William Ernest Henley Quotes

I don't like surgery. I don't like elective surgery, I don't like surgery that you have to have.

I have a great surgeon that put me together.

It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers.

Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation.

A surgical operation is bloody, messy and never fun.

I said "Vote Yes." He voted "Yes." We rolled him out again. He does better under sedation.

I was operated on facially so much when I was young, and I had massive amounts of stitches.

The only person in the world who could knock me out is my anaesthetist.

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

I've been operated on 13 times.

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.

At heart, I'm a reconstructive surgeon.

Brain surgery is a fairly aggressive process. There's a lot to get through. There's the beautiful, delicate shaving first, which is really lovely. There's a wonderful ceremony of putting all the covers on, so only the little bit you're operating on is revealed. But once they make the incision and tear the skin back, the drill comes out.

I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out.

In every operation, there's a risk, and you don't know whether it's gonna... you know, obviously there's that 95% chance, whatever they say, they can never say 100% you're gonna be better. But the concern and the worry is the worst thing.

iron surgeon

That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that.

There is an enormous amount of options that a physician can provide today, right down from curing patients, treating patients, or providing patients with psychic solace or pain relief. So, in fact, the gamut of medical intervention is enormous.

I've had two shoulder surgeries.

I had a minor back surgery, as minor as it's going to get.

I must be the only person in the world who's looking forward to going into hospital. I can't wait to get it over and done with.

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given ether. As he was coming out of the anesthetic a fire broke out in the building next door. As the flames began to show through the hospital windows the nurse pulled the shades down. She didn't want the preacher to think his operation had been a failure.

I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.