for him because of those issues.
> Next time, we'll be prepared. The medications will be planned for and I
> think he'll do much better. It *has* been a nightmare, but we've learned a
> lot from it. At this point, he's still saying he's not going to have the
> other side done (like he even has that option, given the bone disease). I
> think that once the surgical pain is gone, he might be more willing to go
> ahead with the other hip. Or, he may just decide to wait until the other
> hip is unbearably painful. Fear can be crippling. Literally.

That's especially true. I had to have a scope (top and bottom) I'm a
gagger and was petrified about the throat part...so much so that my
blood pressure was 240 over something (I was in such bad shape that I
don't recall the lower number) I could have "stroked out" over the
fear....

Sharon
>
> >Try to stay strong, Crash... you're breathing, the worst is over.
>
> Amen.
> Carol
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