Article: THEY'RE FEELING NO PAIN THINKING OF SURGERY WITHOUT ANESTHETICS BOOSTS APPRECIATION FOR DRUGS AND GASES THAT PUT YOU TO SLEEP.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)

Byline: TONY STEIN CORRESPONDENT

Oh-oh. There you are, having an operation under an anesthetic and in your zonked-out state you spill the deepest, darkest secret of your life.

Don't worry. It doesn't happen, says Dr. Tim Shipe. He knows. He's Mr. Sandman in a green scrub suit, by profession an anesthesiologist at Chesapeake General Hospital and medical director of the Surgery Center of Chesapeake. His job is to make sure that you're comfortably asleep during the surgery with the least amount of after-effects.

About this secret business, Shipe talks to his patients before their operations and answers their questions. At the top of their list ...

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