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Turns Out It’s Not Required To Count Back To 10 Before Anesthesia Kicks In And Here Are 30 Stories Of What Actually Happens
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We all have seen it in the movies: the nurse puts in an IV or attaches a mask and the anesthesiologist asks the patient who's about to get surgery to count down from ten. That's how many of us who have never had surgery probably imagine it actually goes. However, recently, a Twitter user who has undergone surgery was surprised to find out that this is not the case. Instead of counting, the nurse just said "goodbye" and that was it. Apparently, the method of checking whether the anesthetics are starting to kick in is outdated and not used as often these days. This revelation prompted people to share their own stories of what happened before anesthesia kicked in, and believe me, most of the responses are not what you expect. Scroll down to read some of the best stories Twitter users had to share!
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This happened to me too. I once went in for surgery on a shattered arm and work up with no titties. It was actually a big relief since I never had any to start with.
This is beautiful, did the nurses or doctor sing with cause that would be even better!!
I had to have eyelid surgery and the nurse went to a lot of trouble to smooth my fringe underneath the cap I had to wear so that it wouldn't all stick up afterwards. Thought that was really sweet. Though when I woke up in agony I couldn't have cared less if my hair was standing on end and pointing in twenty different directions.
Was your anesthesiologist Ashton Kutcher or Seann William Scott from "Dude, Where is My Car?"
One hospital told me it would sting but that I wouldn't remember it. Um, liars (and it SERIOUSLY stings). Next op I was ready for it but they just gave me a dose of fentanyl right before the anaesthetic and I didn't feel it at all. So, unnecessary pain - unless you can't take fentanyl.
Haha, I got laughy gas and right before I went under I started making terrible knock-knock jokes and cracking up.
To be frank, when I was 5 and busted my forehead open on a metal drawer pull while playing soccer indoors I asked to be shown all the instruments the doctor had, even those that weren't directly involved. He had to threaten to put me under in order for me to stay still enough to get those stitches done.
I was so chilled out for one op I was having that they wheeled me right into the OR - no knocking me out in prep outside which had been the norm for my other surgeries. I was on strong anti-depressants at the time which made me numb af about everything.
"Oh that? It's... uh... part of my costume? Yeah, let's go with that." said the doctor, casually hiding a name tag reading "Frankenstein".
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I woke up after my colonoscopy, asking first "Who roofied me?" then when they gave me the results, I said, "So what you're saying is, I'm the perfect asshole?"
I remember I got doped up during a dental surgery... I thought I was a goose for an hour 😂
do you remember if you said anything? I wonder what a goose would say if they could talk!
lol when I got my wisdom teeth out it was awful... I felt everything and was aware of everything during the procedure... it's the rest of the day I don't remember! including a 45 minute (apparently coherent) conversation with my brother.
I've had 3 eye surgeries. The first was when I was a toddler, but the others were a year apart in high school. After the first of those one of the nurses gave me a piece of coffee cake and it was really good. The second time around though I must have had a bad reaction because when I came to, I heard 2 nurses talking about a movie they had seen and this seriously pissed me off. For context, I am usually painfully polite. Not this time though. I was so angry. Then I remembered the coffee cake and insisted on having some. There was no coffee cake. This was in no way acceptable. My dad eventually brought me a snack cake from a vending machine. By then I was starting to come out of it and started falling all over myself trying to apologize for being so awful. A nurse who remembered me said, 'it's okay sweetheart. We know you're not really like that.' To this day, I still feel awful about it.
You have 3 eyes???
Haha, why were you downvoted? I thought it was funny.
Yeah...cause you totally can't have surgery on the same eye more than once.
The coffee cake is a lie.
I woke up after my colonoscopy, asking first "Who roofied me?" then when they gave me the results, I said, "So what you're saying is, I'm the perfect asshole?"
I remember I got doped up during a dental surgery... I thought I was a goose for an hour 😂
do you remember if you said anything? I wonder what a goose would say if they could talk!
lol when I got my wisdom teeth out it was awful... I felt everything and was aware of everything during the procedure... it's the rest of the day I don't remember! including a 45 minute (apparently coherent) conversation with my brother.
I've had 3 eye surgeries. The first was when I was a toddler, but the others were a year apart in high school. After the first of those one of the nurses gave me a piece of coffee cake and it was really good. The second time around though I must have had a bad reaction because when I came to, I heard 2 nurses talking about a movie they had seen and this seriously pissed me off. For context, I am usually painfully polite. Not this time though. I was so angry. Then I remembered the coffee cake and insisted on having some. There was no coffee cake. This was in no way acceptable. My dad eventually brought me a snack cake from a vending machine. By then I was starting to come out of it and started falling all over myself trying to apologize for being so awful. A nurse who remembered me said, 'it's okay sweetheart. We know you're not really like that.' To this day, I still feel awful about it.
You have 3 eyes???
Haha, why were you downvoted? I thought it was funny.
Yeah...cause you totally can't have surgery on the same eye more than once.
The coffee cake is a lie.