Herman by Jim Unger for May 22, 2018

“And I said THAT ISN’T MORPHINE!”

Pass the pain on; slap the anesthesiologist.

There are actually a bunch of people out there who would like to torture their anesthesiologist slowly and very painfully. Being paralyzed but being able to feel every cut and pull is not a fun way to have an operation.

I had gallbladder surgery years ago. The anesthesiologist took about twenty minutes looking for a vein in my hands to start an IV. I was pretty nervous by the time he finally found one. The nurse was the daughter of a guy I worked with.

That looks like a butter knife rather than a scalpel.

The doctor had a “Knick name.”

“Mama said there’ll be days like this…”

The surgeon said “oops” in the previous panel.

Frankly, I’ve always found the anesthesia drugs to be the best (and certainly the most fun) part of surgery.

What you don’t want to hear when getting a vasectomy or a circumcision, is the doc saying “OOOPS”!

When your Brain Surgeon says, “OOPS”. You might not be as smart as used to be.

That’s what I would like to do to most doctors I meet.