On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:59:32 -0400, T >
wrote:


>How primitive! I can't imagine a spinal for an appendectomy. Then again,
>I'm of the modern age where chemistry rules supreme.
>
It isn;t primitive at all. My last hip surgery, I had spinal
anesthesia. I requested it, as I am way more comfortable with that
than general anesthesia. And it is fairly common.

Christine