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If you don't care about them, don't post. There is really no reason for you to be so condescending and rude.

You are purposely coming in here to belittle people.

When I had my cardiac cath, I kept my Polish on and they said it worked fine with polish. It is really personal choice of the staff and mainly BS. It isn't as dramatic as people are making it like if you have on nail Polish you are going to end up brain dead. Good lord.

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And I had a head full of extensions and they knew it. As long as there is no metal it doesn't matter. So you can go into surgery with clip insurance but if you have bonded hair, or a sewin, it is fine.

Honestly some of these rules would make me question their abilities and equipment.

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If you don't care about them, don't post. There is really no reason for you to be so condescending and rude.

You are purposely coming in here to belittle people.

When I had my cardiac cath, I kept my Polish on and they said it worked fine with polish. It is really personal choice of the staff and mainly BS. It isn't as dramatic as people are making it like if you have on nail Polish you are going to end up brain dead. Good lord.

Thank you. And thanks to everyone who responded with feedback without being a total jerk. I didn't get a definitive yes or no from my preop team just a "maybe" so I was coming on here to ask what other's experiences were.

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Honestly some of these rules would make me question their abilities and equipment.

Have you ever been responsible for administering anesthesia and monitoring someone during surgery? Respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, plane of anesthesia, CO2 levels, body temperature, ECG, CRT, oxygenation, tissue perfusion and Fluid replacement are just a few of the things that have to be monitored. Do you know how many dozens of things can go wrong? Do you realize that one even one minute of lapse in observation or a missed signal could result in that patient's death? Do you know everything can go flawlessly like its gone a hundred times before and that patient could still die? Do you realize how much pressure that is? It's not an office job where a mistake results in a missed deadline or a typo. I've been doing this with animals everyday for the last 15 years, and believe me, no matter how routine a surgery is, anesthesia is still a complex and scary thing.

So if the anesthesiologist chooses to require a patients to come into the OR with absolutely nothing interfering with their ability to perform their job unobstructed, then kudos to them. It doesn't make them incompetent. It makes them cautious and thorough.

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@@Kindle except it varies by every anesthesiologist.

My point as I said before, was ask the hospital/doctor and go by what they say. Asking random strangers on the internet isn't going to be a lot of help and is not worth having your surgery delayed. I did what my team asked and I offered my opinion on it. You yourself said you had to remove it for one surgery, not the other. Did you ask them why? I asked them why one said it was okay and the other didn't. The hospital that let me keep the polish on went into a long technical explanation about the light and how it works and why it still works even with polish and the other place was like this is how we do it. I did what was asked/expected both times. That doesn't meant I am not entitled to question it if I feel like it.

I didn't come in here belittling people that enjoy having their nails done. Or telling them they would risk brain damage. Those were extremes we didn't need.

This is ending up like an alcohol/pizza thread. *sigh*

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@@OutsideMatchInside I completely agree with you that the op should follow her own team's instructions, not go by what anyone on here says. I also agree that everyone should be asking questions if they receive instructions they don't understand or that are conflicting with other instructions. I am definitely a "Why?" person myself and am a PIA to those arrogant doctors that don't feel they should ever be questioned.

It's just that the end of your last comment did seem belittling to anesthesiologists that require nails and polish be removed (which I did so happily when I was told to). As an anesthesiologist I would have felt insulted and the veterinary anesthesia part of me just got a little riled up. I actually have been yelled at by owners for shaving their dog's legs in order to place a sterile catheter or to get a better BP reading..... "But he was just getting neutered!" (Sigh)

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I wouldn't care if they had to shave a patch on my head to give me a .05% better than average chance. People forget that this is major surgery. You will be under from 1 - 2 hours. That is huge.

My surgeon told me at the last check in, this is a surgery and with any surgery there is a chance of death. You have to do everything you can to give yourself the best odds. From dieting, washing with the special soap to everything listed on the preop papers, and we will do everything we can during surgery. We are a team.

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I kept nails on, I was told I could with a french manicure. I took my toenail polish off.

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If you don't care about them, don't post. There is really no reason for you to be so condescending and rude.

You are purposely coming in here to belittle people.

When I had my cardiac cath, I kept my Polish on and they said it worked fine with polish. It is really personal choice of the staff and mainly BS. It isn't as dramatic as people are making it like if you have on nail Polish you are going to end up brain dead. Good lord.

Um, it's was a J-O-K-E... look up the meaning in the dictionary l.... it might help you relax before you jump on the "you are being rude" wagon.

and for your information i actually didn't mean it in a condescending way... i meant it in the way i said it.... it would be a tough choice.. I'm a girly girl and it would be a tough choice.

And yes... lack of oxygen does cause brain damage... so how is my post not accurate?

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The OP was sincerely asking a question her team did NOT ANSWER to her satisfaction. No need for rude comments disguised as jokes.

@@still_dna Please call the hospital if your surgeon or his office do not give you a definitive answer.

Be safe and healthy! :)

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@ I was talking about @@WLSResources/ClothingExch Who twice came with the same snarky BS. But if you want to be offended too, enjoy. Actually being funny helps when you are trying to be funny. That is why emojis were invented so people who aren't funny can let people know they are making a joke.

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Oh thank you for clearing that up.... i was thinking why you would be offended when i had the "hehehe" & the emoji and me saying later "on a serious note"

Sorry if i jumped down your throat on that one.... i am just sick of people lately getting offended every time something is not "supportive" and a joke

Once again, i apologize ☺

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