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Hospitals, dental practices – most of you will agree that visiting these kinds of places is far from fun.
Perhaps it's the people in scrubs or that overly clean medical smell that gives you the heebie-jeebies – whatever it is, the whole process can be pretty stress-inducing.
Moreover, if you've ever been scheduled for surgery, there could've been a certain little thing that you were probably anticipating with immense dread – and that's anesthesia.
“Anesthesiologists, what is something you won’t forget hearing from someone that was under?” – this netizen turned to one of Reddit’s most informative communities, wondering what crazy things patients under procedural sedation have said. The post has managed to receive nearly 45K upvotes in just a day, as well as 12.3K comments sharing chucklesome stories.
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#1
I was coming out of the fog of anesthesia from a colonoscopy. Apparently I didn’t recognize my wife and refused her affections, telling her she was pretty, but I was married.
Got big brownie points for that.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
I had a colonoscopy and repeated told my wife to "Poke my Butt" apparently.
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#2
Was under anesthesia for a breast reduction. As I was coming out, my nurse was talking to me and apparently I started saying “omg it’s an angel and she looks like Barbie!” I kept yelling for Barbie Angel and possibly kept trying to hug her and pet her hair. I cried for her on the way home.
She called to check on me later that night and referred to herself as Nurse Barbie Angel. She was the sweetest.
Daffodil 3 years ago
Off topic, but as an asexual who's obsessed with Axolotls, I LOVE YOUR USERNAME!!!!
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Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
When I mesed up my arm the medics gave me a hit from that pain relief inhaler... in the next minute I was doing some really hammy flirting by comparing the first responder to Superman and claiming his glasses were to hide his superhero identity and such. 🤦🏽
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I had a size K-Cup before my reduction and I remember waking up from anesthesia crying saying they're gone! But it was happy tears.
Colin Timp 3 years ago
Sounds like yours went better than my wife's. First they used the wrong painkiller and couldn't give her anything else for hours; then her drainage tube fell out and had to be replaced without any drugs.
#3
I was under general anesthesia to get my gall bladder removed. As I was being wheeled back through the double doors there was a giant tv screen that listed the surgeries going on. I was way too loopy to actually read it but I swear I saw “Elbow-ectomy” and started hysterically laughing over the idea of removing an elbow and being left with a floppy arm. Apparently what I actually said was “elbooow jellooooo” and then passed out.
#4
Apparently when I was going under I told the anesthesiologist, “don’t mess this up, I know where you work”.
#5
My husband was put under to get his wisdom teeth out. He was a little anxious and also is just kind of a**l (he's an engineer), so he read is pre-op instructions front to back like a dozen times. One of the things it said was "you may experience profound disorientation upon awakening." As he woke up, he opened one eye and looked around the room, then said extremely huffily "I wouldn't call this PROFOUND." Then he started crying.
Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago
Another story that was a comment on OP's that's adorable: "I had mine out in a hospital (tachycardia concerns) and I was given TWO Ativan to calm me. It made me uncharacteristically revealing about my feelings. So as my bed was being wheeled down to the Operating Room we came across two nurses walking by, and I asked them earnestly, “I know I’m a great big guy and full grown man, but would someone hold my hand …I’m just a little nervous.” Those two nurses both put down their stuff and reached for my hands. They held them all the way into the OR and put extra blankets from the warmer to make sure I felt at ease. They even searched me out later in Post Op to check on me. That response, their sincere kindness, was a true revelation to me and ever since that day — I’ve been unafraid to show my genuine emotion and feelings with others. It’s made life immeasurably better."
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
This! For everyone who suffers from the toxic masculinity ideas (me included) how showing feelings irl is somehow bad. Don't listen to that inner dudebro! He's tryna poison you.
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James G. Currie 3 years ago
Had mine (all 4) done at the same time, due to insurance reasons, in the hospital. Remember reaching into the 30's. Woke up feeling like I had died and not come back...over an hour later than I was supposed to. Found out that they'd had to re-dose me while I was in the theatre. I had started waking up. *Breathing* hurt for a while. Felt like I was almost human the following day.
Arnavet 3 years ago
I had all four *and* 4 more teeth removed at once (1 in each quadrant) for braces when I was younger cause my mouth is too small for all the teeth if they're moving them around. Thankfully I was loopy AF after and they had me on heavy stuff for a few days. Did look like a hamster with puffy creeks, though! 😂
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Lollipop Girl 3 years ago
Apparently it's a.n.a.l (I checked the Original Post). Still, I'm not a native speaker, so I don't really get what it's supposed to mean lol
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bobby warren 3 years ago
I had my wisdom teeth out when i was in high school and i don't remember much. But i do vaguely remember waking up and crying hysterically and being unable to stop it. When i was asked what was wrong i screamed at my mom and told her that only thing that would fix my tears was Mickey and Goofy. From what I've been told i demanded to go to Disney to see them but i didn't get to go and i voiced my frustration about it.
Lyyyy 3 years ago
These are hilarious! I have one of mine too. I had my wisdom teeth pulled out when I was maybe 16. The dentist said that I had to take some diatsepam beforehand, because I was very afraid. I took it in the mornin and half an hour later my mom is taking me to the dentist. I’m sort of panicking because the medicine doesn’t seem to calm me down at all. I walk to the dentists room, and the dentist tells my mom, not to let me walk by myself, because I could fall because of the medicine. I just brush her off saying ”I’m fine, this medicine doesn’t seem to be wor…” and the next thing I know I’m in school and I’m showing my wisdom tooth in a bag to my friend. I was seriously sisoriented as I began to remember snippets of my lost memory: telling the dentist to pull harder, going to school although instructed to take a sick leave for obvious reasons, finding out we had a language test, for which I was late, flunking said test, showing my wisdom tooth to anyone -four times in a row, etc…
#6
I gave a patient an IV dose of ketamine for a pain procedure. He proceeded to tell the room that everyone had turned into cartoon characters and then he announced he was melting into a wall of butter. Still my finest achievement as a physician...
to old to care 3 years ago (edited)
My sister got ketamine when she fell and broke her hip - she kept getting mad that micky mouse was eating her ice cream cone.(she was 61 at the time) The paramedics were in stitches.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
I wonder if that is the real reason they administer that - for their own amusement?
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Don't you wish you knew 3 years ago
I once thought I was a floating head with no body on that stuff. Can't say I wished to experience it again.
Julia Mckinney 3 years ago
Ketamine wasn't used but I had to be put all the way out for my c-section because the local anesthetic traveled and they needed to breathe for me. I had the weirdest dreams about a cottage in the woods, flowers and my husband being a human who could transform into an animal (have forgotten which one though). It was trippy.
ComfyPanda 3 years ago
I too was put on ketamine during my c-section. Weirdest feeling ever!!!! And omg it made me swell so bad. I never want to be put on that stuff ever again!!!! I don't even REMEMBER my daughter being born. And that just doesn't/didn't sit well with me. But hey she's a healthy almost 10 year old now.
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Tessb90 3 years ago (edited)
I had three seperate ketamine infusions for chronic pain. Every time that they turned off the machines at the end of the day, without fail almost every other patient burst into tears. Not because the physical pain had returned, for most the relief can last weeks. Not crying because there was not more ketamine. Purely crying from the relief from all of the emotional exhaustion and agony that goes along with living with chronic pain, their own mental health, their relationships with their loved ones, and everything else that comes with not being able to be the person you were before. Not having the independence, even missing the feeling of being responsible for contributing to the household, financially or otherwise. It's one of the oddest things to be a part of, when people are feeling their most vulnerable, crying from the relief of the emotional burden they didn't even know they carried, yet the most honest conversation you could have with someone you've never met. Machines kept deciding that I wasn't attached due to blood flow, so I had spent most of the time completely sober.
Denise Melek 3 years ago
Been given ketamine for an accident I was part of a Tetris like computer game, an entity of black and white cubes floating without time and space. I
Tessb90 3 years ago
You never truly realise exactly how time and space weigh on you daily until you've experienced ketamine disassociation.
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Fabian Bernard 3 years ago
Took that once. Spent nearly 2 hours speaking with two hippies who left after I went to pee. My friend told me they have never been there. Nice guys though😁
Persephone 3 years ago (edited)
Ah that Ketamine... Clown Shoes with Ketchup. It turns everything into 1 of those weird fun houses you see at a Fair, but 1 of the safest and most efficient.
#7
I woke up singing the *magic school bus* theme song while someone 3 beds away was screaming in agony
Janet Graham 3 years ago
I hate to hear others in pain, physical or emotional. I was at the clinic getting an OB checkup, but they had the sound off for the fetal heartbeat. I was getting pretty nervous! The nurse took one look at me and said, 'Oh, they didn't tell you?' and I went over the edge! She said 'no, we have a woman down the hall who is miscarrying and are keeping the floor quiet for her.' Then she turns up the sound so I can hear my little fella. I could have been a jerk, but I still have my baby, so why?
Karen Grace 3 years ago
When my grandaughter in law lost her baby recently the Womans & Children's Hospital sent her over to the regular ER so she wouldn't be surrounded by women in labor and new babies. I think it made it easier on her.
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"STOP! MAKE HIM STOOOOPPPPP!!! NO MORE SCHOOL BUSESGNARGHHHHHHHHH...."
#8
A girl woke up and asked if she had been hit by a train and then when asked if she knew why she was there she looked down and patted her chest and said implants. She was having her ACL repaired and her mom was there. (It was me, I was 19, I've never lived it down.)
Diane Wheeler 3 years ago
I once went in for a hysterectomy... it seems I must have thought that the hormone changes with a hysterotomy might influence my breast size (im a small b, and sad about it). Half out of anesthesia my first question to the surgeon was "are my boobs bigger?" I now work on L&D with said Dr.
Question everything 3 years ago
I wish I could give you the 'I don't care about the size, all boobs are cute' juice. I'm an A but luckily that never worried me. Also, I struggle mentally so that might be a reason why my body is not that important to me. Hope you'll get what you're hoping for. Fingers crossed
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Shauna Voigt 3 years ago
They used a local on my daughter after her ACL replacement to help with pain control. She became hysterical when she was waking up after surgery because she couldn't feel her leg anymore and thought they amputated it.
#9
My wife was all doped up during her c-section and asked the anesthesiologist, "did they cut me open yet?" He calmly told her they did. To which she replied, "awwwww s**t", with a huge grin on her face. The Dr. and I lost it.
Cranky Pants 3 years ago
I was on magnesium sulfate while in the hospital with preeclampsia (very high blood pressure) when 33 weeks pregnant. The feeling is like being drunk and very happy. My mother asked if I was ok. I answered "the trees and the bushes will save me".
The Redhead 3 years ago
When I had my c-section I asked the doctor if they really pulled my intestines out & laid them on my chest while they got the baby out. I remember the doctor saying yes. Next thing I remember is waking up in my hospital room my husband was just walking into the door to see me. The doctor must have cranked up the meds after my question to get me to stop talking. Lol
Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago
During my c-section I though to ask them for a liposuction, you know, while they're in there. Could not vocalise at all, was very frustrating, lol.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
I was with it for the entire c-section. I had already gone through labor for hours when baby went into distress. They just gave me a spinal and I was aware of everything.
#10
Nurse here, was 22F - had a teen boy come out of anesthesia who looked at me and said ‘heyyy you’re the girl from last night!’ - I had to reassure everyone that THAT WASN’T ME!
Patti Vance 3 years ago
my grandson was coming out of anesthesia and the male nurse was leaning over him checking his vitals. he reached up to touch him and told him he was so beautiful and wanted to see him again. my grandson was 15 and hadn't come out to the family yet so it was a moment of telling me you're gay without telling me you're gay. the nurse was so cute and told him that he was married.
Lollipop Girl 3 years ago
Awwww, that's soooo sweet! 🥺 and you're an awesome grandparent, btw!!
Load More Replies... Who Panda 420 3 years ago
When my 13 ur old brother came out of it he was hitting on one of the nurses. She thought it was funny and had to tell us.
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Was the nurse a member of the anesthesia crew or admitting patients when the kid came in?
#11
I'm sure the anesthesiologist that did my son's dental surgery will never forget him. Specifically, because he came out after the fact clearly trying very hard not to laugh to tell my wife about it.
Kiddo was just chatting away while he was getting ready. Now my son is autistic and at the time had a very... Distinct way of speaking and pattern of emphasis along with a lisp. I literally cannot translate how he sounded talking into text.
Anyway, just as they're getting ready to put him under he goes. "You're gonna need some hard core night time medicine cuz I have ADHD and-" out, practically snoring even. They get to work, finish up and pull the mask off him. The literal second the mask was off his nose he bolts upright and finishes his sentence from however long earlier. "That stuff don't work good on me."
K W 3 years ago
My son got laughing gas for his first dental filling appointment. I was super jealous because I'm terrified of the dentist and have never been offered it. I asked him how he felt afterward and he said he didn't feel any different at all lol. Hard to tell because he often sounds like a chatty curmudgeony old man (like Walter Matthau in Grumpy Old Men), and that was pretty much how he reacted to the laughing gas.
Bryn 3 years ago
Just because they don't offer it doesn't mean you can't ask for it!
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Glynna Bowood 3 years ago
Prior to an upper endoscopy, I remember the RN spraying my throat with a numbing agent and then- nothing ( upper endoscopy procedure happens) and then (in my mind it is still the same time with the RN and the spray stuff) I'm saying to her " you may need to use a bit more on my throat - it feels scratchy. She laughs and tells me "We're done- the procedure's over!
Khavrinen 3 years ago
When I had my wisdom teeth out, they tied a rubber tube around my upper arm before putting in the IV for anesthetic. When the assistant untied the tube, it was about two seconds before my head started to spin. I said, "Wow, that stuff works fast", and the next thing I knew I was waking up after the procedure.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
I love it! I wish they would use the good stuff on me. But no, they make sure that I am barely out. This last time, I could feel everything and the dumb a** surgeon didn't believe that I could feel anything because 'I already gave you one shot!' Like I would lie! And then he goes on to tell me that he also had to give my husband a second shot. I asked him if he cried and begged him to stop first? Nope, not going back there.
#12
My husband had his acl and meniscus repaired. When they brought him back into the room, he stared at me through half closed eyes until the nurses left and then said, "I love you. I'm glad you're here." I melted. Then he conked back out for about half an hour and woke up with a big gasp (I thought he was in pain, that's how loud it was) and went, "BURGER KING BURGEEEEERRRRRR." I said, "you want a burger King burger?" He said "I doooooooo!" So I had to get him a burger King burger for dinner. He doesn't remember anything until he was back home several hours later with burger King sitting in front of him. Lol
Beck 3 years ago
In the '70's they did things differently. My step dad got his wisdom teeth pulled under anesthesia, drove himself home and realized what was going on only a bit later when he was eating ice cream in front of the tv. The last thing he remembers is being put under.
Tessb90 3 years ago
Sarcastic yet necessary "Back in the 70's, men were men. We didn't bother with all that safety c**p..."
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#13
My aunt, who notoriously despises fast food (old Mexican lady whose food is as good as it gets) woke up and looked at my uncle and said, “are you the sexy man that’s gonna take me to McDonald’s?” If you knew her you would know that she would NEVER say that. She has never lived it down.
Kristie French 3 years ago
My grandma was having a hysterectomy and informed us afterward that the very handsome young male nurse had to shave her “wrinkley twat”. I have never seen anyone so embarrassed in my life. My mom and I were dying laughing and the poor nurse excused himself very quickly. I had never even heard my grandma curse prior to this. It was hysterical.
Emperor Kitten 3 years ago
Turns out she's been having an affair with a certain burger toting clown for years
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Too funny! When my grandmother was dying of cancer, she asked my grandfather for a beer. Now Granny was as big a teetotaler as you can get! She hated spirits, would not let them in the house, and scolded Grandpa good whenever he 'indulged'. He brought her a beer and she drank a few ounces. She said it was pretty good, but did not see what all of the hoopla was about.
#14
My mom woke up from dental surgery and when we were leaving the surgeon's office, he gave her a "goodie bag" with floss and a toothbrush and stuff, and the whole way home she kept asking if she could eat the candy that the dentist gave her. Every time I told her there was no candy, she looked so heartbroken, like a little kid when their goldfish dies or something
Then we stopped at CVS on the way home and she wandered off. I found her in the candy aisle holding a giant bag of fun sized candy and when I told her to put it back on the shelf she dropped it on the floor and galloped away laughing at me
Leigh Johnston 3 years ago
Picked my sister up from getting her wisdom teeth out when we were in our twenties. We were walking down the stairs from the dentist's office, and at the bottom of the stairs was a pharmacy, with a candy counter running the length of the cash area. When we got to the bottom of the stairs (I had to hold her up, she could barely walk), my sister veered sharply towards said candy counter saying "Mr Biiiiiiiiggggggg" in this totally creepy voice. I had to grab her and redirect her to the front door. Here she was with a mouth packed full of cotton thinking she was going to eat a Mr Big lol. She had never lived it down.
Deanna Crichley 3 years ago
My sister had dental surgery, and she was really loopy afterward. The doctor called a prescription for pain medication in to a grocery store. I stopped to pick it up and asked if she wanted to wait in the car. She said Noooo. I'm fiiine. So I got a shopping cart for her to hold onto. I was at the counter talking with the pharmacist when an announcement came over the loudspeaker. There was a ginzu knife demonstration going in aisle five, and the first 10 customers there got a free ginzu knife. I turned around and my sister was racing away with that cart, yelling GINZU! I had to chase her down. We both got free knives.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
When I had my 4 wisdom teeth out, my mom dropped by the pharmacy to get my pain meds on our way home. I woke up in a parked car and wanted to get out. I couldn't get the door handle to work and then saw all of the snow and decided to stay in the car. I told my mom that story later and she went all pale. After that, she took the patient home first and then went back for the Rx.
#15
Anesthesiologist here. For better or for worse, I’m a big Green Bay Packers fan, so I wear a scrub cap with the Packers name/colors on it.
I was doing a pre-op evaluation on a kid who was a big New Orleans Saints fan, and when I walked into the room, his first words to me were “Packers Suck.” I laughed and continued to get him prepare him and his family for his redo open heart surgery procedure.
Fast forward to surgery a couple days later, and his mom had come back to the OR as he was going to sleep. Given the fact this was a 3 or 4 time redo sternotomy (going into the chest again), he had a higher risk of major complications from the surgery.
I started to push some meds to have him go to sleep while his mom was holding his hand, and as he drifted off, he said “Wait, I have to tell my mom something!” She got emotional saying how much she loved him, and we were all waiting to hear what he had to say so urgently.
I paused giving him the medication, but he was already well on his way to being under, and as he drifted off to sleep, he said “Packers suck.”
Kid did great, hope he is doing well :)
Persephone 3 years ago
Poor kid, that's so much to go thru with poor long term prognosis; but... Packers suck. 😆 I hope you are doing well sweetie!
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
Who are you talking to? This was posted on Reddit. You're not replying to the OP, least of all the kid.
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Was recently under for abdominal surgery. My partner of 17 years who I dearly love was the first face I remember seeing when coming out of anesthesia... I looked at him & said "who the f**k are you & why are you staring at me?" He's still laughing...
#17
Patient here. Came out of anesthesia and heard gotye's "somebody that I used to know" playing in the recovery room. I asked my SO why they were playing it at like 10x the normal speed and the nurse just goes "ok so she's not ready to go home yet" lol
Nicky 3 years ago
When I had my breast cancer surgery, I felt so great when I woke up that I asked the surgeon if she was sure that they remembered to do the operation.
Emperor Kitten 3 years ago
Now I'm just imagining that song at 1/10th speed being the standard
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
I would immediately be asked to be put back under if that damn song was playing.
#18
I got put under for my wisdom teeth at 17. When I came too the nurse or what ever was like “okay you’re probably a little groggy just sit tight for a while.” And I was like “F**K THAT I FEEL AMAZING!” And proceeded to swing my legs off the table which sent my top half spinning right after it and falling flat on my face.
People laughed. I remember the laughter.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Oh man, I had the same thing done. They were injecting the knock out stuff when I looked up at the anesthesiologist and asked "When's that stuff supposed to ki..." That's the last clear memory I have until I was at home.
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
The doctors asked me how I was getting home after an operation that didn't require knocking me out. Couldn't remember the bus needed to get where I was going and they decided to keep me watching some TV shows in the waiting area while I sobered up. I was a bit huffy about it at the time because I felt sober. Thank you doctor and nurses in Meilahti for not letting me out. No way to know where I would have ended up
Cathy Hurd 3 years ago
Why do people need to be put under for dental procedures? My daughters both had their wisdom teeth out with just novacaine.
Mary Rogers 3 years ago
Some people who have anxiety disorders might prefer to be put under.
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Vortex Lazer 3 years ago
Seeing these stories about wisdom tooth surgeries with anesthetic, and saying things while you have forgotten after it, made me think mine was the most boring of all. I took mine out when I was 16 and I just went straight to coma-like state after it was administered.
#19
I was told after surgery I said I love dogs and I want to eat the Taliban.
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Good priorities, but are you gonna eat them with fava beans and nice chianti?
#20
As I put someone out for a colonoscopy one time, the patient said, “You’re cute. Are you gonna see my butt??” Then she was out.
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Why do hospitals and such keep putting people under for basic colonoscopy??? Watching your insides while mildly high is way less risky and kinda entertaining
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
My husband has had two in the last few years. He’s a big guy, and can be kinda tough when appropriate (never with me), but He. Is. NOT. Good. With. Pain. At. All. So he MUST be unconscious when they probe. Believe me, they do NOT want to try it while he’s awake.
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Gigi 3 years ago
I have had 2 and the prep makes me so sick. in the waiting area I was in such bad shape - vomiting, shaking and barely holding it together. I kept telling the nurses I needed something for nausea or I was going to leave and go to ER. They were horrible. When the anesthesia started taking effect I said "I hope I never see any of you people ever again." It's how I truly felt, but would never say!! I actually feel bad, but I've never been back
Oreo Tookie 3 years ago
I have extra colon, and I guess what is a fold in it up near my stomach, because during two Colonoscopies I cried so hard...one they couldn't finish, no pain meds, second with pain meds I said "just finish so I can go home! I want it over with!" Since then, two with anesthesia. Easy! Nice, and no pain! Why wasn't this offered before?!?
Ann Dennis 3 years ago
My husband was put totally out and was glad about it. I was given maybe a muscle relaxant (?) and watched the screen the whole time without pain. Unfortunately I didn't have my glasses on. :(
Eb 3 years ago
I had a colonoscopy with no sedative and it was fine - until the doctor said, give me another eight feet of fibre and I can go up through the stomach, out of your mouth and tie the ends together. Nice that he enjoys his work, though. Don't think you'd be offered a general anaesthetic for that in the UK.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
I liked whatever they used to put me out. It felt like 1 second had passed but the clock said 20 minutes.
#21
I was brought home after by my wife but was still loopy. She told the construction workers outside to make sure I didn’t leave the house. They let me help pour concrete and fixed what I f****d up. Nice guys. My daughter made them free lime aid so they were always cool with us.
Lollipop Girl 3 years ago
I read "brunch" and wasn't sure of what kind of compliment that was
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Terry Tobias 3 years ago
Anytime I lived somewhere where construction was being done on the house, the workers were always super cool. I've always offered coffee or something cold to drink and the use of my bathroom. They deserve it.
#22
Patient here,
I was a teen. apparently before I went under I kept mumbling "it's buried don't worry, stop worrying it's buried it's buried it's gone"
My Mom was there & said the staff were eyeballing her uncomfortably and years later to this day every year she still asks me If remember anything? That If ever I need to talk she'll support me no matter what. I honestly do not know what I meant.
foxgirl158 3 years ago
The fact that there’s no question mark at the end of your question makes it so much better 😂
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ZenChickChristine 3 years ago
Sounds like something I’ve said to my cats after they scrape the litter pan for an ungodly amount of time after use.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
That is a fun one! You should figure out how to play with them on it.
#23
When coming to after surgery, I told my MIL that she was naughty and needed a spanking...
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
Go ask them on Reddit. Where this and all the other posts were copied from. You need to understand where the site gets its content from and stop trying to ask the OPs questions when they don't even know their post was copied here.
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#24
As a 17 year old i had a colonoscopy because GI doctors couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t go #2. I mention this as an important detail, because after the colonoscopy I was still very much under the anesthesia effects, loopy, and when my mom tried to offer saltines I started screaming “HOW MANY CALORIES DO THOSE THINGS HAVE” and my mom starts panicking like “calm down, lower your voice, people are gonna think you have an eating disorder or something” and I just said “I CAN’T TALK QUIET WHATS GOING ON” The ironic thing, was I guess besides dysregulating my ability to control vocal volume, the anesthesia kind of acted like a truth serum in a way. No, no one found out I had an eating disorder until I almost died from it a year later, but I can’t believe that wasn’t taken into consideration as to why I couldn’t go to the bathroom. Can’t poop if you don’t eat
Theo Blackwood 3 years ago
Yeah the moment you mentioned the saltines, I could guess what was wrong. I hope you’re okay now.
Frances M 3 years ago
That’s so sad. How many people saw signs and ignored them? I’m very glad you lived and I hope you’ve learned how to live with your demon.
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
You're speaking to no-one. This post was copied from Reddit.
Load More Replies... Elizabeth 3 years ago
The fact that your Mom's first thought and fear was that someone would think you had an eating disorder bc of your comment while under meds is a bit odd. Maybe it was on her mind in some way too.
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
You're speaking to no-one. This post was copied from Reddit.
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You're speaking to no-one. This post was copied from Reddit.
Load More Replies... Janet Graham 3 years ago
True! Unless mom kept saying that you ate like a horse and there was no problem.
Eithne Griffiths 3 years ago
Apparently I asked the doctor "when you were little,did you think that ,when I grow up I want to stick things up peoples bums?"
#25
Am patient's relative rather than anaesthesiologist - but as he started going under, patient (hydraulics engineer) started trying to tell the dr what type of pump they should install to fix the busted blood vessel in his brain.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Not if he's actually an android passing as human.
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#26
I was 17 at the time but got my wisdom teeth taken out. Everything went as planned, but I woke up and remember seeing the oral surgeon. Me, being dosed with grade A giggle juice and having no idea wtf I was doing, asked her if she would like to grab boba sometime. I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life…
5 years later: she let me shadow for part of my dental school shadowing requirement and is giving me a LOR for applications next cycle…not a boba date but all things considered, she was a great mentor
Rachknits 3 years ago
Similar experience here - when I was in labour with my son I was given pethidine which made me feel drunk. I remember there was a junior doctor there looking on for experience. I thought he was kind of cute so tried chatting him up while lying down with my legs in stirrups with all, as it were, on display. After my son was born and the drugs had worn off I was a little embarrassed to say the least! Good on him tho as he was very good natured about it.
KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
My best friend was having his gall bladder removed. When the anesthesiologist, a very attractive dude, was giving him the drugs, he told my friend to "imagine you're on a tropical island relaxing on a beautiful beach," and my friend goes "WITH YOOUUUU" the second before falling unconscious.
Eithne Griffiths 3 years ago
Reading all these posts about being "put under" for wisdom teeth extraction. I just had the Novocain for all 4 . Same day.
Jenny Fors 3 years ago
Sorry, this is not here or there, but why are dental patients in the US being put under for simple wisdom tooth extraction? I've had all 4of mine removed with just local anesthetics. No pain, numb face, got in my car and drove home. Same for everyone I know that had the same thing done. When I lived in the US everyone was horrified by the idea for some reason
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
Maybe these aren't "simple" extractions? I had laughing gas for mine but was awake. I remember we were in a field of flowers doing the procedure.
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#27
Not the anesthesiologist, but as a surgery tech working next to them:
**Patient, woozily:** “Doc, will I still be able to integrate after this?”
**Gas passer:** “Integrate? Like what?”
**Patient:** “Like the sum of f(x) from a to b when…”
**Gas passer:** _pushes more milk of amnesia_
#28
Patient here. I was getting my wisdom teeth out, and before I went under I told them that bananas are radioactive. When I woke up, I proceeded to repeat that several times and explain radioactivity.
Marshmallow Fluff 3 years ago
Back in the 80's before my mom knew I smoked weed, I had my wisdom teeth out. They gave me whatever they gave me and sent me back out to the waiting room until the procedure was to start. First thing I told my mom was "Wow, if I had this stuff I would never smoke to get high again" and that is how my mom found out I was smoking weed lol
onivdsrapowijap 3 years ago
The potassium in bananas is slightly radioactive, so if you ate around 50,000 bananas at once, you would die of radiation poisoning
Janet Graham 3 years ago
I remember repeating the same nonsensical phrase as I came out once. Goofy!
#29
I had a surgery to remove bone spurs from my big toes in early February of 2005. I woke up while the doctor was grinding the bone down and asked if he thought Donovan McNabb could lead the Eagles to a Superbowl win. He nodded at the anesthesiologist and I don't remember anything after that.
Chancey 3 years ago
I always thought McNabb was going to lead us to a Super Bowl win. It still makes me sad. He will always be one of my favorites!
Load More Replies... Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
Who's Donovan McNabb and did he have something to do with any Superbowl? European wants to know
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago (edited)
Donovan McNabb is a former American Football player. He played Quarterback (the dude that throws the ball around). He was a pretty good player overall and when he was a member of the Philadephia Eagles, they were good enough to make it to the Superbowl in the early 2000s. The New England Patriots beat them in the Superbowl, but hey, at least they played in the Superbowl :)
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Janet Graham 3 years ago
I woke up waving my hands at the oral surgeon, trying to get him away from my face.
Amanda Mckinney 3 years ago (edited)
I had a similar experience with my doc .. they were waiting on the meds to take effect for my colonoscopy and I kept talking and asking questions about various instruments.. the doc finally laughed and pointed his finger at me and told me that if I didn't stop talking and pass out it would be the hammer next... then I proceeded to wake up facing the monitor and watched it for a few moments then asked if that's really what my insides looked like.. he paused blinked looked up at me then smiled and looked over me and nodded the next thing I remember is my daughter standing over me asking if I was ready to go lol... I do vaughly remember a male voice behind me laughing and something about enough to drop a rhino...
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Are people outside the US being put under for TOE surgery, too?! I had an emergency C-section with twins only with spinal anaesthetic, and that's completely normal in the EU, as far as I know.
#30
One guy said, before falling asleep, “whoa! That feels like a dime bag.”
Ryner 3 years ago
A dime bag is a term for a bag of cannabis that costs 10 dollars. This guy is referring to the high from the weed.
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Many patients experience anxiety and unexpected reactions around medical procedures, as vividly illustrated in stories of anesthesia experiences.
For those interested in how prejudices and biases can affect patient care, particularly in dental settings, exploring nuanced discussions about assumptions based on appearance during treatment provides important context to patient anxieties.
#31
Surgeon told me that I kept them all laughing through my facial surgery. They had to keep giving me more anesthetic to shut me up, which is probably why I was sick as a dog afterwards. I pressed him hard for details but he refused to tell me what I'd said.
Stephanie Did It 3 years ago
You must be a redhead? Lots more anesthetic is needed for redheads.
Shelby P 3 years ago
I'm a redhead and definitely need more anesthetic... Woke up during bunion surgery & dental surgery. During bunion surgery I hit on the orderly carting me to surgery and tried to tell a joke in the middle of surgery. Then I tried to finish the joke as the same orderly was wheeling me out to recovery. My experience during the oral surgery was awful and I won't go into that.
Load More Replies... Terry Tobias 3 years ago
When I had to have surgery to have a bunion removed from my foot the surgeon had 80's and 90's music playing. I remember telling him that I loved his taste but evidently I kept trying to dance while laying on the table so they had to put me out completely to keep me from moving around.
#32
My son, then 10 or so, was coming to after being under when getting his broken wrist set and casted. They had to do traction to get everything aligned or something. There were quite a few people in the room, but his drugged self directed all his attention to me. He was describing Big Daddy from Bioshock and kept repeating, "Dad, you know! You know what I'm talking about!" because I couldn't think of the name of the game at the time. Then he gets frustrated and yells at me, "You son of a b***h!" Lots of laughs from the hospital staff.
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago (edited)
Bioshock 2 gave me the most feels of any video game I've ever played. SUCH a good game. Gorgeous graphics, perfect atmosphere, stunning writing/plot. The first Bioshock game was pretty darn good too. And then 2K Games crapped the bed and released Bioshock Infinite :')
#33
I have had to get colonscopies every couple years since I was 24, so I've gone under quite a bit for someone my age.
Every time, when I wake up, I'm crying, and a nurse is comforting me. They say I don't tell them why I'm upset, but I'm weeping every damn time. It has gotten to the point where I warn the nurses I'll be sobbing, but to not take it too seriously.
Anyone else have this???
Miz Chelle 3 years ago
I do!!!!! I have had several shoulder surgeries and they give me a nerve block so I can't feel anything in my arm. But, even though there is no pain, I cry hysterically for a few hours after waking up.
IDK_Something 3 years ago
Same! Funnily enough, my son has the same reaction!
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tabitha knipp 3 years ago
I had some teach removed and woke up sobbing uncontrollably about my bf who had committed suicide 10 years earlier. In my head right then tho, he died like that day.
Kyndal T 3 years ago
My MIL does this. She also decks people if they're standing close enough. No one goes with her other than her mom (once, that's when we learned she punches people upon waking) and her husband.
Notyomama 3 years ago
Is she allergic to soy? I tell doctors NO PROPOFOL now. I will straight yank out any IVs, scream, cry, and start swinging. They have had to knock me out a 2nd time because of it.
Load More Replies... Tessb90 3 years ago
Was it ketamine by any chance? That has a real habit of making you very from the relief of all the mental stress and anxiety that you've been holding onto without realising. Sounds stupid and weird but it gives your brain a mental reset, and people cry because they feel happy.
Celeste Grant 3 years ago
I do this! I always wake up crying from any anaesthetic, and warn the staff beforehand. I've had a lot of surgery for my age and I always think it should be easy for me now, but something always makes me sob
What do you think ?
Kusotare 3 years ago
During my colonoscopy, apparently I told the doctor that under normal circumstances, he would have to buy me dinner first. I also told him to let me know when to smile for the pictures.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Ha! I told my doctor when I had a rectal exam that he should at least buy me dinner. He jokingly told me he would buy me lunch.
Load More Replies... JMil 3 years ago (edited)
I had my wisdom teeth pulled when I was 15. I was a straight laced kid, never drank or did drugs. Going under, I was feeling amazing, and I said "Mom! I want to do drugs!!!". Edit: Mom is a great sport and was laughing uncontrollably and got major chuckles from the periodontist and assistant.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
I was clean, too, and I never understood why people would take drugs that jacked them up instead of sending them to happy dreamland.
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Wolfe 3 years ago
My brother said a lot of random things after losing his wisdom teeth. Here is a short list: I have a crush on Sabrina Carpenter; me and my friend Josiah are going to bulk up for the ladies; (when told he can't have iced tea) the ice will dilute it and make it less sugary; (when told he can't go to the movies in this state cuz things will pass him by) things won't pass me by! *proceeds to stare diligently out the window so things won't pass him by*
Frances M 3 years ago
I overdosed on nitrous. Weird but true. I was in labour with my last child and they had to burst the water sack to speed up labour as it had been almost a day of active labour at that point (getting dangerous). The pain was so immediate and overwhelming that I started strong deep breaths of nitrous continuously and fell into my head so much that I lost all track of time or space, all I felt was overwhelming pain. At some point I thought I heard an anaesthesiologist in the room so, at some further point, I remember saying “I want an epidural, I know the risks(I named a few) and I still want it” don’t remember anything else until it started working and then my head started clearing… first words out of my mouth were to my husband “oh when did you get here?” He’d been there almost an hour at that point. 🤣 for anyone who wonders, he’d spent the night with our other kids before coming back into the hospital when I told him what they’d planned to do. My mom was then minding them.
The Starsong Princess 3 years ago
My sister and I got our wisdom teeth out out on the same day (maybe they had a twoferone special on, I don’t know.). Anyway, the anesthesia left me loopy but very hungry. On the way home, I loudly demanded McDonald’s several dozen times. My sister was slightly nauseous and started to cry because she thought she would be forced to eat McDonald’s. My poor mother was trying to drive while listening to the shouting and the sobbing.
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
My wife’s friend told us that her boyfriend woke up from his colonoscopy and immediately started telling her that he wanted to go home and have an*l sex. He was very loud and she couldn’t get him to shut up about it. So when I woke from my colonoscopy, I told the nurse about my friend who’s boyfriend started talking loudly about an*l sex and how embarrassing that must be! About 20 minutes later I was lucid enough to sheepishly say, “Um…was I telling you about a friend who wouldn’t stop talking about an*l sex when he woke up from his colonoscopy?” She said not to worry and that she’d heard worse, but I apologized anyway. My wife woke up from hers talking about kittens, and I wake from mine talking about a different person’s sexual proclivities. 🙄
Al Christensen 3 years ago
I've been put under a few times and each time I got angry they wanted to wake me up instead of letting me float deliciously along half-conscious for a few more hours. Or days.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Best one I can remember reading was a story about a guy going in for surgery. As they were preparing to dose him, the surgical nurse leans over to do something, and looks right into his face. He asked "Do I know you? You seem familiar." or some such... She replied (laughing) that they had never met. -- A day or so after the surgery, he almost crapped himself when he remembered the last time he'd seen the nurse in question... Over a shotgun as she was robbing the bank he was in...looked right into his face for several seconds! As I recall, he advised the police, and she was arrested and convicted in short order.
Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
Had wisdom teeth cut out and I have no idea why but the drugs made me just irritated and angry. I already didn't like the dental surgeon so when he was trying to talk to me I just sat there in silence, refusing to look at him. Thankfully, I knocked out before I could say anything and then waking up I kept asking my mom if I was crying over and over (my brother cried after his surgery because he had been nervous and the drugs just let you let it out). My husband was an angry patient waking up from a procedure and kept getting mad that I wouldn't let him out of bed. I said "not till you eat your saltines and they say you can go." He angrily chewed on the crackers.
Pj Mac 3 years ago
I was out under for a procedure. It was with the same med Michael Jackson died from. I apparently went stuff as a board so they brought me right out of it. Someone asked how I felt. All I said was "nirvana". Nobody says that anymore unless you're talking about the band. People went hysterical when I said that. When I came in the next time the nurse that was there came in & told me what I said. I started laughing so hard. She said the rest of that day whenever anyone said something or asked a question they just shrugged & said nirvana. No, I didn't get high from the drug.
Kusotare 3 years ago
During my colonoscopy, apparently I told the doctor that under normal circumstances, he would have to buy me dinner first. I also told him to let me know when to smile for the pictures.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Ha! I told my doctor when I had a rectal exam that he should at least buy me dinner. He jokingly told me he would buy me lunch.
Load More Replies... JMil 3 years ago (edited)
I had my wisdom teeth pulled when I was 15. I was a straight laced kid, never drank or did drugs. Going under, I was feeling amazing, and I said "Mom! I want to do drugs!!!". Edit: Mom is a great sport and was laughing uncontrollably and got major chuckles from the periodontist and assistant.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
I was clean, too, and I never understood why people would take drugs that jacked them up instead of sending them to happy dreamland.
Load More Replies... Wolfe 3 years ago
My brother said a lot of random things after losing his wisdom teeth. Here is a short list: I have a crush on Sabrina Carpenter; me and my friend Josiah are going to bulk up for the ladies; (when told he can't have iced tea) the ice will dilute it and make it less sugary; (when told he can't go to the movies in this state cuz things will pass him by) things won't pass me by! *proceeds to stare diligently out the window so things won't pass him by*
Frances M 3 years ago
I overdosed on nitrous. Weird but true. I was in labour with my last child and they had to burst the water sack to speed up labour as it had been almost a day of active labour at that point (getting dangerous). The pain was so immediate and overwhelming that I started strong deep breaths of nitrous continuously and fell into my head so much that I lost all track of time or space, all I felt was overwhelming pain. At some point I thought I heard an anaesthesiologist in the room so, at some further point, I remember saying “I want an epidural, I know the risks(I named a few) and I still want it” don’t remember anything else until it started working and then my head started clearing… first words out of my mouth were to my husband “oh when did you get here?” He’d been there almost an hour at that point. 🤣 for anyone who wonders, he’d spent the night with our other kids before coming back into the hospital when I told him what they’d planned to do. My mom was then minding them.
The Starsong Princess 3 years ago
My sister and I got our wisdom teeth out out on the same day (maybe they had a twoferone special on, I don’t know.). Anyway, the anesthesia left me loopy but very hungry. On the way home, I loudly demanded McDonald’s several dozen times. My sister was slightly nauseous and started to cry because she thought she would be forced to eat McDonald’s. My poor mother was trying to drive while listening to the shouting and the sobbing.
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
My wife’s friend told us that her boyfriend woke up from his colonoscopy and immediately started telling her that he wanted to go home and have an*l sex. He was very loud and she couldn’t get him to shut up about it. So when I woke from my colonoscopy, I told the nurse about my friend who’s boyfriend started talking loudly about an*l sex and how embarrassing that must be! About 20 minutes later I was lucid enough to sheepishly say, “Um…was I telling you about a friend who wouldn’t stop talking about an*l sex when he woke up from his colonoscopy?” She said not to worry and that she’d heard worse, but I apologized anyway. My wife woke up from hers talking about kittens, and I wake from mine talking about a different person’s sexual proclivities. 🙄
Al Christensen 3 years ago
I've been put under a few times and each time I got angry they wanted to wake me up instead of letting me float deliciously along half-conscious for a few more hours. Or days.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Best one I can remember reading was a story about a guy going in for surgery. As they were preparing to dose him, the surgical nurse leans over to do something, and looks right into his face. He asked "Do I know you? You seem familiar." or some such... She replied (laughing) that they had never met. -- A day or so after the surgery, he almost crapped himself when he remembered the last time he'd seen the nurse in question... Over a shotgun as she was robbing the bank he was in...looked right into his face for several seconds! As I recall, he advised the police, and she was arrested and convicted in short order.
Wysteria_Rose 3 years ago
Had wisdom teeth cut out and I have no idea why but the drugs made me just irritated and angry. I already didn't like the dental surgeon so when he was trying to talk to me I just sat there in silence, refusing to look at him. Thankfully, I knocked out before I could say anything and then waking up I kept asking my mom if I was crying over and over (my brother cried after his surgery because he had been nervous and the drugs just let you let it out). My husband was an angry patient waking up from a procedure and kept getting mad that I wouldn't let him out of bed. I said "not till you eat your saltines and they say you can go." He angrily chewed on the crackers.
Pj Mac 3 years ago
I was out under for a procedure. It was with the same med Michael Jackson died from. I apparently went stuff as a board so they brought me right out of it. Someone asked how I felt. All I said was "nirvana". Nobody says that anymore unless you're talking about the band. People went hysterical when I said that. When I came in the next time the nurse that was there came in & told me what I said. I started laughing so hard. She said the rest of that day whenever anyone said something or asked a question they just shrugged & said nirvana. No, I didn't get high from the drug.
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