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James, have they discussed the rare phenomina of people that are awake during surgery

Posted by Bacon via droid (aka redmond) Sep 10 '12, 21:07

But can't move from the drugs? That shit scares the crap out of me!

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I swear I woke briefly during my knee surgery, and they quickly put me back under. but I never felt anything. NM - howie Sep 10, 21:38 16
- I woke up during surgery when I was 15. I listened to them for a few seconds then put my hands up and tried to pull out my et tube. I didn't feel pain - Trish Sep 10, 22:22 6
  - Good grief. Scary -- nm - Epiphany Sep 10, 22:52
  - "Well we can't cut her open without anesthesia." "That's what the blanket is for." "What?" "My electric blanket. It puts me to sleep like *that.*" -- nm - whispers Sep 10, 22:45
  - That is possibly malignant hyperthermia caused by succinylcholine. There is a genetic link to it actually. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:43 2
    - Yes! That's the name of the drug, I can never remember it. - Trish Sep 10, 22:59
    - Okay, now you're showing off ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 10, 22:45
  - Yikes!! -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:31
- Yeah, if awareness does occur you typically don't feel pain. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:43 7
  - This is good -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:44
  - then I was atypical. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:44 5
    - Was = Am -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:45 4
      - I'm still traumatized 24years later. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:47 3
        
        Happy Pills make the bad trama go away - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:50 2
        
        I don't know, but I think happy pills is what I woke up from. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:54 1
        
        Did they actually put you under with entubation and everything? Or was it IV sedation? -- nm - Trish Sep 10, 23:04
- If you remember that the date rape cocktail didn't take it seems -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:41
my friend the anesthesiologist tells me people wake up a fair bit, enough that they have a special cocktail ready to make you forget. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 21:27 9
- "Quick! Get the Goldschlagger!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 21:32 1
  - I think I was part of the Phase III trials in the early 90s. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 11, 05:28
- WTF! things I wished I didn't know about. -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:28 6
  - People don't wake up as in they are fully awake. Sometimes the paralytic wears off so they start moving a little. They don't remember it. - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:36 5
    - oh, I remember. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:59 3
      - Yes, but we have already pointed out you werent under a general -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:09 2
        
        Ahh. That's what I figured (and why I asked somewhere in this thread). Used to be when it was just IV you got Demeral/Phenergan/Valium. It's kind of - Trish Sep 11, 03:08 1
        
        Versed's nice. - kelly Sep 11, 05:53
    - So.. don't worry.. but I think for this topic ignorance is bliss. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:37
I actually wrote a paper on that in undergrad that ended up getting published. It is pretty rare and we I don't think we screen for it. - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:19 1
- I want that BIS thing if I ever get cut on. -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:21
that happened to me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:15 16
- Me too. -- nm - Guy who played Anakin and that's about it. Sep 10, 21:18 15
  - for real? I was scarred for life. you have no idea. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:38 14
    - and not only because it happened during surgery. -- nm - mafic Sep 10, 21:39 13
      - I felt EVERYTHING. Every stitch. my mother was in the waiting room and heard me screaming. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 21:42 12
        
        Are you sure you weren't actually waking up (as planned) but they just didn't give you enough pain meds? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:45 11
        
        I definitely did not get enough novacaine. (I'm a natural ginger). I felt EVERYTHING in the middle of the surgery. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:49 10
        
        Oh, this was wisdom tooth extraction? I am not exactly sure how they do but I don't think they do full general. - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 21:54 9
        
        I was knocked out for mine. They gave me an IV and when I woke I asked if they were ready to start - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 21:59
        
        yes, wisdom. full bony impaction. - loosilu Sep 10, 21:58 7
        
        Yeah, your experience is terrible. I am sorry. But you shouldn't compare it to general done by an anesthesiologist. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:01 6
        
        I dearly wish a real anesthesiologist had been there. it would never have happened. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 22:04 5
        
        :( so sorry :( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:06 4
        
        Okay, enough about her. Do you use that sm -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:07 3
        
        same drug that killed miachael jackson? -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:08 2
        
        Of course. With every patient. It is a really good med just need to give it under controlled conditions. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:09 1
        
        But that is just one of a few you use at the same time right? -- nm - Bacon via droid Sep 10, 22:10
relax. go back to sleep. -- nm - Dr. Phibes Sep 10, 21:08 1
- looks like you need some teeth pulled -- nm - Dr. Giggles Sep 10, 21:10

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