Daily Mail:
‘I was told that I had to undergo a surgery and there were two methods. One totally sedated or, two, to wake me up during surgery.’
But because the second option had a much greater chance of success, he decided to choose that.
My guess is, they wanted to make sure they were cutting in the right place, his ability to play the guitar was an indicator. Both oogy and fascinating.
I’ve heard of this sort of thing; having someone in the room during the surgery keep the patient engaged in conversation. Any lapse is an immediate indicator of a problem.
I think I might be too terrified to speak.
This is pretty common with certain types of brain surgery like this, they’ve used this technique for at least 20 years now; I remember a teevee hospital show in the 90s portraying it with a violinist…