Surgery

I think it depends on what kind of surgery youre going in for. My wife had to have a very minor little surgery after we went to the emergency room. She waitted 14 hours in the hospital for a spot in the OR to open up.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

I had open heart surgery within two weeks. That was because they did a bunch of tests. If it had been necessary, I would have had the surgery immediately.

-- The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. Confucius, 经过艰苦的努力的梦想可以成真

What does this have to do with woodworking?

-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.

I think the wait means anything, it’s the results that count!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

richgreer, It has nothing to do with WW. That is why it is in the Off Topic Forum.

-- Jerry

It will depend on the surgery. If you go to an ER, you go thru triage to determine your place on the treatment list. When I had my appendectomy, I had to wait while they handled two serious car accidents ahead of me. I was uncomfortable, but those folks could have died (I think that one did.)

If it’s an elective surgery, the docs will schedule it with the urgency depending on the potential risk in waiting.

-- Adversity doesn't build character...................it reveals it.

Not long, if you have insurance. How long do you wait in Canada?

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Knee replacement: 5 days, including a week end. Flagstaff, AZ. That was after Xrays and exams for general health.
Benign tumor removed from foot: 3 days after biopsy and getting those results. About 10 days, total.
The above was for my wife. I’ve only had stitches, and tonsils removed.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

My wife just had bladder surgery after a small spot was detected on the inside of her bladder. Time from discovery to surgery – 1 week. We could have had the surgery the next day but elected to wait – it was our decision.

-- A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including his/her life".

Through the Veterans Administration I waited 6 weeks for hernia surgery, about 30 days for a radical prostatectomy, and about 45 minutes (not counting the ambulance ride to another hospital) for heart surgery.

Dick, & Barb Cain are right on the money.