My name is Ken Conley and my life changed in one day.This is a quick over view of my life altering event.The date was January 23, 2009 and I was scheduled to go in for a simple but tricky sinus surgery. This was not my first surgery so really I didn't have any concern about what was about to happen. So I had woke up fully rested and ready for the procedure with no thoughts of worry at all (I mean really a was looking forward to being able to breath out of my nose again.) So I arrive at the hospital around 5:30am and begin to get ready for the surgery by putting on the gown, checking vitals etc... until finaley it was time to head back into the O.R. (Operating room) so I quietly walk into this unfamiliar place and slowly take my place on the bed that sits in the middle of the room. Next thing I know I am awake thinking that when I open my eyes I will be in recovery getting ready to go home. I anxiously go to open my eyes and realize that they aren't opening, this is when the panic set in because I can feel a pressure in my head and I listened and heard the radio that was playing before I fell asleep. Suddenly my heart sank because I then knew that the last thing I could do is get up and leave. So as the panic sets in (do to the fact that nothing I tell my body to do is working) I can hear my doctor yelling at the nurses to get back control of my blood pressure. At this point every second felt like a day and every minuet felt like a year. Finally more then two hours later I had opened my eyes and tears started to pour down my face because I knew that right then and there I would not be the same person leaving that I was when I entered. Now ever since the surgery I have terrible nightmares, panic attacks, lack of emotion and I get only four hours of sleep a night.
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