anaesthesia

[Gitta Rensolo]

Have you ever been under anaesthetic?

 

It happened to me 3 weeks ago. I was operated for the first time and I was rather scared beforehand, esp. because of the narcosis.

 

I remember them anaesthetising me and telling me I should tell them when my eyes feel heavy. The nurse asked me after some seconds if I felt sleepy yet and I said "No, not at all"....this is the last thing I remember happening before I "fell asleep".

 

It was a peaceful sleep and I remember dreaming something. Something nice and peaceful.

 

I woke up by the doctor's voice saying: "That's it Miss xxx!"......now that I'm thinking about it I can't remember what the first thing was I saw when I opened my eyes, but the first thing I said was "Hey, I'm sorry I didn't tell you when my eyes felt heavy!" I think it was ok for them....

 

I remember that they brought me to the recovery room and they put my bed next to a window. The sky was blue and the sun was shining. I can't even describe the feeling, but it was such a peacefull moment. I felt so much happiness running through my body. I thought I could hear the birds sing and I saw those pictures children must have put on the window.

Tears started running down my face. I wiped them away, because I was kinda afraid that the nurse thinks I feel bad.

 

I don't even know why I created this thread. It must be my desire for getting that moment back.

 

So, have you guys made similar experiences? Or have they been much worse?

[Prince Myshkin]

I've had it a few times before. 3 in total I think. I was told to count to ten and each time I got to between 4 and 7. I was on quite a bit of morphine when I awoke and it's been different each time. Immediately waking up is fine. I was talking rubbish and laughing and singing each time (the radio was on, wasn't just making it up as I went along - The Kinks: Lola). Later on though, it's either been fine and a gradual move back to normality or nausea. And the nausea was horrible. It must depend on dosage.

 

I'm sure I read somewhere that doctors have no idea how/why general anesthesia works. They simply know that it does work. Anybody else heard that?

[Prince Myshkin]

Was it morphine that you were on or something else? Is this your first experience with drugs?

[Gitta Rensolo]

I remember that I thought about the question how they can actually know how it works and why it works, but I have never heard about the theory that they really don't know how it works. Sounds kinda disturbing, but as long as it works it is fine. I think that was the reason why I was anxious about it. I mean nobody knew if it works on me, because I never had it before.

 

I have no idea what it was. Well, I would say it is the first experience with this kind of drugs. I mean the only drugs I have experienced are alcohol, weed and nicotin.

 

I think the dosage wasn't high. I slept for less than half an hour. The operation took around 10 minutes as far as I know.

 

I might have another operation soon which I'm definitely not looking forward to.

[Prince Myshkin]

Well if it works on you then it works on you, so you should be fine. Hopefully it'll all go well but the actual sedation should be nothing to worry about.

 

I had a friend who had his own morphine button after a back operation which he could press whenever he needed for the pain. Anyway he stuck on Vespertine by Bjork and just kept pressing it until he had a panic attack because he couldn't remember how to breathe. Not wise.

[Tash]

At least 5 times, 1 time was horrible. They removed a ganglion on my wrist and I woke up crying, probably because of some sort of nightmare. And when I was 5 they gave me the wrong dosage, it took them forever to wake me up after the operation. But I can't remember anything of that time.

[Prince Myshkin]

That aint cool.

[Cobalt]

I've had to a few times when I was younger, I was just terrified of dental equipment and had to have something done... I remember it tasting horrible but then eventually just falling asleep. Then I'd wake up in my mum's arms in a fairly peaceful room and in a peaceful mood.

 

Apparently I may have had it when I got grommets done, but I don't remember that

[Gitta Rensolo]

Tash that sounds bad. I think that was one of my fears as well....having troubles to wake up :blank:

[Tash]

I was 6 and they gave me some sort of drink to become a bit drowsy so I wouldn't notice too much of the actual anaesthesia but the anaesthetist didn't take that into account. And something went wrong with the weight measurement because they gave me too much anyway. I don't think I was ever in real danger, it just took me way longer to wake up after surgery. At one point (like an hour after I should be completely awake and still wasn't) my mum had to start "hitting" me in the face and stuff and that did the trick.