• zephorah
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    10 hours ago

    Depends. Knee replacement is one where you typically decide when, and it can be life changing. Gastric bypass. Shoulder replacement. Maybe that lumbar discectomy to potentially solve back pain. Movement altering lipoma removal.

    • fern@lemmy.autism.place
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      8 hours ago

      My experience has gone from “everything can be done in a few weeks or some months” to 1.5+year waiting lists over the last decade and what I was getting at.