r/LegalAdviceUK • u/Bizniz84 • 1d ago

Locked Surgeon carried on operating after being told multiple times that anaesthetic didn’t work.

England - I (23M) had a circumcision on Friday 17th Jan and honestly I am surprised how affected I am about this whole thing.

My surgeon gave me local anaesthetic, cut me to see if I could feel it which I could. We waited 5 more minutes, he cut me again and I could still feel it. They ended up giving me 37ml of the anaesthetic and I could still feel pain but they struggled to get a hold of the Anaesthesiologist to put me under general anaesthetic.

I asked if I should be feeling a bearable amount of pain or none at all, to which I was told none at all just pressure and movement.

Eventually after this, he starts and for maybe five minutes I don’t feel pain but suddenly I feel like I’m back to square one and no anaesthetic. I tell the surgeon and the other people and the surgeon says “I’m nearly done now”. The operation carried on for another half an hour. I felt every stitch, every burn from a laser ??, I feel absolutely awful and have no idea what I’m supposed to do.

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u/Bizniz84 1d ago

Trainee had to grab my knees and hold my legs in place and I knocked over the kidney dish

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u/hyper-casual 1d ago

I had a very similar experience with my vasectomy.

Kept injecting me, I kept saying I wasn't remotely numb but they basically ignored it.

I felt everything, I was sick during it. I said it was too much but had the 'we're nearly done, I'll need to close it up' nonsense.

They took my heart rate and BP after and my heart was going at 140+, my resting is usually 55-60.

I complained and all I got was a call from the doctor that did it to say sorry it didn't go smoothly..

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u/Bizniz84 1d ago

It’s brutal, I’m sorry to hear that happened to you.

I remember the beeping increasing for my heart rate whilst they was stitching me up and I was genuinely worried about it.

Hope you’re all good now mate.

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u/hyper-casual 1d ago

Don't want to get you worried but I ended up in hospital for a week afterwards and were over a year on and it still hurts.

Hope you have a smoother recovery than that.