Sharon's surgery went well and she is doing fine. Part of me can't help but fear the worst when someone's going under and it's such a relief when it's done.
I know what you mean about the anesthetic, Steve, cuz it's always a non-zero risk. I just tell myself that I take a bigger risk every time I drive my car or cross the street.
In either case, it's not like there's no logical reason to worry at all, but if you let yourself focus on those possible-but-unlikely events and worry about them, you can paralyze yourself into not living. You have to just choose to let it go. You can do it about driving, you can do it about anesthesia.
Logically I agree with you, John, but the fooling-myself part of my brain tells me that I have some control over what happens when I drive, but none at all when I'm under anesthesia.
You can do it about driving, you can do it about anesthesia.
The issue for me is probability. Not all risks are created equal. You ignore the low risks, and focus on the relatively high risks.
Most people never develop any sense of this, though, and instead just fear what they can most easily imagine.
So after 9/11 -- which meant two weeks of watching planes fly into buildings and blow up -- an incredible percentage of America was afraid to fly, in flat defiance of the probabilities. Meanwhile they had no problem smoking and driving.
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In either case, it's not like there's no logical reason to worry at all, but if you let yourself focus on those possible-but-unlikely events and worry about them, you can paralyze yourself into not living. You have to just choose to let it go. You can do it about driving, you can do it about anesthesia.
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Did I mention I'm a bit of a control freak? ;)
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The issue for me is probability. Not all risks are created equal. You ignore the low risks, and focus on the relatively high risks.
Most people never develop any sense of this, though, and instead just fear what they can most easily imagine.
So after 9/11 -- which meant two weeks of watching planes fly into buildings and blow up -- an incredible percentage of America was afraid to fly, in flat defiance of the probabilities. Meanwhile they had no problem smoking and driving.