Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "Institute of Human Anatomy" channel.

  1. I’m so sorry. I can only imagine how terrible that is. It was so hard losing my best friend, but the pain of losing your child, of any age, must be beyond any other pain.
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  2. I would HIGHLY recommend that you DO NOT have surgery until and unless you have exhausted every other remedy available. Even then, think twice or three times first. I first had a ruptured surgery cervical disc replaced in my neck, but the pain never went away. The doctor, in his “great wisdom” (and even greater ego) thought that because his “perfect” surgery technique didn’t cure me, I must be depressed. I’m serious as a heart attack. He recommended I get psychotherapy. A few years later, I had a disc in the lumbar region blow out, so I had that replaced. The pain was only slightly better after that, but, over the next two years, I had the two discs below the previous lumbar disc blow out, and (yes, I’m sure I’m an idiot, but my theory was “there’s always hope. But I was wrong), so I got another surgery on each one. Turns out that I have Degenerative Disk Disease, and this will probably continue until they’re all gone. But, I will NOT get another surgery. One neck and three disk surgeries later and I’m on Percocet for the rest of my life (or until the doctors decide to discontinue my prescription for it because it’s “addictive”. That’s a whole thing now, and they’re already doing that to people. Sadly, there’s nothing to replace it in terms of pain relief), yet I’m in so much pain, constantly, that I really do not look forward to living many more years. I’m also now bent over at almost a 90° angle, and have to use a walker. Yes, I am 72 years old, but I’ve been this way for at least 10 years, and it is not how I envisioned my senior years, especially the pain. So, anyway, be very careful if anyone recommends surgery. Of course they will tell you there are people that it helps immensely, but I can tell you there are people it doesn’t. Good luck. I hope you find something that will really help you.
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  3. I’ve donated my body to science (and, unfortunately, they can’t accept donated bodes if person dies from Covid, so I’d better make it out of this alive for a bit longer), and I would be happy to see my body being used this way. It’s being used for education, and that’s the whole point. Besides, I won’t be in there anymore, so I probably won’t have any more emotional attachments to it. I might be off on another adventure (at least that’s my hope), or perhaps there won’t be anything at all, so I wouldn’t know anything, and that’s OK too. It’s all about education so whether it’s to future doctors or folks on YouTube, it’s all beautiful. 😊
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  4. Good one!
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  5. I’ve also donated my body to our local medical university. I did it in honor of my dad, who loved all things science and wanted to donate his body, but couldn’t because there was no medical university close enough to where he lived. I hope the people working on my corpse get as excited about learning as you. You’ll (they’ll) find a lot of funny things (especially steel hardware) as I’ve had a neck (excuse me, cervical) surgery plus three back surgeries (lumbar to thoracic), as well as a lobectomy and chemo, and you’re not kidding about how hard chemo is in the human body! (The back surgeries were related to that, plus it caused me to become diabetic). I’m glad I quit it early, as I absolutely knew it was going to kill me. Funny thing about quitting chemo: here I am 14 years later.
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