Which should I go for General or Local? Started by: Charlotte

Hi Charlotte,

I’ve had general quite a few times and I promise it is so much less scary than it seems. The nice thing about it this that you’re asleep in seconds and wake up when you’re done. I have two children too and so I felt really anxious about having it this time but I really didn’t need to be. I’ve never had local but I did consider it – I decided I would rather just wake up with it done. Obviously that was just my preference.

The only downside is that I got a bit of nausea off the general, I’ve never had that before though so not sure why I did this time. I threw up when I left the hospital but I was perfectly fine after that. I think it was all the motion getting to the car and having profiteroles for lunch 😉

Hope that helps a little! X

I never realised we had a choice!
When did you get given an option to choose?
I will definitely opt for local over general.
I am having my op on Tuesday next week. Do I need to discuss this before the op date or is it a option on the day?

Your surgeon and location will depend on what method you have. I know Kazzazi only uses local and Mounir only used general. I had never had an op so never had either option before but really wanted local – was gutted I could only have general with my surgeon but it was fab! The feeling of going under was great as weird as that sounds and I woke up absolutely fine (just shivering!). the risk of dying through general is less than the chance of dying on the way there so I wouldn’t worry!

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