I had surgery today! One of those lovely kinds where you get put to sleep.
1. Have you ever been put to sleep?
2. Do you like it?
1. A couple of times. Kidney stones, mostly.
2. It's certainly peculiar... the closet thing I've experienced to a smash cut IRL. It's by no means unpleasant, though.
I can sympathize with the kidney stones. I've never had to have surgery for them. In my case they've all passed naturally but it was the worst pain I've ever had, even worse than childbirth and gallbladder attacks.
shareI've had so many surgeries. I wouldn't say I liked being put to sleep, but it is what it is.
shareI guess if you've had to have a lot of surgeries maybe you get used to it after a while. This being my second surgery it wasn't quite as nerve-wracking as the first, though it was no cakewalk either.
shareI had my first surgery when I was 7. I've never been scared about having surgery after that. I figure if I did it as a kid, I wouldn't have to worry about it as an adult.
shareI like your positivity!
You are my kind of Gal👍
Yeah, I had a knee surgery some years ago, I’m due for another…
I strongly disliked the opiods they gave me WAY too many of. Some of these Doctors seem to want you hooked on that garbage.
I chucked the pills in the medicine cabinet and went with rum.
Smooth sailing since.
Yes, I usually steer clear of the opioids that I've been given for kidney stones and my first surgery over the years. I have no interest in getting hooked on that kind of thing.
shareWell, literally put to sleep just once, with my appendix but I was 5 yrs old back then, all I remember from that is that I woke up not knowing where I was, screaming for my mom.
Last year I had surgery twice for hernia, where they don't put you to sleep but give you so much stuff to make you calm that I fell asleep both times and they had to wake me up when they were done, but I guess that doesn't count for this question.
I’m pretty sure two Hernia surgeries count man. Goddam, that sounds scary!
Hope you are well. That seems terrible. Best wishes Amigo!
I'm surprised you didn't have to have general anesthesia for hernia operations. It seems where I am they put you under for just about anything.
shareThey put some kind of curtain on your chest so you don't see what they are doing and they tie you up on the table so you cannot move, but the anesthesia they do just locally.
I would believe it's the difference between a profit driven system where the patient has to pay and a tax financed system where the state has to pay. Local anesthesia is simply cheaper and it allows you going home just a couple of hours after.
I've heard that anaesthesia will not leave your body naturally. To get rid of it, you will need to detox your body.
shareI had not heard that. It took several hours to stop feeling like I had lead in my brain yesterday but today I feel back to normal. It's effects have worn off anyway.
shareBe careful of your ears. Sometimes a minor side-effect of general anesthesia causes a weird, extra tinny to whatever you hear from one or both of your ears, like a high-pitched fast echo. It goes away in a day or two if it does occur, but it's not something to be scared of either.
shareIt's true. Sometimes you have to go home and sleep the rest of it off, and your body will dispel the medicine used naturally.
share1. Yes, I've done two dental surgeries that required general anesthesia. One was to have my wisdom teeth removed, the other was to extract a tooth.
2. It's not really a matter of "liking" it. It's a necessary activity to ensure the surgery goes well. And it feels unnatural too. One minute you're awake, then moments later you discover your eyes fluttering open, wondering what's going on, and feeling no real sense of time passing. Sometimes you're groggy and have to go home and sleep off the residual effects.