"Rod" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher says...
Better than the alternative!

The hole in my skull was done with a circular saw part way round then
broken - rather than trepanning. That means that the bone is fixed into
place and heals better rather than the cut piece floating around.

Mary.

Ouch! I can just picture the surgeon asking if you are
thick skulled so he knows how deep to set the cutting depth
on his Bosch circular saw :-)

I suspect that a good brain surgeon knows more about his patients' skulls
than they do - after all I've never tried piercing it ...
This thread is starting to make me feel queasy.

I'm disappointed, I thought you'd be making some pointed comment, people
usually do :-)

I suspect the "circular" saw was actually a reciprocating/oscillating
device. Much safer near human tissue (like skin and muscle)

It wasn't near skin or muscle (not much of the latter on the side of my
head!).

The skin etc. had been cut and peeled back, it formed a flap which was
clipped to my forehead. I couldn't understand what that hole was until I
worked it out and asked.

There were holes all over my body, with tubes going in and out. I reckoned
that when all the normal ones were used up they simply made more. The one
coming out of the back of my head and draining into a glass flask (honestly)
was the most difficult to deal with, the flask wasn't comfortable to lie on.

Mary