Have you ever been under general anesthesia? What was it like? Did anything strange happen?
Have you ever been under general anesthesia? What was it like? Did anything strange happen?
As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I'd really like hearing people's experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what's it like coming back.
Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.
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I don't think they knocked me out enough last time. I woke up from a 4.5hr surgery well rested and even dreamed. I scared the nurse right next to my recovery bed because they had just wheeled me in and didn't expect me to be awake yet. I asked for my glasses and noticed everyone in the big level 1 recovery room was still sleeping. So I cracked some jokes. I then asked her how long the surgery has been because it felt like a while (was supposed to be 3hrs). She got a little freaked out and called the doctor who explained the surgery went a little longer due to some precision needed. I remember every moment from when I woke up to when they put me in the level 2 recovery room and was being walked to the car like 5mins later. I was a little bummed because I asked my husband to record me saying anything silly and he had nothing to work with except me thanking every single nurse I saw.
God, that sounds so much cooler than what happened to me the only time I've been under. I think it was only just twilight sedation where you don't technically lose consciousness but you do lose your memory of the entire time on the drug, but either way, I was extremely groggy and disorientated (but not at all loopy) and threw up in the car on the way home. I went bed as soon as I was home because I was still so sleepy, and slept for several hours even though it was the middle of the day 😩