To Follow Up on That Anesthesia Thing

NOT AN IRRATIONAL FEAR.

Because, a) sometimes people experience the pain and can’t signal it because they’re paralyzed by the meds, and b) this is exactly how they pulled off my ski boot after I fractured my tibia and fibula just above the ankle. And they admitted it! “We’re gonna give you some Versed, so you won’t form memories of what we’re about to do!”

And, sure, the next thing I knew I was sitting there next to my ski boot, happy as a clam, but some VERSION OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS felt them yank off the boot, you know? Anyway, they gave me ketamine after that, and I quit bitching.