Since my last email on this subject, I have found out that there are some surgerys the patient will be awake, but it looks like adhesions sufferers aren't. While I can see the benifits of being awake and taking a local. My wife is very happy she will be asleep. I should have asked the doctor directly instead of reading on the website, but I try not to bother him too much seeing all the important surgeries he has coming up right now. Thanks for the responses.