General anaesthetic anecdotes

KingOfFairview

I got one when I was about 8, then vomited forth a great tide of Weetabix, bananas and shortcake 'pon my father's lap.





Beat that.

Pherekydes

Never had one.

Beat that!

The Pheasant2

KingOfFairview wrote: »

I got one when I was about 8, then vomited forth a great tide of Weetabix, bananas and shortcake 'pon my father's lap.

Do you not have to fast before a GA?

I've had a few and love the feeling of -whoooosh!- you know you're falling under, but before you even complete the thought you're awake again and it's all over. Its a very unique and out-of-control feeling.

KingOfFairview

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Do you not have to fast before a GA?

...nonetheless, the vomit kept flowing

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

I had a real bad case of insomnia but was so rich I just got a integrity deficient doctor to administer them to me each night as a sleeping aid.

Beat it that.

KingOfFairview

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

I had a real bad case of insomnia but was so rich I just got a integrity deficient doctor to administer them to me each night as a sleeping aid.

Beat it that.

Pretty good, actually. Would have been better but it had involved you vomiting blood

amdublin

I'm embarrassed thinking about this even now

In bed, being pushed back to ward by porters (??) about 15 years ago and I'm coming out of ga. They didn't seem to do the whole recovery room thing back then.

I seem to think I'm out in a pub and think I know the porters and start chatting one of them up. "I know you, you're so and so's cousin" they laugh and say no they're not and I (flirtily ) tell them they are. Keeps going all the way back to room.

Next day I meet them on the corridor and they give me a good old slagging about it and it all comes flooding back to me (bit like after drinking) and I am just mooooortified

fleet_admiral

last christmas my mother in law asked me if i would kiss her under the mistletoe. I wouldnt kiss you under an anesthetic was my reply

KingOfFairview

fleet_admiral wrote: »

last christmas my mother in law asked me if i would kiss her under the mistletoe. I wouldnt kiss you under an anesthetic was my reply

A horrible insult to a dear friend and relative.

stimpson

I don't have any general anaesthetic stories, but I do have a specific one...

I got two hits of pethadine (opoid - think morphine). When I was wheeled back to the ward I got a call from a recruiter for Amazon and had a job interview over the phone while completely spaced. I didn't get passed the first round

dmc17

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

Do you not have to fast before a GA?

Only if you know you'll be having GA in which case fasting is to be recommended

Calibos

Going under for Circumcision under General Anesthetic.

"That the Class A's you're pumping in now Doc??"

After being woken up.

[Lifts Sheet to look at willy] "Did he take much off like?" (Like as if I was asking about a haircut)

Dartz

Had one once for a tonsil operation when I was 4.

I don't remember getting it - though I do remember being wheeled in to the theatre and hooked up to the gubbins in there. I don't remember waking up either... myfirst memory afterwards is a vague and hazy recollection of a darkened hospital ward, and some ice cream and jelly the day after.

I remember leaving the hospital to buy a Turtle Van.

Then being woken up at home, drowning in my own bloody sick after bursting my stitches - followed by a 100mph dash to the hospital emergency wing, my favourite pyjamas being destroyed along with the bed they dumped me on because of the amount of sicky-blood I coughed up, a 'fasting' sign on my bed for two days, and ... well... I forget after that.

YellowFeather

I didn't like it. Was put under a while ago for an operation on my arm and I did not want to go to sleep. Last thing I remember is the super nice nurse talking to me while I was freaking out.

bnt

Only had it once, appendisectomy when I was 12. I was an incredible geek even back then, quizzing the anaesthetist about the anaesthetic he was giving me. I'd read about Sodium Pentothal in a James Herriot book, and guessed - correctly - that they'd be using it on me.

dmc17

I've had it a good few times and it's usually a case of trying to keep your eyes open, but it beats me every time :mad: I vaguely remember one time before I got it the anaesthetist said 'do you want some of the good stuff'. Naturally I said yes and next thing it felt like I was floating around the room for a while before I actually nodded off. Is this possible or did I imagine it all?

Rasheed

I love having general anaesthetics, the feeling of drifting off is mighty.

I get the fear after though because I've worked long enough in the recovery room and people say the funniest/ weirdest things coming out of a GA. I refused to ever have surgery where I have worked.

Hotale.com

Candie wrote: »

I've had a few and love the feeling of -whoooosh!- you know you're falling under, but before you even complete the thought you're awake again and it's all over. Its a very unique and out-of-control feeling.

I think it's quite frightening, I imagine that's how death feels... Except the waking up part obviously :P

Rasheed

Hotale.com wrote: »

I think it's quite frightening, I imagine that's how death feels... Except the waking up part obviously :P

If that's how death feels, I don't fear it at all!

Nesta99

bnt wrote: »

Only had it once, appendisectomy when I was 12. I was an incredible geek even back then, quizzing the anaesthetist about the anaesthetic he was giving me. I'd read about Sodium Pentothal in a James Herriot book, and guessed - correctly - that they'd be using it on me.

Thiophentone (killed more americans that the japanese did at pearl harbour!)

Working in Aneasthetics it is not so much the embaressing recovery blurb that bothers but ending up having yer appendix out in the department you work in and yer meat 'n 2 veg on show to whatever colleagues are present while knocked out in a quite chilly op theatre - does wonders for paranoia when someone smiles at you in a corridor or staffroom for a few weeks.

Son Of A Vidic

Nesta99 wrote: »

Thiophentone (killed more americans that the japanese did at pearl harbour!)

Working in Aneasthetics it is not so much the embaressing recovery blurb that bothers but ending up having yer appendix out in the department you work in and yer meat 'n 2 veg on show to whatever colleagues are present while knocked out in a quite chilly op theatre - does wonders for paranoia when someone smiles at you in a corridor or staffroom for a few weeks.

Not forgetting of course the PR pain relief you would have been administered, before they brought you to Recovery.:pac:

Bassfish

My mother had an op about ten years ago, her first time under GA. She said that she was fully aware of what was going on around her although felt no pain. We didn't believe her and told her she was dreaming. The consultant said the same thing to her until my mom said to him that during the op, he was talking to the other doctor about golfing in Portugal and how expensive it was to bring his clubs on the plane. His jaw nearly hit the floor and he said that was exactly right.
To this day her medical charts instruct that she is not to be put under using that particular cocktail of drugs. She can't keep her nose out of other people's business even under anaesthetic :-)

Czarcasm

I went under general anaesthetic twice, first time when I had the steel pins put in my hip. I was fierce into "The Operation" on the Discovery Channel at the time, and I asked the consultant could I have a video of the operation - "No". I thought "What the hell are you going to do to me that you don't want me seeing?". I woke up a couple of hours later and had a peek to assess the damage. My nether regions were black and blue and half bald, it looked like they'd lined up and taken turns to kick me while I was laid out on the table! "The cup wasn't big enough" apparently... Like nobody thought to get a bigger cup or do they genuinely think one size is supposed to fit all!

Not even that was quite so surreal as the second time though -

Czarcasm wrote: »

Then there was the rather not quite so dramatic as the above, couple of months ago waking up from a general anaesthetic in the middle of a colonoscopy procedure and thinking "go back to sleep, Jesus quick go back to sleep!", they'd to amp up the anaesthetic when they realised I was awake and looking up at my own insides on the monitor, a groggy "fcuk" was uttered.

Nesta99

Czarcasm wrote: »

I went under general anaesthetic twice, first time when I had the steel pins put in my hip. I was fierce into "The Operation" on the Discovery Channel at the time, and I asked the consultant could I have a video of the operation - "No". I thought "What the hell are you going to do to me that you don't want me seeing?". I woke up a couple of hours later and had a peek to assess the damage. My nether regions were black and blue and half bald, it looked like they'd lined up and taken turns to kick me while I was laid out on the table! "The cup wasn't big enough" apparently... Like nobody thought to get a bigger cup or do they genuinely think one size is supposed to fit all!

Not even that was quite so surreal as the second time though -

Anaesthesia for colonoscopy - doubt it as there would have been no uttering a word with an LMA in yer gob. Sedation most likely, nothing like a rap of midaz to sort ye out at times like that.

Ive experienced anaesthesia awareness myself - and like said above was able to relay back conversation as proof. Thank god for morphine coursing round the veins!

I have seen someone being rugby tackled as they had a rather 'rough' time in recovery - a usually very quite chap who just was nuts coming round