lunabella007

I'm more frightened of being put to sleep, not so much waking up in the middle of things (nearly impossible), and I'm just about 100% sure I'll wake up at the end of things--although when you consider major surgery like this, it's something you think about in passing. I think it's the "losing control" part of it. I've never been given anything stronger than a local anaesthetic, really.

I'm really excited to get my surgery date after my consultation on the June 6th! I look forward to the results and being able to not have to think about calories all day long for the rest of my life! But I am absolutely terrified of anaesthesia! Not the procedure itself, oddly enough, just the experience of being put under. I got my wisdom teeth extracted with a local because I was so frightened of "going under". Obviously this is not an option with bariatric surgery, so I'd like some advice--what should I do? What was your anaesthesia experience like? Did you have any time to get scared or did you just fall asleep? Can a light sedative be given so I won't panic? I absolutely WON'T let my fear of anaesthesia stand in the way of my getting a body that I can live in comfortably, so any advice or stories would be a great help to me!