If you’ve ever gone under the knife before, then you know all about the surgery checklist. Basically, you meet with your surgeon and he or she will review what they’ll be doing during the procedure along with all of the possible risks. I’d had some intestine removed before, so I wasn’t surprised by the risks of bleeding and infection. However, I was sure as hell not prepared to hear that they’d sew up my butthole or that I could develop erectile dysfunction.
The funny thing about these checklists in this situation is that they don’t really make much of a difference. When you’re so sick that you can no longer eat, you really don’t have much of a choice. So, hearing this stuff is basically just heaping more on the pile of horrible things that could happen to you. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to be informed, but it’s also frustrating to be subjected to yet another scary possibility of something that’s out of your control.
Once again, you’re left with no choice but to laugh. If you can’t do that, you’ll go crazy.