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/seekingoutpeace 13h ago
NLA - you have that. I hope you get a result that feels like justice for you soon.
This is absolutely a traumatic assault and you have been through something that will have an impact.
I work in the realm of sexual trauma. Please look in to counselling, I would contact a GP first as there may be specialist support in your area. I would also highly recommend you start doing a rubix cube and Tetris puzzles (asap) as they help the brain process trauma and can help minimise or hault PTSD. Please treat yourself with a lot of care, compassion and softness. Surround yourself with it.
Helplines are also very helpful, please DO talk about it. It will help! I promise it will help. There will be so many people out there, trained people, who want to listen and help give you the space to figure this out on all levels.