At least they're giving me anesthetics, I can't image being awake and feeling all of the pain in the surgery :o
Anesthetics doesn't mean you don't feel anything. There have been reports of some patients feeling
the whole surgical procedure being done and not being able to do anything about it since they're pretty much paralyzed.
Anyway, I've had surgery for my appendix. I had it removed, and instead of the one slash, I got three cuts: one for the camera, one for the snipper, the other for the clamper. I like to tell people that one is for the camera, one is for the snipper, and the third one was because the surgeon sneezed. :3