Eliza... rest assured, those accounts of feeling the operation are hokum, at least in this day and age. The guy in charge of the drugs monitors your breathing, blood pressure, heart rate, body temp... if you are in distress, he knows and gives you enough meds to la-la-land you so you don't feel squat.

AND, IF, in the ODD case you do, which I do not believe, it's better that you feel all the pain while being incapacitated enough to NOT flinch when yer cut on accounta that ain't such a good thing, is it? Whaddya wanna do? Be in pain for a while or in pain for a long time? Maybe even die?

I am all for short term pain for long term gain. When the doc says, "This is really gonna hurt but don't move.", I don't move. Simple stuff to me. Been there. Done that. Got the Johnny Shirt.