waking up after an operation?

[jphanna]

Hey i am having a minor operation on my knee on friday morning. i never had an operation before. what is it like when you are 'under'? do you dream? whats it like to wake up in recovery?

[neet_wagon]

You won't even know what happened. I've had 26 operations on my leg in the last 18months, easy as pie.

[TVR-190]

well when i had to go under the guy said coutn to 10, then i saw him pull out a big ass needle after he put the mask on me. i got half way through saying "if you stick me with that ill kill ya"

when you wake up you are a bit sleep and emotional.

[ruffiano]

Had my wisdom teeth out in the hospital last year, really messed they were so had to be hospital. I remember the guy saying count back from 10. I think I got to 9, then there was an icepack on my face and a bag of teeth sitting on my chest and I was in recovery. I was high as a kite for the next half an hour...

[BXHD]

i dislocated my shoulder and got knocked out to put it back in..
all i remember was him injecting stuff into the cathader (yes the fat tube!!!!) in my arm and saying "breathe, brea...." and i was gone.. i woke up feeling the best i ever had my whole life, everything was warm and fuzzy and i was really happy and wanted to re-dislocate my shoulder to get the drugs again :S hahaha.. then the pain set in a few hours later

you will be fine

[MagiTEK]

I had all 4 wisdom teeth done as well.

Out like a kite, no dreaming. Just falling asleep doing the counting trick then waking up in recovery.

Just remember to ask for more drugs when they ask you as when the anesthetic wears off youll be wanting them.

[ruffiano]

Not that I'm condoning it, but I took my panadiene forte post op with scotch. Knocked me out like a light between doses........

[Tim Smtih]

I love the public health system. After years of waiting for surgery i finally got in as an "out patient". I was told as i had to have general anasthesia i couldn't eat and should avoid drinking commencing the night before. i rocked up the next morning and was waiting around until about mid afternoon before they saw me, my mother who was along with me hassled them and i guess they remembered i was there or wanted to shut my mother up so in i went. Those bloody gowns that have your arse hanging out are comfortable just in case you're wondering. I waited another hour on the bed before they wheeled me into the waiting area where i waited for at least another hour. I was finally wheeled into the operating theatre and was nervous so i thought i would make idle chit chat with one of the nurses, i asked him about the whole counting back form one hundred thing you see in old films. Not true, the drugs they have these days will have you out very quickly. I didn't dream, didn't sense anything, only blackness. I woke not sure what had happened and not knowing where i was. I didn't freak out but very quickly started to feel like crud. I hadn't eaten or drunk anything in twenty four hours, and i haven't experienced a hangover that bad in my life. They sorted me out and waited until the drugs wore off then promptly pushed me out the door. All i can say is if you can go private do so.

[VjamesY]

I had surgery which involved a metal bar being put in my chest...

With waking up, it seriously feels like you went to sleep like 5 minutes ago but also like you have had the best, most refreshing sleep ever ha ha.

Although my mum said I woke up, looked around , grunted a few times, slurred a few words and then went back to sleep for about 6 hours.

You won't have many problems if your hooked up to morphine or pills, regarding to having pain, also the morphine can be quiet amusing if you've got your own supply button ha ha

Good luck with your surgery and all, nothing to worry about mate.

Ive got another surgery coming up in September to remove the bar and I'm not scared at all,

I'm just not looking forward to sitting in hospital for another week.. (I have the attention span of a wall nut ha ha) seriously hospital is so boring so make sure you take lots to read and have lots of fun games on your phone etc...

[VTvoodoo]

when i was a kid i had surgery on an eye, went out like a light, and i remember opening my eyes slightly and heard someone say, he's awake, then i was out again, took awhile till i could keep my eyes open.I felt abit sick afterwards though

[VZ_SS]

Not that I'm condoning it, but I took my panadiene forte post op with scotch. Knocked me out like a light between doses........

I'll drink to that.

[TheForgotten]

I had my first op at 15 (hernia in lower abdomen) can't say i remember much about counting but you do crash fast. i woke up screaming in agony so they dosed me with pethadine and i was gone again for another few hours. was only in overnight.
that op didn't work properly so i was back in a year later, same procedure to knock me out but i didn't come out of the general "clean", my body temp plummeted, i had 7 blankets and one of those NASA blankets tryign to warm me up. when i came round they gave me a sandwich but said i couldn't eat it til i pee so i tried (having ya stomach cut open and sewn back up makes peeing hard, not to mention being stoned still, took half hour) and the bastards took my lunch away again thinking i didn't want it

[System]

yep was in and out between the ages of 5 and 13- you just fall asleep, black for like... a second- then ur awake again, tired as hell, but really, no pain at all.

[UFO]

what is it like when you are 'under'? do you dream? whats it like to wake up in recovery?

as already said... you wont know what happened. it's not 'sleep', and there's no drowsyness prior to. one second you are counting, you close your eyes for a second and then you open them to find you've been moved to another place. that's the scary part- the disorientation. you have no idea how you got there- like an alien abduction .

and since you've never had an operation before, i better tell you one very important fact. when you are under, the nurses look at your willy and take pictures for facebook

[Tasmaniak]

I was actually friends with my anaesthiologist (spelling) he told me that when he put me under instead of counting backwards like asked, I said "**** this good night" and then I remember waking up with ice in my mouth. A nurse asked my name and instead of answering I burst into tears... when asked how fingers....I burst into tears again. I was crying like a little bitch for about half an hour after waking. I remember crying but I haven o clue why. Someone said earlier that they were emotional...I wasn't emotional....I just cried like a little bitch hahaha

[System]

as already said... you wont know what happened. it's not 'sleep', and there's no drowsyness prior to. one second you are counting, you close your eyes for a second and then you open them to find you've been moved to another place. that's the scary part- the disorientation. you have no idea how you got there- like an alien abduction .

and since you've never had an operation before, i better tell you one very important fact. when you are under, the nurses look at your willy and take pictures for facebook

HAHAHAHA dont scare the poor lad!

[vp_commo]

hopefully they will do it to you at night, then you can wake up and go off to sleep for the night .
Dan

[acarmody]

I had my broken nose fixed, using a general. I didn't get any sleep the night before (first ever op) so feel asleep in the pre-op room. Woke up in my ward later and was like WTF the damn anesthetist gassed me while I was asleep! LOL

[Kikki]

I have had nose op twice, 8 pins, collar bone fixed, appendix, and then 3 other surgeries since then.

Must say its a pretty awesome feeling, it'll be the best quality sleep you'll ever have lol. Just try not to talk when waking up, you can and will say all sort of random crap.

[acarmody]

Or be like my brother, walking around hospital with the ass-gown fully open, had no idea who he was or what he was doing. Turns out he ain't too good with general anesthetic.

[sik_dose]

I had my nose put straight after geting it badly broken boxing, the doctor missed the garden hose sized vein in my arm the first time then i just woke up in recovery with a plaster face and empty stomach.

[VXHBD6]

Its basically the best "sleep" you would have ever had - I loved it LOL!

Got my appendix out and had to get rushed in because of how close to bursting it was. They put the mask over ya and you count down from 10 and I only made it to about 6 or 7.

Waking back up is a bit sketchy, your a bit over the shop and dazed/disorientated about it all because mainly you got no idea where the hell you are (recovery ward) and you'll just wanna sleep even more but nothing to be worried about

[Garth]

i woke up so hungry, man i could have eaten a horse, they wheeled me around to my ward after my knee op, that was the only time in 10 yrs my leg didnt hurt. i had a pizza delivered, i smashed it, and i tell ya, no-more than 2 seconds after eating the last peice, i was throwing it up.

did the usual, had a mask on, counted backwards, 10, 9, 8, next thing i wake up in recovery, wanted my phone, rang my mum, mum reminds me of this bit, i rang her and said mum im out, its done, next thing she hears is this laugh, a bang, and a nurse spoke to her, i fell straight asleep again, they laughed cause i was hanging off the bed, and i droped the phone. i slept for around 8 hour's.

nothing to fear the worst part is when they put the thingy in your arm, the rest is easy.

[Tom_1569]

i dislocated my shoulder and got knocked out to put it back in..
all i remember was him injecting stuff into the cathader (yes the fat tube!!!!) in my arm and saying "breathe, brea...." and i was gone..

Umm Bec, A Cathader is a tube they stick up your pee-pee to drain your bladder. A Cannula is the tube they stick in your arm for IV.

[Tom_1569]

I woke up after an Operation yelling at the surgeion that he "used the wrong spanners". No idea what I was on about, but must have seemed right at the time lol, lucky he had a sense of humour aswell.
Other times its just like waking up after a big sleep, unless you wake up in a heap of pain, thats ****ed.
Also you will be hungry as Garth said, but try not to eat for a while caus it will just come straight back up and the pretty nurse wont be happy