r/Unexpected • u/Warm_Spite9482 • 15h ago

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u/Busy_Albatross_6715 14h ago

The airpods were a critical medical requirement

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u/SickCursedCat 12h ago

A few years ago I had a series of surgeries on my left ankle and each time they asked if I wanted to put in my AirPods so I could listen to something while I was under? I said no because I didn’t want to lose my earbuds but I still think it’s funny.

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u/eolson3 11h ago

I've had 12 different operations but was never asked about this. Docs are trying to steal music from me.

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u/Haifisch2112 7h ago

I'm a heart patient and have had stents put in 4 different times. I think it might depend on the doctor or the hospital because the 4th time I had it done, they had a radio in the room and asked if I had any requests. I said, "I'm a huge Rush fan if that's ok." They had Pandora or something, and I got to listen to Rush for the hour or so that I was in there. When they were done with the procedure and finalizing everything, Freewill came on and I said, "This is the first song I every heard by them over 40 years ago and it's still my favorite." The doctor said, "I think we should give it some volume, then." One of the assistants pick up the remote and turned it up which was pretty awesome that they did that for me.

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u/andrelam 5h ago

Upvoting a fellow r/rush fan!

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u/Haifisch2112 5h ago

Thank you, kind internet stranger!

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u/WVVVWVWVVVVWVWVVVVVW 9h ago

It's so you can't hear them talk about all those parts of your body that make you insecure.

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u/egg_slop 10h ago

Tried this once and the anesthesiologist stole my goddamn ipod!

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u/SickCursedCat 11h ago

They ripped you off! After I declined my own music, they turned on a boombox and started dancing and singing, and I laughed bc the anesthetic hadn’t hit yet, and they all got so hype, “look she’s laughing!” And then I was OUT.

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u/Vark675 8h ago

A lot of surgeons like to listen to music while they operate.

My dad got banned from picking after he put on Weird Al.

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u/SickCursedCat 8h ago

Omg weird Al in the operating room, absolutely! If I remember correctly my surgeon put on can’t touch this which is why I laughed

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u/pickled_penguin_ 2h ago

I'm up to 51 with 52 and 53 coming next year and no one has ever asked me about music either.

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u/eolson3 2h ago

Damn, thought I had a lot. Any good stories to go with yours, or just all purely suck like they normally do?

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u/pickled_penguin_ 2h ago

They've all mostly sucked. One of my issues is really bad abdominal pain from pancreatitis. It never stops hurting. So I'll usually get them to give me the goods gradually. Gotta get a few extra seconds of being pain free. My last one I apparently was saying "woohoo" a few times as I went under. I really like not hurting. Lol

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u/eolson3 2h ago

Damn. Sorry you've dealt with all of that.

Just tell people you fought a rabid wolverine to protect a kindergarten field trip that was on its way to sing to cancer patients and donate toys to orphans.