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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
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 Apparently, the method of checking whether the anesthetics are starting to kick in is outdated and not used as often these days.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".
That exactly how I felt. Either y'all take it out, or I'm taking it out myself
When my husband was in high school, he had surgery that required he be knocked out. They told him to count back from 100. Normally people get to 98...so the nurse left, confident he'd be out by the time she returned. Imagine her surprise when she came in the room and she hears my husband "65...64....63..." She immediately cranked the gas.
After my heart surgery, I was conscious but did not remember anything I said or did for a couple of hours. My mom told me that all the doctors and nurses started laughing very hard at one point and, as they left, one of them told her "your son's a funny guy." Neither of us will ever know what I said...
After my first colonoscopy, which required only a sedative, not full-on anesthesia, the anesthesiologist came to see me in the recovery room. He was very amused and asked me how many boyfriends did I have. It was a very crazy phase in my life and I don't know what I said during the procedure, apparently I said too much.
Seriously?? Are you sure you weren't also having an auditory hallucination brought on by the meds? I mean - if you are having an allergic reaction and a seizure I suspect that they'd be a tad more concerned than this would suggest.
Same I was young and had like 3 permanent teeth and when my other teeth fell out they'd merge and I'd look like a beaver, so I had to get mouth surgery for that, and well first the doctor tried to find my vein and blood splattered on his white smock and when he finally found the vein I fell asleep watching Fairly Oddparents on the tv and woke up a couple hours later groggy and it was a rerun so I woke up from the anesthesia the same part that was playing when I got knocked out from the anesthesia
it may be for anyone who's anxious to get their mind off the surgery for just a moment to let the meds kick in
If you mean that you did the countdown and you were still awake then, yes, it happens sometimes and they'll have seen it before.
Well, Propofol is an anesthetic, for GENERAL anesthesia, that is how sick MJ was- he needed anesthesia to be able to sleep. But it has a very short half life, meaning it doesn't stay in your system very long..So why MJ's doc was using that for sleep is really messed up. No wonder he overdosed him.
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 a*****e?"
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!
Load More Replies...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.
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 a*****e?"
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!
Load More Replies...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.