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Look, Pandas, we don’t wanna scare you, but we also don’t want to lie to you: there’s a small chance (teeny-tiny, really) that you might wake up during surgery. One minute you’re enjoying a cup of tea with the Mad Hatter in Wonderland, the next—your eyes are open and you see a bunch of doctors looking down on you.
Confused, maybe even a bit scared, you then drift off again. It’s not a situation you can fully be prepared for, but it’s something you should be aware of beforehand if you ever have your wisdom teeth pulled, have knee surgery, or anything else. The internet is full of stories about anesthesia awareness, and we’ve collected the most memorable ones from all over r/AskReddit to share with you today.
Don’t forget to upvote the posts that impressed you the most. And if you’ve got any similar medical horror stories to share with all the other readers, you can do so in the comments. Do we have any Medical Pandas in today? You can tell us all about your own experiences with anesthesia, too.
A small warning for those of you who are slightly more sensitive than the rest: this article might make you a bit uncomfortable. If you’d like something else to read, check out our post about dogs doing cute and funny things over here. Those of you who feel brave should scroll down.
Dr. Andrew Carroll, the CEO/Medical Director of Atembis LLC and Family Physician, was kind enough to share his thoughts on doctor-patient interactions before, during, and after surgery. "Doctors should be spending time discussing the risks, benefits, alternatives, and intended and expected outcomes of a surgery in detail. However, patients should demand from those same doctors the ability and time necessary to ask any and all questions they have prior to that surgery, and not on the day of surgery. If you have questions about your surgery (as long as it’s not emergency surgery) you can always delay your procedure to ask the questions that need answers," he explained to Bored Panda.
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#1
SCRAPE SCRAPE SCRAPE GRIND GRIND GRIND CRRRRRGHSLUUUUURRRRP CRRRRSCHLUUUUURRRRP SHHHHHHKKKTTTLUUUUURP... "he's moving a bit, would you... thanks" ... ksssshhht zzzzzzzz...
Dr. Carroll noted that patients ought to remember that there's an entire team attending to them during surgery. "The person monitoring your anesthesia has a responsibility to make sure you’re comfortable, your pain is controlled, and ideally you’re asleep during any sort of significantly invasive procedure," he told Bored Panda.
"There are also nurses watching you and the surgeon will often notice when a patient is not fully under. Speaking to the medical professional after the surgery if you had an unexpected outcome such as waking, will educate that professional so that they do a better job in the future. A physician not willing to accept criticism to improve is not truly a professional," he said.
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#2
I'm a big guy and when the anesthesiologist gave me the dose he told me I would be asleep in 10 minutes. About 15 minutes later I'm lying there still awake and I can hear that they are about to start. So I decide to give a "hey there". The doctor was astonished and was like "you're still awake??". So they have me another dose and I finally drifted off. I woke somewhere in the middle of the surgery and I could tell they had no idea I had woken up. I started to feel a lot of pain but I was afraid of startling the doctor, making his hand slip...so I kind of quietly saying ow but got louder and louder until they heard me and freaked out. All is well now though! Heart is fully functioning and all.
Zero 3 years ago
Should've started singing something about your heart. Total eclipse of the heart comes to mind.
#3
In the 90s I woke up during knee surgery. Like just fully snapped awake and sat up. All of these wide-eyed masked faces just turned and stared at me.
I looked down at my clamped open leg, looked at one of the masked faces that everyone seemed to be deferring to and said "I don't think I want to be awake for this."
They put me back under and as a drifted off I started to feel pain.
Woke up after the surgery and the doctor came in and apologized. I had specifically mentioned that I require more anesthesia than most people (the redhead thing thatcis finally being acknowledged in modern medicine) but they didn't believe me and gave me a normal dose.
PCW10101 3 years ago
I would have thought any decent anaesthetist would be aware of this, if only anecdotally. What an awful experience.
Monday 3 years ago
The studies on this were done in the early 2000s, whereas this surgery was done in the 90s. It's not surprising the anaesthetist didn't know and didn't take the chap seriously.
Load More Replies... The Redhead 3 years ago
I'm a redhead as well. When I had my c-section I asked the doctor (not my regular doctor) if the redhead thing was true he said it was an urban legend. Then the anesthesiologist came in (she happened to be a redhead as well so I asked her. She told me it was fact.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Wow I'm just hearing about the redhead thing now. I wonder if that's why I've always needed more medicine than most people for the same effect. I'm not a redhead but I have brown with red streaks.
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Aaricia 3 years ago (edited)
It took long enough for most of them to finally acknowledge redheads need more anesthesia! I'm only half redhead (read, red brown like auburn) and I still need more anesthesia.
Laura Gillette 3 years ago
I am so glad the redhead thing is finally becoming more known in the medical community. When I was a kid, I had a cavity filled at the dentist, and the dentist (a pediatric dentist!) didn't believe me when I said I could still feel it, and basically called me a whiny kid for making sounds of pain (I was in pain) and asking for more novocaine. He finally sighed exasperatedly and said, "fine, I'll give you some more" and then it was finally enough. Still makes me mad.
Not A Panda 3 years ago
I am a redhead so dark my hair looks brown (but it is red and I have redhead skin and the redhead anaesthetic issue). It takes a lot of convincing and making sure this is noted everywhere in my medical files. I fortunately just stay awake if they don't give me enough, but one dentist didn't believe me and started pulling a tooth when I'd just said I could still feel it.
JB 3 years ago
I feel you! My first experience of anesthesia was pre-teen removal of a couple of molars to “make room” for the rest of the adult teeth coming in. This was waaaaaaay before the notion, nevermind studies, on the phenomenon. If it’s any consolation, I sort of woke up mid-extraction and bit the dentist’s thumb… hard. In my muddled state, it felt like someone was trying to rip my skull apart by the jaws. I like to think I did my little bit (pun intended) to alert dental anesthetists that redheads are “different”.
Load More Replies... Fiona Parky 3 years ago
Another red head here. My only memory is telling everyone how cold I was. I mean absolutely freezing cold . I seem to remember them panicking slightly and then I woke up under a heated blanket.
Black Pearl 3 years ago
Even if the doctor hadn't been sure they needed more anesthesia, they should have still listened to the patient. No one knows their own body as well as they do themselves.
Monday 3 years ago
That would be great if some people weren't ....less intelligent than the average. I have an uncle who would likely tell a doc "double my dose, I'm heavily resistant" when an average dose is more than sufficient.
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Phill Healey 3 years ago (edited)
If someone doesn't receive enough anaesthetic they can be given more. Someone given too much anaesthetic could die.
Rabbit-Of-ill-Portent️ she/her 3 years ago
This is why I'm a cosmetologist. There's some room for oops. Medical field? No room!
PixelShroom 3 years ago
Omg i had the same thing happen. (I'm a redhead too) surfing heart surgery. It was horrible.
Bored Panda also wanted to get Dr. Carroll's take on what kind of support can help medical professionals deal with the stress of their job. "The administrative burden placed on physicians by insurance companies, hospital administrations, etc. are major contributors to health professional stress," the doctor said.
"Physicians are used to the stress of managing patient care and helping people through their health issues. We can do that all day long. However, administrative burdens make our job so significantly difficult that many physicians are considering early retirement. Removing those burdens will improve healthcare delivery, and not just in the United States," he pointed out that those burdens also affect physicians in Canada, the UK, and elsewhere.
According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, only one or two in 1,000 medical procedures that involve general anesthesia involve a patient becoming conscious. Other research indicates that the actual odds might be far, far lower.
“The condition, called anesthesia awareness (waking up) during surgery, means the patient can recall their surroundings, or an event related to the surgery, while under general anesthesia. Although it can be upsetting, patients usually do not feel pain when experiencing anesthesia awareness,” the ASA explains.
#4
I woke up during surgery to remove a bone spur from my big toe. I must have made a sound because the doctor looked at me and said what are you doing up? Go back to sleep. I said do I have pretty bones? And he said yes now go to sleep. And then I went back to sleep. I did not feel any pain at allAnd I was so drugged up I wasn’t even scared
Kassiopeia 3 years ago (edited)
...And when the Patient woke up his Skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again! -Medic TF2
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#5
I woke up while they were putting a metal plate in my arm. They used a block which basically made my entire arm from shoulder to hand numb. When I woke up I could remember hearing a drill and a slight pressure in the arm they were working on. I just said "This is awesome" followed shortly by someone saying "oops." Quickly went back to sleep.
Derek Clark 3 years ago
I had a block once too, but I was awake for the surgery. As they were starting, I told them that I didn't think it was working. They didn't believe me until I said I could feel the surgeon leaning on the inside of my elbow. Since I couldn't see what they were doing and I felt it correctly, they quickly decided to put me under all the way. What a scare, for a moment I thought they'd cut into me while I'd feel it.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
I had surgery with a block that is given in your armpit. The doc said he was going to give me versed in my IV so I wouldn't remember. I told him he could try but not likely. Gave it to me, waited a minute and asked me how I felt. I told him I felt fine. He gave me more, which meant double the dose. Waited, asked how I felt. I said like I had a beer. I'm a nurse, so he asked if I was OK with putting it in without sedation. No problem. In the OR he started a propfol infusion calculated for my weight. When I was still having a wonderful conversation with his resident he said that he needed to turn it up. Out I went. After it was done I was awake in my head and heard him tell them to call recovery because I'd had so much I would need to go there. I then totally woke up, looked at the clock, said the time and wondered if I could still get lunch. He said call them and tell them never mind. She doesn't need to go. I may have weighed 110lbs, but I'm no lightweight.
#6
I was 14 and had to be put under for a hernia surgery, and as they were stitching me up I woke up and demanded that I have a cup of Coke with “the good ice”? I don’t remember any of that but I do remember waking up craving Coca-Cola and being pleasantly surprised that I had one in the cup holder on the way home.
I don’t actually like Coca-Cola that was the odd part
Susan S 3 years ago
Nowadays, at UCSF Medical Center anyways, they give you something that gives you temporary amnesia. With my 2 surgeries, I remember them rolling me on a gurney after hooking me up to some sort of medical drip, but never remembering arriving to the surgery room. I am pretty sure they do this so that, should you do wake up in pain in the middle of surgery, you won't remember it. Therefore, they avoid lawsuits, but that is just my speculation...
Samantha Power 3 years ago
Might be Propofol, also known as 'Milk of Amnesia'
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Lazy Panda 3 years ago
My mother-in-law had meningitis and was unconscious and intubated for over a week, with a couple of scares where we thought it was the end. When she finally came off the ventilator, the first words she whispered were asking for a diet coke.
Awareness during surgery isn’t the same as remembering what happened before the anesthesia started working. Some patients even dream during surgery and think that they were conscious during the procedure when actually they weren’t.
Some patients are more likely than others to regain consciousness during surgery. “It can be more common in patients with multiple medical conditions, and certain surgeries or circumstances increase the risk of awareness because the usual dose of required anesthesia cannot be used safely. These surgeries are often emergencies, such as emergency C-sections, certain types of heart surgery, and surgery that’s needed after a traumatic injury,” the ASA explains.
#7
I woke up in the middle of gall bladder removal surgery. I couldn't look down, but I know I was cut open on the operating table by the bloody knife and vacuum tube in the surgeon's hand. The thing that bothered me most, though, was the fact that there was a tube down my throat and it was really difficult to breathe. There were a lot of "Oh my God"s and "Please don't move"s, some said very loudly and near the edge of panic. Finally the doctor yelled for someone to give me another dose of anesthetic, and bonk I was out like a light.
Disgruntled Pelican 3 years ago
I'm having surgery on Monday. Why did I think this would be good to read?
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
This happened to me during emergency surgery for a perforated duodenal ulcer. I felt such pain and started to struggle while I wasn't fully conscious. The surgeon yelled at me to keep still several times which I did once I realized what was happening, but I kept crying. I did go back to sleep quite quickly but that anaesthetist had to have been asleep on the job. Not my favourite experience. I woke up afterwards alone in a small cell and pulled the tube from my throat which brought a nurse in to tell me off and put it back. Don't get emergency surgery during the middle of the night because even the best medics aren't at their best between midnight and dawn.
Kathleen Diamond 2 years ago
I woke up in recovery with the tube still down my throat. I started beating on the bed and they finally came. Scary as Hell
#8
I was having surgery on my ankle in 2005, getting a few pins placed because I'm super graceful and broke it. I woke up to hearing what sounded like a drill, and feeling a lot of pressure at my foot. I didn't feel any pain, thank goodness.
I opened my eyes and looked directly at the anesthesiologist, who immediately said "hold on. She's waking up." Everyone kind of stopped what they were doing, and then I went back under.
When I came to again, I was in the recovery ICU with the doctor. I asked her how long into the surgery I woke up, and she told me I was only out 15 minutes before I needed more anesthesia. She also told me I'd scared the s**t out of her, because it was the first time anyone had ever woken up on the table in her experience. Granted, she was fairly young so I don't think it's all that uncommon.
She was really cool about everything though. She asked if I'd been afraid and needed someone to talk to, and I told her no. I was never scared or in pain, so as far as I was concerned it was just a weird experience during my otherwise successful surgery.
Lazy Panda 3 years ago
I didn't even notice it because it seemed so normal! LOL
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#9
I had 4 wisdom teeth remove (all impacted).
Funny thing was I counted all the way to 10, looked at the Doctor and was like... uh, is this it?
Doctor was shocked, nodded for another hit and i managed to make it to 7.
Woke up during the operation with a giant vice in my face to keep my mouth open. "Hit him again!"
Woke up a second time, as he was yanking on my jaw, "What the f*ck? Hit him again!!!"
The gas wore off right as he was cleaning up.
I vaguely remember chatter during the procedure too.
Emo Sloth 3 years ago
Haha you will never take me down! I am too powerful! - that guy probably
Chris Cole 3 years ago
Yo dude What the f@ck hahaha fighting till the end I love it
Load More Replies... Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
I'm nervous about a needle going in my mouth, so I thought laughing gas would be a good idea. They ran it as high as is permitted to run it in a dental office. Nope. Didn't work. Watched TV the whole time. Anesthesia resistant patients also require more numbing than others. The effect runs out faster. One time I needed 3 shots during the procedure. When I left they said I'd had so much it would take about 4 hours before I would feel anything. I drove home and after about 4 minutes it was going away. Ya sure. 4 hours.
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
The same thing happened to me. I woke up while I was having 6 teeth taken out when I was 7. I had a big problem of overcrowding in my mouth. I woke up and said I'll do it after Witches and Fairies ( game we played in school). I heard everyone laughing and someone saying give her some more gas. When I woke up again it was all over. It was great. My mouth was really sore but my mother let me eat all the ice cream I wanted and I had the next 2 days off school.
Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
I woke up while having my 4 wisdom teeth removed. Similar to you I counted all the way down from 100 so I started to count back up. They gave me more gas and I went out but woke up half way through. I had a pressing question rolling around my mind that apparently couldn't wait. I wanted to know if I could have my teeth after they were done pulling them out. It was difficult to ask with a metal clamp holding my mouth open but they realized I was awake and quickly removed it. They laughed in relief at my question and asked if I wanted to be put back out but I didn't feel any pain in my mouth so I said "no it's ok" and spent the second half of the surgery awake. All went well, though I could feel a couple small punctures in the roof of my mouth for a while from trying to talk while clamped open. Got to take my teeth home with me too.
While some patients only vaguely remember what happened when they woke up, others vividly remember specific details. Naturally, this sort of experience can be disturbing or even traumatic for some. The ASA recommends that patients speak to their physician anesthesiologist after their surgery if it happens to them. Counseling can help deal with confusion and stress.
The more the anesthesiologist knows about your health conditions, the medication that you use, your history of alcohol and drug use, and previous experiences with going under, the better they adapt and the lower the risk of anesthesia awareness. In short, the more open and honest you are with medical professionals, the better they can do their jobs.
#10
I wasn't put under for my wisdom teeth extraction, just given halcion to make me loopy and out of it (I wasn't supposed to remember most of it) and of course local anesthesia. But halfway through the procedure I vaguely remember beginning to cry as I felt the dentist struggle to get part of a tooth out, and it literally felt like he was just trying to rip the damn thing out of my head. Horribly painful and traumatic. He was like, "Oh gosh you gotta tell me if it hurts!" Well I tried sir but I'm more drugged than I've ever been in my life and your hands are in my mouth.
similarly 3 years ago
I sympathize! Both my bottom wisdom teeth were horizontally impacted and required surgery. They were both partly covered by the jawbone (which had grown up around the tooth), and in the case of the last tooth, they actually had to remove parts of my jawbone to get it out. During surgery, I didn't feel much pain, but I remember that poor dentist working SO hard to get the tooth out, I honestly thought he was about to put his knee on my chest, but then he thought better of it.
Samantha Power 3 years ago
In dental situations where I couldn't handle it any more, I raised my arm for him or her to stop.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
When they took out one of my wisdom teeth the dentist told me before to either raise my hand or give him a light tap if I needed to say something. I do think that was a good system, just knowing you have a way out makes things more bearable. Of course if it hurts that's a different thing, I just get panicky when I feel stuck.
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Salad. 3 years ago (edited)
I feel bad but remember kids people used to do this with no drugs or any pain relievers.
Stephanie Goadsby 3 years ago
I wouldn't say "no drugs". Just not ones that are necessarily safe or not likely to cause permanent damage.
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Chewie Baron 3 years ago
I had a tooth extraction that scared the hell out of me. It took two dentists to extract the tooth together, as the roots were like a claw. Blood everywhere and all the pain in the world there and then. They had to get it out with a pair of pliers! I was so traumatised!
Zero 3 years ago (edited)
When they were prepping me, they asked if I wanted some Nitrous on top of the local. Gave me the rundown on need-to-knows & said it was $20 extra so I figured why not. They're finishing laying out tools & whatnot and the assistant is chatting me up to gauge when everything had kicked in, asked me if it was working. By that point I had cotton mouth and slurred speech so I tried to say "if my speech is any indication, I'm set" but it came out very slowly "if my speeeeethcthh ithhhhh any indicatsthioonnnn". Highly recommend getting it if offered.
David Redman 3 years ago
Three hours to remove a wisdom tooth which was fused to my jawbone. Dentists (3 of them) were all retired military. One did surgery in the jungles of Thailand during the Vietnam conflict. Prodded, drilled, scraped, yanked for three hours. Finally came out (what was left of it. Repeated the same "drill" a few months later. Same dentists..repeat performance.
Katarzyna Lach 3 years ago
I was fully awake for my 3 wisdom teeth extractions (with local anesthesia only). I can confirm that it doesn’t feel great. But the best part was the doctor asking about my name after numbing the whole inside of my mouth (including tongue) 🤣
Dana Ondráčková 3 years ago
I feel you. I got local Ann too And I have problems with my jaw joints so spending 50 minutes with my jaw open to the side while being operated on was a hellish experience. I got home safely, it Just started hurting few hours later. I thought my head is about to explode
#11
I was having surgery to repair a pneumothorax (collapsed lung). I vividly remember waking up in the middle of it and looking up at the doctor. I looked him right in the eyes, lifted my left arm (they were working on the right side) and tapped the facemask. He nodded and I was out again. I've actually had a few similar instances. I've got the ginger gene that makes drugs and anesthesia and such less effective. Problem is, unless I have facial hair you'd never notice I was ginger. My beard is bright red, but my hair is blonde. I have to warn doctors and dentists that they might want to up the requirements because it doesn't work very well.
Catie Marie 3 years ago
Also was told by idiot dr that clearly I had an addiction problem since I can rattle off med names and their effects on me. B***h, pls. First of all I have some major health issues and have cycled thru A LOT of meds. Secondly, I'm a damn vet tech and aced pharmacology. Of course I can rattle off meds. What a twat.
Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
After seven months as an inpatient having cancer treatment, you learn the names of a lot of meds. I have also had back problems for the last 20 years and have been on more types of painkiller than I care to remember. My gf has more recently developed back problems herself and whenever we go for an appointment, it is usually the case of my already having been on what is suggested at some point. Another ironic one is that my Mum is now having a low dose of one of my chemo drugs to compat osteoarthritis and she remembered the name as well.
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John Otruba 3 years ago
Why is it you educate yourself or are educated that all doctors assume your an addict? They are not the only people with brains!
Blackstone 3 years ago
Well I have ADHD and require meds, so to everyone ever (especially doctors) I'm obviously a druggie. It's part of the reason I'm so squeaky clean. I can't afford to even once slip up or I'll never be able to get the medicine that keeps my brain from being a foggy swamp. I couldn't live like that, never being able to be mentally present for my family. So I've never even once touched a drug or taken something outside of recommended dosage or usage.
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Nika Strokappe 3 years ago
I have this the other way around. Have to warn to give me the baby dose of they knock me out...
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I always tell the doctors that I have a high tolerance to medication too but they never listen. So I always have to go through proving it to them which means going through long periods of time where medication is just not working for me at all.
Catie Marie 3 years ago
I can't even remember all the drs and clinics that have black listed me when I tell them I burn thru normal ppl doses and will need a higher dose. They never ever listen. I had to call one clinics "patient resources" to let them know their new urgent care Dr told me to my face I was an addict, I needed help and there's no "real" science backing the red-head thing. I got up to leave and asked where the HR sept was. Suddenly I was given an Rx for a med I told her I was allergic to and that Rx was for ONE PILL. ONE. No refills. FFS.
Load More Replies... 3 years ago
Yep, red beard albeit year and years ago and blond hair. Twice anaesthetic didn't work as it should, both local. But had a scoliosis spice operation of four hours and two cataract operations without any problems. Dentist anaesthesia works well, too. Nowadays I warn them and start protesting the first time a feel anything.
Lene 3 years ago
Eehhmmm...... that ginger-thing.... I never heard of it before, I think. But... the few times I have had to be sedated they would have to give me double dose. I always thought it was because I was really nervous, but now I'm thinking I may have that ginger gene? All my kids have a slight shade of red in their hair and there are red shades of hair on all females on my mom's side of the family. So... now I'm wondering if this is it?
#12
I woke up during surgery to repair a shattered Humerus. My whole shoulder was dissected open and a dude was using a screwdriver and a drill to attach a steel plate to the bones pull the parts together.
Me: ahhhhh! (Screaming through O2 mask) Doc: (turning pale) I thought you were out ! Me: Im not f*cking out you stupid motherf*cking son of a b*tch. AAAhhh! This f*cking hurts ! Stop that ! Goddammit..... (continued to scream curses in five languages at the poor doc, who is looking at the anesthesiologist....) And then I was out. My wife, who was in the waiting room, said she knew it was me screaming, and really, really had to keep herself calm and not run back there and start kicking as*es.
I felt so bad at the nasty s**t I said to the poor doc that I looked him up and apologized a week or so later when I was in for a post hospital stay checkup.
Me: Um, I'm really sorry at the stuff I said to you. Doc: You remember that ? Me: Yeah, and I'm really not like that. I'm sorry. Doc: (Chuckling).. it's OK, it happens. I'd yell too. So.. how are you ? Me: Better
Thanks again, Doc. Without you I'd have a stainless steel joint and be even more f*cked up than I am with just some screws and rivets and s**t. Or have a plain pinned up sleeve and no arm at all. Because that damage was epically bad.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I didn't wake up under anesthesia but when I woke up from it I was 12 years old and had gotten my tonsils out I remember the feeling of darkness and not being able to breathe. I was screaming to get this f*****g dog off my chest. For some reason in my head I thought my golden retriever was laying on me and that's why I couldn't breathe lol. My Mom said she could hear me cussing down the hallway and was so embarrassed but the doctors and nurses laughed it off and said it's normal.
Cara G 3 years ago
I had a similar experience with my tonsillectomy! I was 10 and when I was in recovery waking up from anesthesia, I was SCREAMING. The ENT was walking my parents to the recovery room and had to warn them that the screaming they were hearing was me. I don't know how I managed to get my cords to flex like that immediately after having pieces of my throat cut out! I also tried to get out of the hospital bed (still connected to IV and monitors) as soon as I saw my mother.
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Kate Malcom 3 years ago
My friend (who's a working nurse with past experiences in theater) has told me that for this type of surgical procedure, an anesthesia tube would be used rather than an O2 mask. Based on this knowledge I doubt this tale is 100% true. For those who think it is, try having full screaming conversations with someone while there's a tube down your throat
Pudgy Panda 3 years ago
I’d have to agree that a lot of the details provided don’t add up. I’m calling bs on this one.
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Broke my arm (very close to the wrist) during a dirt bike accident but me being me, I was just like "naaaww, its just a sprain and it will heal". It did heal but VERY crooked. Went in for surgery to have it broken a set straight. Mid way through surgery i'm woken up by a tugging and a muffled thud. I open my eyes to see numerous doctors and nurses pulling my arm in oposing directions and there is one doctor hitting my arm by the "breaking point" with a mallet. Next thing I knew im waking up on the recovery room. Apparently a nurse was on standby with a hardcore sedative just in case as I seemed to be initialy resisting the gas.
BasedWang12 3 years ago
popped the growth plate off my wrist (no broken skin) and had to have it re-set..... It is not a good time
#14
I was having a triple bypass. They were taking the graft artery out of my arm, and I woke up and heard the sounds of the operating room. People talking, metal clanging against metal. Heard someone say close up that arm now, and I was thinking it was over; I had made it. But I still couldn't open my eyes, my mouth felt like it was full of tubes, and my arms were strapped down. Then, I heard the man's voice again and he said, 'OK, I'm going into the chest.' Well, that got my attention. I had agreed to the open heart surgery, but I didn't want to be awake for it. I tried moving as hard as I could to let them know I wasn't asleep. I felt pressure on my chest, and it moved. As the pressure moved, I felt a coldness where the pressure was as he was cutting into me. I worked as hard as I could to get moving and was able to flex my butt and leg muscles just a little bit. I started doing that in rhythm and got the gurney rocking a little bit, head to toe. The pressure stopped, and I heard, 'This man is not asleep!' Someone else said, 'OH!' In about three seconds, I was out again and didn't wake up until I was in recovery. After I was moved to ICU and the hoses were pulled out of my throat, the doctor asked everyone to leave the room, and he asked what I remembered. I told him about when I woke up. He said the 'art' to heart surgery is keeping you enough under the anesthesia so you don't know what's going on, but not so deep that they can't get the heart started again. I'm just glad he noticed I was awake before he started spreading ribs!
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
OMG truly terrifying. I don't know why I'm reading this thread with medical procedures scheduled.
Night Owl 3 years ago
I wish you good luck, no complications and a speedy recovery
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Natasha 3 years ago (edited)
Im sorry you had this experience, but there is a reason. its called "locked in syndrome". I'm a theatre nurse who works in cardiac. You are given a paralytic drug (which is why you can't move), large doses of opioid pain killers and sedative agents that put you to sleep (anaesthetist gas/propafoll.) Unfortunately everyone metabolises drugs differently so we can look at your height, weight, age and any surgical notes from previous surgery and titrate the drugs as best we can. The paralytic is necessary as the vein(s) graft(s) are tiny, super small and if you twitch or move, it might compromise the graft and heart.
#15
I woke up partway through having all 4 wisdom teeth removed. The assistant had wrapped her arms around my forehead, the dentist had his knee on my sternum and was yanking two handed on the largest pair of pliers I have ever seen that somehow fit into my mouth. He stopped, nodded to the anesthesiologist and then thankfully I didn't remember anything else.
Giovanna 3 years ago
Do you know that in Italy you dont' get put under generale anesthesia for pulling out wisdom teeth?
Sinead Heneghan 3 years ago
This really isn't funny - same here but also mouth full of broken teeth, lots of sweaty swearing and mouth cut to ribbons with shards of teeth - couldn't be woken for 10 hours straight & when I finally was & ate drank a little, projectile vomited exorcist style - had nightmares for months like a child ...snotty sobbing b******t so yeah hilarious
Derek Clark 3 years ago
We never fully go under for that here. But then they don't take out all 4 at once. They do one side first and once that's healed, the other side.
Aroha 3 years ago (edited)
Where I am from, this is done awake, with local anaesthesia only. So I have experienced this, but the whole thing 😅.
Sareaesque 3 years ago
I wish being put under was an option, they couldn't fit the pliers into my mouth so they had to lever the tooth out which had grown into the tooth in front of it. It was NOT a fun experience.
Load More Replies... Natasha 3 years ago (edited)
This is an urban legend. I am a theatre nurse and do dental, No-one ever puts knees on the sternum as it can cause arrhythmia, spontaneous pneurothorax, broken ribs, heart attack, and an assortment of more minor things. They use drills and curettes to get any teeth out that are difficult and break them up. A tooth that is stuck and possibly fused to the bone can't be removed via pulling.
Martha Higgins 3 years ago
I had four wisdom teeth and a molar out the same day with just novocaine. Not fun.
Ren 3 years ago (edited)
I sometimes wonder if part of the recovery pain we feel from surgeries is because the professionals just full on wrestled with our unconscious bodies XD I know the body is strong so they'd have to use force in some instances, but I'd wonder why my chest hurts after a mouth procedure.
#16
They were talking about buying vintage lunchboxes on eBay. I wasn't properly awake or in pain, but I could 'feel'/had awareness that their hands were inside me. The anesthesiologist noticed my eyes were open, and I woke up again properly when they were wheeling me into recovery.
Robert T 3 years ago
Did you ask them about the lunchboxes? That would have been quite funny (for you) and possibly a bit scary for them.
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I would be freaked out for sure if that happened to me :D
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#17
I woke up, felt really peaceful. Couldn't really see anything, I think my eyes were just cracked open a bit, so I had the impression of people moving around.
Then I tried to take a breath. Couldn't do it. All my muscles were paralyzed. I started to get air hunger so badly, my mind was racing, I was in a panic, but I could not make my lungs take in air and I couldn't tell any of these shadowy doctors and nurses around me that I was dying. It was horrible. I think someone noticed my heart was racing because there was a sudden feeling of extra attention and alarm from the shadowy figures and I was put under again.
When I spoke with my doctor about it later he admitted there had been a bit of a problem with the anesthesiology, but that I had never been in danger. He apologized and I appreciated both that I hadnt imagined this horrible situation, and that he hadn't tried to pretend I imagined it. My brother is a nurse and some of the crappy things he's told me he's seen happen in the operating room are never admitted to patients afterward, I guess because of fear of lawsuits.
Biofish23 3 years ago
During one of my c-sections I got that I can't breath feeling. I was fully awake with a spinal block. Anesthesiologist assured me I was breathing just fine and my O2 was good. However I was numb enough that I couldn't feel my diaphragm moving, so my brain decided to hit the I can't breath, I'm dying panic button.
#18
Had to have a lumpectomy done about 3-4 years ago. The anesthesiologist came in to speak to me about general and how I would be put under for the procedure, blah blah blah. Fast forward to the surgery room- I'm wheeled in, some medication is given to me through my line, I start to feel kind of loose. Enter as**ole surgeon. Anesthesiologist starts to tell her he's about to start my general. She gives him the look of death followed by "She's not going under for this." He looks at her kind of funny, says no I've told the patient we would do general and I think that's best for this situation. Surgeon doesn't agree, says twilight only, I try to speak, I'm vetoed. In goes local and I wake up mid-surgery attempting to speak and lifting my head up freaking out. Anesthesiologist flips his s**t, grabs my line, in goes general. He paced through my recovery room for the next two hours waiting for me to wake up. I make eye contact as I come to, he lets out a HUGE sigh and leaves the room. Never again do I see that surgeon.
Scotira 3 years ago
A lot of surgeons are entiteled as*holes who think themselves Gods gift to humankind (seems a bit to come with the territory) BUT a lot of them are really nice, too! You need to find one you can trust though. Usually I prefere the as*hole who knows his sh*it before a nice one who doesn't.
Sabs 3 years ago (edited)
I suspect they gave twilight sedation like lorazepam or halcyon and a local anesthetic, most anesthesia doctors will have a general anesthesia plan made up in case of emergency. But I do agree it’s not good to argue with the doctor who is responsible for keeping the patient happy and still. Where I’m from all team members go through a “stand up, sound off rounds ” before the patient is in the OR to make sure the plan is set, everyone is aware of each step and responsibility and all the details are clear. If there is a conflict they stop and review it, either cancelling or delaying the procedure until all parties are good. Sometimes it’s the nursing unit on the rounds call that will pull the plug by saying something wasn’t good to go, like a high glucose or missed medication, or even no bed available to take them after OR. It’s wild how many wrenches get thrown into a procedure.
#19
Woke up during a form of gastric bypass in 2001. I remember feeling the worst pain of my life. I couldn't hear anything and knew my eyes were taped shut. The only thing I could thing to do was move my hands as I could feel the restraint. I started rolling my hands as much as possible and that was it. I had gall stones the size of golf balls in my gall bladder, broke my leg during roller derby and walking on it to take myself to the hospital, and got to almost 8 cm dilated before I requested the epidural. Waking up during surgery is my 10. Nothing has come close to that pain.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)
Wow! Gallstones and birth are supposed to be two of the most painful things so I can't even imagine what this poor person went through.
Crystal 3 years ago
Had gallstones and enlarged gallbladder, pain was annoying but wouldn't say excruciating. But also, I drove myself 4cm dilated to the hospital in labor... I didn't feel anything until 6cm. It hit like a fright train at that point. Sitting through the epidural during contractions while she kept hitting nerves over and over was even worse. At one point I said, "OK I'm just going to go home. I don't want to do this anymore!" Haha. But once those meds kicked in I was good! I think pain is different for each individual.
#20
I was getting an ablation done to my heart because of an irregular heartbeat. I woke up at apparently entirely the wrong moment because I moved a bit, and the doctor/surgeon started screaming 'SIR!! DO NOT MOVE THIS IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE PROCEDURE' Something like that anyway. A nurse appeared next to me and literally held my shoulders down until they put me under again. Was a scary 30 seconds or so.
Paul V Fleming 3 years ago
i underwent the same ablation procedure, but there seemed to be something wrong with the anesthetic, as i thought i could feel the wire going to my heart and having the procedure done (burning a part of the heart muscle). it was a lot of pressure/discomfort. afterwards the doctor told me i couldn't go completely under as i would fall asleep and snore, which made the ablation more difficult to do. so, i was only part way under. the doctor apologized and said i was a real trooper for going through that. they said my heart anatomy was a little odd, so it took four hours instead of the usual one or so. i just remember being in a lot of dull pain from pressure for a quite a while. after the procedure, didn't feel any pain.
Rustella 3 years ago
I had 2 sinus node ablations and received IV sedation, was not intubated.
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#21
When my father had his hip replaced, he woke up in the middle of his surgery. He said "it sounded like someone was building a house" because of all the sawing and hammering. Luckily he was still numb, so he just looked over at the anesthesiologist and said "I think I'd like to go back to sleep now". My father said the guy looked like he s**t himself when he realized my dad was awake, and quickly put him back under.
Sandy D 3 years ago
Omg! I had total hip replacement almost a year ago and the stuff they have to do to you in that surgery is brutal. I can't imagine waking up during it. I probably would have had a heart attack if I could see or feel any of that surgery being done to me
Scotira 3 years ago
I had the "good fortune" to have to take an x-ray of a hip replacement patient once. The leg pulled over and completely aligned to the side of the patient (foot up beside the ear) freaked me out for a second 🙈 the doc was looking at me expectantly with a hammer and chisel in hand. Yeah, the things they do leaves you with some serious muscle pain in places you wouldn't expect 🙈🤐
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Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
I woke up during my hip replacement surgery. I told them where the treasure was buried. Unfortunately, after I came to I could no longer remember where I put the treasure.
Marilyn Ransberry 3 years ago
My husband was awake during his second hip replacement. It was his decision. He could hear the doctors and converse with them but felt no pain. He wasn’t sick afterwards like under general anesthesia and I could visit and talk to him, directly afterwords. He said to the doctors during surgery that they sound like a couple of stone masons.
#22
I woke up when they were removing a small bone from my foot that was broken. Remember feeling them poke around in my foot so decided to take a look. Remember seeing the incision and just then, a nurse noticed me with my head up. She just lightly pushed my head back down, told me to close eyes, and the next thing I know I was in the recovery room. Pretty weird.
Julie Cipale 3 years ago
I don't remember doing this, but MDsays that when they cut into my foot to remove a growth, I said, "Ow!! That hurts!"
#23
I woke up when I was getting my wisdom teeth removed. I remember the doctor looking down at me and saying something along the lines of, "Oh, hello." Before asking the nurse to put me back under. Next thing I remember was the nurse trying to take the cotton out of my mouth but I'd swallowed it all already like a champ.
Valerie Smart 3 years ago
Woke up during same procedure and was told I started speaking German to the people there. I don’t know German
HostyMosty 3 years ago
Lol, I just imagined Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) suddenly showing up on the table!
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I woke up in the middle of a root canal. I remember opening my eyes and not knowing what the hell was happening I grabbed the dentist hand and doing so I scared the life out of him he ending up screaming and yelling for the nurse to increase what ever cocktail iv I had. After he was done and I was fully awake we laughed about it and he told me I was his 1st patient to wake up in the 15 years he's been practicing
Midoribird Aoi 3 years ago (edited)
I don't get why they would put you under for a root canal. If you are healthy, that is. I had one two months ago and it was just local. Glad doc realizes I am a redhead...
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Because the regular dentist had tried for over two hours under local (which kept wearing off) and finally admitted he could not extract it as it was impacted, so they sent me to an oral surgeon, who knocked me out and got the job done in minutes.
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Ria C. 3 years ago (edited)
Some people need what is called sedation dentistry for various reasons i.e. anxiety, fear, low pain tolerance, impacted tooth, high metabolism of local anesthesia. In the last few years it started to be offered more openly.
Blackstone 3 years ago
This is me. Other than cleanings and simple fillings, you better drug the c**p out of me. Otherwise I'll either throw up on you from anxiety or just not show up.
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Derek Clark 3 years ago
So weird that they put you under for that. You get a local here always.
Maciej Zajaczkowski 3 years ago
Funny that I had a root canal without anaesthetic. My tooth was dead from the beginning and the dentist said we could give it a try and see how it goes and there was no pain except from some minor prick at the end of 2 of the roots.
Kainaath Khan 3 years ago
Who gives general for root analysis, we do it in local, and patient is good to go after afterwards. No hospital stay,.
Cindy Snow 3 years ago
You dont need a hospital stay after many anesthesia
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I've had several root canals (sadly) and never been put under general anaesthesia, just novocaine.
Ruth Hempsey 3 years ago
Because I had cancer and chemo my dentist won't do extractions, he sends me to an oral surgeon. Reason being that one of the chemicals in my regime, r-chop, weakens the jaw apparently. The surgeon just gives me the huge stinking needle jab and last time he didn't wait 10 minutes so I felt it all. The chemo has also screwed up all my teeth so I have another half a tooth needing removal. Not looking forward to it. I think I'll speak up first this time. Three times in my life anesthesia has failed me. I have ginger cousins, so now I'm suspicious of my genes.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
I’ve never been put under for a root canal, and I’ve never felt like it was necessary. Are there different kinds that maybe some require anesthesia and some don’t?
#25
I chose to be sedated and knocked out for an endoscope when I was 17. This was the first time I'd ever been put under, and it didn't go so well. I now know that I have the gene redhaired and pale people get that causes us to metabolize narcotics and sedation differently — basically, it takes more drugs to knock me out. The sedation they gave me put me out for about 10 minutes. I woke up suddenly and violently during the procedure. I started kicking and punching and trying to pull out the endoscope. The doctor and nurse tried to hold me down, but I kept fighting them. At the time I just remember thinking, Why are they so upset? I'm just laying here doing nothing. They had to give me a ton more sedative to put me out again. A couple months later when I had my wisdom teeth out at the hospital, they did the whole 'breathe deeply and count back from 100' thing. I got down to about 65 when they realized they needed to administer more. They said I took more than most grown adults.
Aline Cahill 3 years ago
I woke up during my first endoscopy too, I just remember gagging and them rushing around
Josh Stevenson 3 years ago (edited)
I woke up halfway through a colonoscopy once when i was 14. I just remember it being very uncomfortable as you can imagine and quite painful, so I thought the best action in the moment was if course to yank it out. Someone grabbed my arm very forcefully and then the Dr said something and next thing i know I'm getting a huge rush of relaxation/pain relief but i didn't go back out till they gave me a second whatever. Dr told me later they were trying to use as little as necessary because of my size and age. I remember telling him that's probably fine for most procedures, but that's not one I'd imagine most people would want to wake up during.
Cindy Snow 3 years ago
Me too. Whatever it is, aside from maybe mole removal or small cavity filling, i dont wanna be conscious lol
#26
I woke up halfway through my circumcision (26, medical complications made it necessary) Thankfully I was paralyzed from the waist down still but apparently I said "uh... guys?... I think the sleep s**t wore off..." Two beeps and like 30 seconds later I was unconscious again. Also holy s**t there's a lot of blood in a d*ck during circumcision. Like... scary s**t!
Chris Ramage 3 years ago
I had the same thing happen to me. I woke up and looked down and I remember loudly saying HOLY SH*T ITS HUUUUUGE! as I look down at my very swollen member before then put me back under
Cindy Snow 3 years ago
This is why we did our sons as a baby. Simply to avoid any potential trauma in the future cause at least they dont remember it as babies.
I'mNotARoboat 3 years ago
This is why it shouldn't be done on babies! It should be left to a grown man to decide. It's usually without anesthesia and some babies die from blood loss for no reason! It's a barbaric practice that has virtually no scientific backing unless for reasons such as frostbite or gangrene. The reason "it's cleaner" is not backed by evidence as whole and circumcised boys have the same infection rates. The reason "phimosis (small opening of the foreskin) is 99% of the time wrong because retraction is a sexual function starting at the average age of 10. The foreskin is there to protect the glans (head) from all sorts of things, namely rubbing against things. It makes no sense to just cut it off. We don't think it's right to do to girls. It's not advised to cut the labia of little girls because she may have a yeast infection but often that is the advice given in the US if a little boy gets one and it's wrong. (This is obviously a sensitive subject for me)
#27
I woke up during foot surgery--I had conscious sedation and local anesthesia in my foot. I remember feeling super chilled out. I felt like me, the surgeon, and all the other people in there were buddies. They were sawing off part of a bone and I remember thinking that it felt kinda good, like a foot massage. I asked the surgeons if I could see what they were doing and they said something like "no, go back to sleep." I think I asked this question more than once during the surgery.
I remember waking up right after the surgery as they were preparing to transfer me to the recovery room. The surgeon said something like "haul your a*s onto this stretcher."
Not gonna lie, it was pretty awesome.
whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
After my surgery two years ago, a bunch of people at the surgery center had to physically pick me up off the gurney and put me in another one, then again when transferring me from the second gurney to a wheelchair, then I crawled like the world's slowest sloth from there into the car to take me home. I was awake during all that. I know someone who managed to punch an anesthesiologist while on sedatives, and I don't get it, because I was completely helpless on anesthesia and couldn't hurt a fly, even after I had woken up.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
When I came out of anesthesia at 12 years old I was very violent. So was my brother around the same time. The doctor said it was normal for some people to have that reaction to anesthetic. He said it's very common in children but most people grow out of it.
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Lazy Panda 3 years ago
Anesthesia is so weird. I had an upper GI scope and colonoscopy a few weeks before gallbladder surgery. I couldn't remember big chunks of the night after the scope procedures, like could not remember if I'd eaten dinner, and that was with the supposedly twilight partial anesthesia. I woke up faster and was far more coherent after general anesthesia for the surgery.
#28
I was 14, getting my elbow replaced. I woke up and started choking on the airway tube down my throat. All of the people in the OR just kept saying "it's ok it's ok we're finished" Then they took the tube out and I knocked back out. When I was in recovery, the surgeon (or someone, I was fkd up) told me I woke up halfway through. They told me my surgery was finished so I wouldn't freak out any more than I already did. The man asked if I'd felt anything. I just told him I felt my throat was extremely dry and I didn't like all of those people hovering over me. He was relieved to know that I didn't feel the half of the bones in my arm were gone. It was a 15 hr surgery because the part they had didn't fit and they had to get a new part flown in while I was under. I woke up while everyone was just kind of sitting around, making sure I was still under. It wasn't as psychically uncomfortable as it was panic-inducing. You're out completely, then you wake up thinking you've been abducted by aliens.
Amy Sadler 3 years ago
The point of waking up after an op is strange, I dreamed i was being attacked by a group of people and was in severe danger...maybe sub conscious memory of the op? Apparently children wake up fighting with the nurse...
Chris B 3 years ago
A few times I've woken up from general anaesthetic crying, and I'd love to know if they use different combinations of anaesthesia at different times, or if I've just reacted completely differently to the same drugs.
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#29
I actually opted to stay awake during my wisdom teeth surgery because my dentist suggested it. The painkillers he kept giving me didn't work so he had to inject directly into a nerve- that was probably the most painful thing I've ever experienced. But it's really weird being awake for that surgery. The dentist took what I can only describe as a hammer and chisel and broke my teeth up into smaller pieces that he picked out, and I saw and felt the pressure of it. I also felt him sew up my gums. It wasn't traumatizing like it would have been for other types of surgery, but I wouldn't say it was fun either
Jiminy 3 years ago
Being awake during wisdom tooth removal and numbing of the nerve is pretty common in Germany (for a general anesthesia you have to pay yourself because it's not medically necessary). Had it too, it was really interesting.
N000dle 3 years ago
Same in the Netherlands, just in and out the doc's office or even just at the dentist
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Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago (edited)
I had my wisdom teeth removed a few hours ago with local anesthesia, and it was surprisingly painless. I didn't even realize they pulled the first one out. I'm very fortunate! But the shots in my gums hurt like hell. I kept my eyes closed during it bc of my fear of needles, and I certainly didn't want to see my teeth chunks!! I opted for a local anesthesia because I have some previous general anesthesia trauma.
Tuna Fish 3 years ago
I had a dentist inject directly into a nerve when I had an abscess. He made a comment after the pull that he could see the sweat popping out of my forehead as he did it. It was absolutely the most pain I have ever experienced in my life, and I've had a full hip replacement, a c-section birth (emergency situation with no epidural) and had 19 teeth pulled in one day (roots actually, after a car wreck)
Aline Cahill 3 years ago
I had 2 wisdom teeth removed over 10 years ago in Brazil and I was awake for the whole thing as well. Didn't feel pain, just pressure.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
It depends how they grow. Since they were (probably) originally meant to fill room in your jaw when some of your other teeth might have fallen out before real dentistry came along, kind of like how sharks replace their teeth after a while, they often push and shove the other teeth that are already in their places. Sometimes they grow sideways because there's no room, sometimes they grow within the jaw and put pressure on nerves. My lower wisdom teeth were removed because they grew sideways and there was no room. My upper wisdom teeth were growing fine according to my orthodontist, but the next dentist appointment after they had grown we noticed they (already outside the jaw, in line with the other molars) were standing in an angle against the molars further to the front, and I'd developed a cavity in that angle because I just couldn't reach and didn't notice... So they removed those, too, and I've got two crowns on my last upper molars for not noticing earlier.
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Sara G 3 years ago
I was awake during mine. I had it done twice, first the top two, then the bottom. The first ones were scary because he was using this huge drill looking thing, and was having to push hard to break my teeth. It was horrible. The second time wasn't bad at all. They didn't need a drill or anything, so it was better than the first time anyway.
Cody 3 years ago
Yep, I was also awake for my wisdom teeth surgery. If they put me under, I would have had to go to a specialist's office, and it would have cost us thousands. If I stayed awake they could do it in the regular dental office, and it was a set flat copay of less than $50 at the time.
#30
I woke up during a routine colonoscopy. It felt like they were shoving a board through my intestines...the pressure was unreal. I remember I was finally able to say “please stop!” Both the nurse and the doctor’s eyes got as big as saucers, and that’s the last thing I remember. Normally, you wake up in recovery, get up and go home pretty much alert. I slept for 24 hours because of the extra bump they had to give me to put me back under to complete the colonoscopy.
Catie Marie 3 years ago
Same. Except I don't remember waking up from sedation. Apparently I'm a screamer and I made a nurse cry so now they load me up on propofol.
Your Neighborhood Alien 3 years ago
How did you make the nurse cry? At least you don't remember waking up!
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Julie Anna Schultz 3 years ago
I woke up mid-back surgery, not in pain, but very awake while they were removing lipomas from my lower back...so probably twilight sedation. I opened my eyes, saw the dials, knew not to panic while they talked about Badger football because I worked in biomedical device field. I thought...."hmmmm, don't move" and then made some grumpy/groaning noises. Saw a hand move in, saw a milky white syringe (assuming prophyphal) get depressed, then lights out again.
Al Padilla 3 years ago
I'm a doc (endocrinology) and I convinced my gastroenterologist (we affectionately call them "shitheads") to let me watch the monitor as he was backing out the scope, so I'd get to see my own colon. I suspect the discomfort comes from inflating and pushing the scope in, since this wasn't all that uncomfortable, though I was still a bit loopy. He even showed me the "divot" where he snagged off a little benign polyp. Awesome fun, though not necessarily for everybody.
Theodore Welsh 3 years ago
I woke up during colonoscopy,tube on my throat and I couldn't breathe. They wrecked my right hand and eventually got another iv in my left hand. There's no classy way to describe the feeling seeing a black hose coming out of my butt and not being able to breathe!
#31
I vaguely remember becoming aware that I was in surgery during an operation to repair a detached retina. I didn't feel any pain, since it was just the sedative and not the anesthetic that wore off. I remember seeing the doctor standing over me, singing the song from The Country Bear Jamboree at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World, and the doctor calling for more sedation before I knocked back out. Once in recover, they told me I had to eat before allowing me to go home, and asked what I wanted. I requested lasagna stuffed inside ravioli. Man, those were some good drugs, whatever it was they gave me.
#32
I woke up during dental work, mentioned how Adventure time was my favorite show, and then went back under.
#33
I think I woke up during abdominal surgery. It felt about like you'd think it would feel with someone rooting around in your abdomen. PAIN. So much pain. I don't remember the sensation that I couldn't move. It's hard to remember exactly because I felt disoriented and my head was kind of spinning like I was drunk. The worst pain was from where the retractor (the thing that holds the incision opened) was. It could feel it mostly one one side and it just felt like somebody was pulling me apart with it. I also had the worst headache I've ever had, but the abdominal pulling was worse. I've always had suspicion my anesthesiologist was diverting meds or somethig because I got better when I could get off IV meds and take pills instead.
Florida, but without the beach 3 years ago
I don’t think it’s that uncommon for the pills to work better than the IV meds. I was on a fentanyl pump and felt better once I switched to oral pain killers
#34
I woke up during a bone graft on my right wrist. I remember opening one eye to look around. I saw the surgeon working on my wrist, with my forearm opened up, and my skin looked like a curtain. It was maintained on the sides of my arm with little pins. I didn't feel anything and didn't really understand what was happening, it felt like I was watching a movie. I remember trying to say "what are you doing?" but a nurse immediatly realised I was "awake" so she told me "it's okay" and someone put me back to sleep.
#35
I had two egg retrievals for IVF. I woke up both times during the surgery. It was a scary thing waking up to pain. They were quick to put me under again. The doctor was so concerned he sent me in for chest X-rays. Turns out, me waking up could be the result of undiagnosed sleep apnea.
#36
I woke up as they were stitching my leg back up after getting hit by car. I freaked the f*ck out because I was intubated and couldn't move (muscle blockers or whatever) but then I just relaxed and conked out again. Not entirely relevant but I've undergone like 15 surgeries (all related to my username) and I kinda enjoy the feeling on General Anesthesia. Just kinda breathe in deeply and the next thing you know you're in the recovery room.
Catie Marie 3 years ago
Except when it comes time for a colonoscopy prep. Even with the knowledge that I'll be tripping for 24hrs after, I can't manage to choke down the prep.
#37
I woke up during surgery for a deviated septum. Heard crunching and saw the doc leaning over me. They put me back under. Apparently the bone that the cartilage attaches to was crooked from a childhood injury and the doc had to break off the crooked piece with needle nosed pliers. Hence the crunching sound.
#38
I woke up while having knee surgery, they had me tied down so I wouldnt move. I said ow because thats all my mind could formulate thtough the pain and drugs, and everybody jumped, except the doctor, thank god, and then they cranked up the gas and I was out again.
#39
When I was 17, I got appendicitis, but the kicker is...I was misdiagnosed twice! I went a full month with a ruptured appendix that gave me a softball-sized cyst. I went to the local hospital twice, and they kept saying it was lymph nodes or something, and it would go away on its own. Eventually, my parents took me to a different hospital, and they diagnosed me with appendicitis and needed to do emergency surgery because, apparently, I could have died if I left that cyst there much longer. They ended up opening me up and draining the cyst that night. I remember them knocking me out for the procedure, and then, I woke up to an extreme force — like I had a 500-pound boulder on my lower right side where the appendix is. I remember seeing the doctors with some tubes like forcing them into my abdomen, and it f**king hurt. "They were trying to get the tubes into the cyst to drain it apparently, but holy hell it was the most uncomfortable thing I can remember. Not only the pain, but I will never forget that horrible god-awful smell that came from the puss they were draining from the cyst.
#40
I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy the same morning. I was told since I was doing both that I would have general anesthesia and not remember a thing. I warned them that I have had to be given extra medicine before (I'll tell that story next), but I think they didn't believe me. I didn't wake during the endoscopy. During the colonscopy, I came to but I was heavily out of it from the drugs I needed for the endoscopy. I was looking at the screen and realized I saw what they were-the inside of my colon. Anesthesia makes me really giddy and weird, so I decided to make a joke. I said, "Looks like I did a really good job cleaning myself out!" (referring to the prep you do the day before to clean out your bowels). Following this I started laughing. Thinking back this could've been bad because you are supposed to stay still so they don't puncture anything. They got a good laugh out of me though and turned up the meds. I don't remember the rest. The second story is I had to have a lump the size of a golfball removed from my breast (luckily it was benign). Before surgery they gave me the anesthesia and it seemed normal at first. Instead of falling asleep though, I just went on a really crazy trip. The big light next to me was shimmering like it was wet and changing colors. The tiles on the ceiling were expanding and getting longer then smaller. This went on for what seemed like a long time before the room looked normal again. I spoke up and said, "I think you need to give me more." The nurse must have had a near heart attack (I was supposed to be asleep). The doctor came in, verified I was wide awake, and they gave me more.
#41
So I was having a splenetic embolization, basically my spleen ruptured and they fed titanium wire through a vein in my groin to stop the bleeding. They didn't put me fully under but just sedated me. I woke up twice. First time they were shaving the area. I told the nurse, in a very drugged up state, " It's getting pretty bushly down there. Do you mind finishing up the rest." she laughed then gave me more meds. I passed out again. Later I woke up again lifted my head up and asked the doctor, "How's it going down there?" He look at me says " Pretty good actually." He then looked at the nurse very seriously and says " Sedate him now." I then passed back out for the rest of the procedure. They had the area numbed for the procedure so I felt no pain when I woke up. I thought the whole thing was pretty funny and joked with my nurse after about it.
#42
I woke up during in the middle of my shoulder surgery. I had to have some screws put in my shoulder because it kept popping out of socket. Well as I am getting prepped, they start giving me all my medication to calm me down etc. well I go into the o.r and I get my anesthesia meds and it starts kicks in. I don't really know the time frame afterwards but I woke up mid surgery. I remember looking to my right and going what in the f**k are you. Then I looked to my left and saw my shoulder cut the f**k open and started to get up in a panic. The doctor or nurses help me down and put a Mask on me and I went back out. As soon as I was post surgery and came to, I told my mom about it ( she is a retired rn) and she didn't know anything about it. I asked the staff in the or and the doctor and he said that nothing like that ever happened and this was probably a vivid dream. I still to this day think I did come awake. And the hospital was probably just covering their a*s from a law suit. The thing was I probably wouldn't of sue regardless. I was fine and it wasn't like I got hurt. I just wanted them to be honest.
#43
I woke up for a couple minutes during my surgery to remove my gallbladder. I couldn’t move at all or open my eyes much so all I could see were the doctors silhouettes and the bright light, I could hear everything they were saying and I still remember it. I was panicking about being awake even though I didn’t feel any pain at all, but all I was desperate to let them know I could hear them and that I was awake! But I guess I fell asleep again right after that because I don’t remember anything else. I mentioned it to my doctor after and he said that happens sometimes.
#44
I was put under for surgery to get my wisdom teeth taken out (because most of them hadn't broken the skin and I'm a complete scaredy cat when it comes to pain).
At some point during the procedure I woke up feeling all numb and extremely tired; I could barely move a finger. I was a bit weirded out when I saw three people with blood-covered hands poking around inside my mouth with strange tools. I didn't feel any pain, though, since my mouth was probably shot up full of Novocain. I kind of wanted to not be in that situation, so I mustered all of my strength and twitched my finger a bit. I guess either the doctor or one of the nurses noticed and a nurse went over to the IV drip and fiddled with it a bit. I closed my eyes again, and feel back asleep.
Next thing I know, I wake up to find my mouth full of gauze, I'm still really tired, and a nurse is telling me to stay seated so the doctor can bring my mom in here and talk with us (even though talking to me at this point is as useful as talking to a wet sponge). The doctor told us how the procedure went, what awesome medication I would be one for the next couple of weeks, and how to change the gauze.
All in all, it wasn't that bad as far as "waking up during surgery" goes. I wouldn't want to wake up during a surgery again, though.
#45
Since I have a Crohn's and Barrett's Esophagus, I tend to have regular scopes from both directions. I don't actively have full memories from these procedures but I do have very vague memory of the tactile sensations. Like I can recall them pulling the scope out of my throat and gagging as it went but I don't recall anything but the sensation. I can vaguely recall a hand on my shoulder, being shifted around, stuff like that. I do recall country music being played during one, too. For whatever that's worth.
#46
I had a minor surgery in which I didn't ever actually fall asleep. I guess I just talked through the whole thing. I was, like, 8 years old at the time. All I remember is that I had tunnel vision, but instead of the edges of my vision being black, it was like the fuzz when you turn your TV to a channel with no reception. Also, not really surgery, but I've had several very minor operations in which the local anesthetic wore off before the doctor had finished. The first time was when I was getting a mole removed from my hand. I felt the last couple of cuts he made with the scalpel (thankfully they're VERY sharp). I also had five stitches put into my scalp and the anesthetic wore off after the third stitch. The last two were pretty unpleasant.
#47
About 18 years ago I had an ERCP done, which was to do an exploratory looksie at my pancreas. They didn't put me under completely but gave me sedatives to make me sort of goofy and out of it. It wasn't so much that I "woke up" more that I remember different parts of the procedure, like when they put the tube down my throat and told me to lay back. I have a few images of the doctors standing around me and the little x-ray or imaging machine over my abdomen. It kinda felt like an alien abduction vague memory from a movie, or something, if you can picture what I mean.
CelticElff 3 years ago
Let me save you some Googling: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a procedure that combines upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and x-rays to treat problems of the bile and pancreatic ducts.
#48
By design, they woke me up during surgery to my hand. They didn't tell me beforehand that they were going to wake me up, so when I did wake up, I thought I was in recovery. The surgery was to release some scar tissue from a previous procedure, so they woke me up to see if I could move my fingers. I made a fist, something that was tied-off broke and blood began to shoot out. Poof, I was back to sleep.
#49
I woke up while getting part of my skin burnt off for stitches. Its honestly not as bad as youd assume. You dont really realize whats happening at first, and as long as you can keep calm and dont freak out itll be alright. Just let the doctor(s) know immediately, and try to relax.
gay insomniac assassin panda 3 years ago
I know it's not the same, but I have had a bit of gum cut (for lack of a better word) off.
CelticElff 3 years ago
I've had a skin graft in my mouth to save my receding gumline. They took skin from my soft palate, so I have a brighter-pink portion of my lower gums. Dentists like to show-and-tell me to new staff :D
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I Woke up in the middle of my Appendectomy. All I remember is 3 blurry figures around me and tryig to lift my head up only to be met with intense searing pain in my abdomen, if I recall correctly I think I screamed but I could not really hear myself. I saw a figure run from the edge of the room and then I was out again...
#51
I moaned and opened my eyes and moaned some more, then the anesthetist put an end to that! After my recovery my anesthetist told me in awe,"You woke up during the procedure!" I explained to him that I fell asleep in the first place not because of the anesthesia, but because I wanted to sleep. Heheh. Good times.
CelticElff 3 years ago
My colonoscopy doc told me it'd be the best nap I'd have all year. He wasn't kidding!
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I woke up while getting a dental implant. I remember seeing hands in my mouth and the oral surgeon saying "oops, need a bit more sedative here."
#53
Woke up during colonoscopy, I felt jabbing in my lower hip, I thought my boyfriend was kneeing me in the back (he curls up into a ball when he sleeps). I said owww and I assume they increased the knock out juice after that cause that’s all I remember.
#54
I woke up while I was having my wisdom teeth surgically removed. I didn't feel anything but I remember waking up and seeing the dentists gloved fingers right there, all bloody and I think he was stitching me up at that point. As soon as I saw the blood I passed out and woke up at home on the couch. All in all not a horrible experience.
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similarly 3 years ago
One of the scariest cases I ever read about was an anesthesiologist who got addicted to their own anesthesia drugs, and started stealing the drugs from the hospital, but in order to cover up their habit, instead of just stealing bottles of drugs, they were siphoning out the drugs and then diluting the rest. People started waking up during surgeries, often in terrible pain, or reporting after the surgery that they weren't fully under. It was discovered after an investigation by the hospital, but it really makes me wonder how often it happens.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago (edited)
Had surgery on both ears one time. I dont remember, but you can wake up & they don't know. Well, that's what happened. Doing s*** to your ear is used as torture where it's the kind of place where they torture people. I had both ears done. I woke up in a massive panic but hid it because I worked in Day Surgery & knew everyone in Recovery. I didn't want to look like a wuss. Whenever the doc came to see me in Day Surgery he said I had a hyperstartle reflex whenever he woke me up. Days later I started with horrific lengthy panic attacks, especially if I tried to sleep. When you go to sleep bad things happen. This went on for months. I lost 20lbs. I I started at 110lbs. My next ear surgery at another hospital, the anesthetist & I had a long talk. Knocked the hell out of me. I ended up the last person in recovery room. Once I woke up though, I was totally awake in minutes. Thank God every doc believes me about this now. Some folks are just resistant to the stuff.
I'mNotARoboat 3 years ago
Are you or anyone related to you even partially a redhead/ginger by chance?
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Beth S 3 years ago (edited)
I don't really remember this because I fell asleep after my son was delivered by C-section, but apparently I tried to get up off the table as they were trying to stitch me back up. With my second son, they secured me to the table with velcro straps so I wouldn't try to get up and run away in the middle of surgery again.
Cindy Snow 3 years ago
Pretty sure i was awake for the first 5-10 seconds of my emergency C section.
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Amanda Day 3 years ago
I had to have an emergency hernia surgery. I had a chest infection so they said they couldn't give me general anaesthetic and it had to be done that day so couldn't wait otherwise it could kill me They gave me some drug tho to make me kinda woozy but I was awake for most of the surgery It was actually quite fascinating to be awake! The staff were all amazing and I had a guy holding my hand throughout and reassuring me. I couldn't see of the actually work down there as they put this green cloth wall up at my waist but I could feel them inside with tools etc but it mostly just felt like a tickle It was weird to see them picking up the tools and discussing the surgery but they also just had general chit chat throughout and atmosphere was really calm and they were singing too They asked if they minded if they played
Hope Mukami 3 years ago (edited)
I have had multiple surgeries from childhood althrough adulthood and my last in 2020 was the worst. My caserean section was really weird firstly cause it was a forced emergency c/s as i had to threaten to sue the doctor because i couldn't feel her movements anymore after 34hrs of labour. As they were struggling to extract my child i felt like something was puncturing my liver and the pain spread like hot flames. I told the surgeon and anaesthetist who said it was my imagination and gave me a shot of pethidine and ketamine but the pain i will never forget.
Annabelle 3 years ago
When they extract your child it can (not always) be really painful. It is because they put pressure on your upper abdomen when they extract the child (at least in my country). That is near your liver. I think you also had spinal anesthesia?.
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Jill Bussey 3 years ago
I obviously don't have the red head gene, although my hair is strawberry blonde. I tend to go deeper than they intend, so I take a while to come out and have a very slow, chilled-out heart rate. I do remember having an abdominal operation when I felt when they cut across my groin. I knew where the scar was going to be.
Monday 3 years ago
I'm somewhat overly sensitive to medications so on the few occasions I've had to have surgery they've given me the correct dose for my weight which always led to them having trouble waking me up afterwards.
Load More Replies... Scotira 3 years ago
Waking up during surgery can happen to anyone! Every patient is different and reacts different to medication. What a patient gets is the "estimated average" and needs to be adjusted for each patient. One even might remember things about the surgery even though one has not been awake. Our conciousness is weirdly resistant in giving up all its secrets! Patients often recall conversations that have taken place during surgery or music being played, weird noises... All this should be explained before the procedure to take away the scare though.
Lucky2BAlive 3 years ago
I didn’t actually wake up so much as I’d been given the wrong medication first. I was given a paralytic drug first instead of second and when I tried to breathe I couldn’t. I heard one person address me and say “oh relax”, followed by another doctor saying “oops”. I drifted off. In the recovery room my first comment was “oops? Oh relax?” And about a day later, I was visited and it was an enormous apology. After that I assure you I was treated like a rock star *L*. (It is not uncommon for the use of a paralytic to keep a patient not only from moving but providing the ability for easier intubation. ). I hold no grudge, as the use of Versed (milk of amnesia) is often combined with Fentanyl because, just because your body is sleepy your brain is still hanging in there. So, multiple drugs are often used,
Lian Beijers 3 years ago (edited)
In the university hospital I got my ablation (minor heart surgery) they don't put you under for the procedure and you can go home at the end of the day - very useful in pandemic times because there wasn't as much delay as with cancer surgeries for example. Anyway, they did say they would give me local anesthesia and something to help me relax. And the latter might cause memory loss. I was expecting periods of darkness or dreaming or something but it wasn't like that. I thought I was aware through the whole thing, and I got upset because they weren't telling me what they were doing like they had promised. Turns out I just lost parts, so it went a bit like: I'm laying on the table joking with the staff [blink] hey, they're already working near my groin (to put the tube in the vein that goes to the heart) [blink] my heart is extremely irregular because they're stimulating it with electricity [blink] a burning pain is happening in my chest
Lian Beijers 3 years ago (edited)
Turned out later they gave me extra because I was breathing too deeply, which can disturb the procedure. The medicine is supposed to make your breathing shallow but because they didn't inform me this was important and I practice a lot of meditation so I instinctively started breathing more deeply to calm myself.
Load More Replies... similarly 3 years ago
One of the scariest cases I ever read about was an anesthesiologist who got addicted to their own anesthesia drugs, and started stealing the drugs from the hospital, but in order to cover up their habit, instead of just stealing bottles of drugs, they were siphoning out the drugs and then diluting the rest. People started waking up during surgeries, often in terrible pain, or reporting after the surgery that they weren't fully under. It was discovered after an investigation by the hospital, but it really makes me wonder how often it happens.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago (edited)
Had surgery on both ears one time. I dont remember, but you can wake up & they don't know. Well, that's what happened. Doing s*** to your ear is used as torture where it's the kind of place where they torture people. I had both ears done. I woke up in a massive panic but hid it because I worked in Day Surgery & knew everyone in Recovery. I didn't want to look like a wuss. Whenever the doc came to see me in Day Surgery he said I had a hyperstartle reflex whenever he woke me up. Days later I started with horrific lengthy panic attacks, especially if I tried to sleep. When you go to sleep bad things happen. This went on for months. I lost 20lbs. I I started at 110lbs. My next ear surgery at another hospital, the anesthetist & I had a long talk. Knocked the hell out of me. I ended up the last person in recovery room. Once I woke up though, I was totally awake in minutes. Thank God every doc believes me about this now. Some folks are just resistant to the stuff.
I'mNotARoboat 3 years ago
Are you or anyone related to you even partially a redhead/ginger by chance?
Load More Replies... Beth S 3 years ago (edited)
I don't really remember this because I fell asleep after my son was delivered by C-section, but apparently I tried to get up off the table as they were trying to stitch me back up. With my second son, they secured me to the table with velcro straps so I wouldn't try to get up and run away in the middle of surgery again.
Cindy Snow 3 years ago
Pretty sure i was awake for the first 5-10 seconds of my emergency C section.
Load More Replies... Amanda Day 3 years ago
I had to have an emergency hernia surgery. I had a chest infection so they said they couldn't give me general anaesthetic and it had to be done that day so couldn't wait otherwise it could kill me They gave me some drug tho to make me kinda woozy but I was awake for most of the surgery It was actually quite fascinating to be awake! The staff were all amazing and I had a guy holding my hand throughout and reassuring me. I couldn't see of the actually work down there as they put this green cloth wall up at my waist but I could feel them inside with tools etc but it mostly just felt like a tickle It was weird to see them picking up the tools and discussing the surgery but they also just had general chit chat throughout and atmosphere was really calm and they were singing too They asked if they minded if they played
Hope Mukami 3 years ago (edited)
I have had multiple surgeries from childhood althrough adulthood and my last in 2020 was the worst. My caserean section was really weird firstly cause it was a forced emergency c/s as i had to threaten to sue the doctor because i couldn't feel her movements anymore after 34hrs of labour. As they were struggling to extract my child i felt like something was puncturing my liver and the pain spread like hot flames. I told the surgeon and anaesthetist who said it was my imagination and gave me a shot of pethidine and ketamine but the pain i will never forget.
Annabelle 3 years ago
When they extract your child it can (not always) be really painful. It is because they put pressure on your upper abdomen when they extract the child (at least in my country). That is near your liver. I think you also had spinal anesthesia?.
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 3 years ago
I obviously don't have the red head gene, although my hair is strawberry blonde. I tend to go deeper than they intend, so I take a while to come out and have a very slow, chilled-out heart rate. I do remember having an abdominal operation when I felt when they cut across my groin. I knew where the scar was going to be.
Monday 3 years ago
I'm somewhat overly sensitive to medications so on the few occasions I've had to have surgery they've given me the correct dose for my weight which always led to them having trouble waking me up afterwards.
Load More Replies... Scotira 3 years ago
Waking up during surgery can happen to anyone! Every patient is different and reacts different to medication. What a patient gets is the "estimated average" and needs to be adjusted for each patient. One even might remember things about the surgery even though one has not been awake. Our conciousness is weirdly resistant in giving up all its secrets! Patients often recall conversations that have taken place during surgery or music being played, weird noises... All this should be explained before the procedure to take away the scare though.
Lucky2BAlive 3 years ago
I didn’t actually wake up so much as I’d been given the wrong medication first. I was given a paralytic drug first instead of second and when I tried to breathe I couldn’t. I heard one person address me and say “oh relax”, followed by another doctor saying “oops”. I drifted off. In the recovery room my first comment was “oops? Oh relax?” And about a day later, I was visited and it was an enormous apology. After that I assure you I was treated like a rock star *L*. (It is not uncommon for the use of a paralytic to keep a patient not only from moving but providing the ability for easier intubation. ). I hold no grudge, as the use of Versed (milk of amnesia) is often combined with Fentanyl because, just because your body is sleepy your brain is still hanging in there. So, multiple drugs are often used,
Lian Beijers 3 years ago (edited)
In the university hospital I got my ablation (minor heart surgery) they don't put you under for the procedure and you can go home at the end of the day - very useful in pandemic times because there wasn't as much delay as with cancer surgeries for example. Anyway, they did say they would give me local anesthesia and something to help me relax. And the latter might cause memory loss. I was expecting periods of darkness or dreaming or something but it wasn't like that. I thought I was aware through the whole thing, and I got upset because they weren't telling me what they were doing like they had promised. Turns out I just lost parts, so it went a bit like: I'm laying on the table joking with the staff [blink] hey, they're already working near my groin (to put the tube in the vein that goes to the heart) [blink] my heart is extremely irregular because they're stimulating it with electricity [blink] a burning pain is happening in my chest
Lian Beijers 3 years ago (edited)
Turned out later they gave me extra because I was breathing too deeply, which can disturb the procedure. The medicine is supposed to make your breathing shallow but because they didn't inform me this was important and I practice a lot of meditation so I instinctively started breathing more deeply to calm myself.
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