Far more disturbing are the accounts (rare, thank goodness) of patients who weren't totally anaesthetised yet couldn't signal in any way that they were in excruciating agony. They could recount verbatim the jokes, music played (yes, my sis says they play music, tell jokes and natter away while in theatre, to pass the time) and afterwards were completely traumatised by their ordeal. I'd rather be floating about inspecting a nudie pic than feeling every cut and slit!