I posted this on the Pre-op board then thought i should have posted it here on the Post-op so here goes:

Ok this is a totally stupid thing to worry about but sometimes i fear that i wont wake up from my surgery this Thursday... I had a bad experience when i had a kidney stone removed and had my lung collapse during surgery so i woke up still intubated and couldnt breath so now i'm freaked out that it will happen again or that i just wont wake up at all. Have any of the other post-opers feel this way?

Well when I was 14 I had my tonsils out. The first surgery went fine but something went wrong and I lost a LOT of blood. They took me back into Emergency Surgery. They had a very hard time waking me up and when I did wake up I had people all around me and alarms going off everywhere. It totally freaked me out. Since then though I've had 5 other surgeries and they all went great!

I do understand your fears though. I'm sure you will do just fine. ((HUGS))

I am an RN who works around surgery daily. I want to encourage you that although there are risks with surgery...they are RARE. We rarely have someone have problems afterwards unless they already had medical problems in place. I understand your concern and had it myself, knowing what I know. I just put myself in the hands of the Great Physician and also had many others praying for me!

I had the same fears, I have a 3 yr old and I was very upset about leaving him for the surgery. However, it happened so quick and when I woke up I never thought twice about the fact that I just had surgery. Best of luck!

I was worried too but when I looked at the statistics on the internet for problems during surgery the likelihood was so small that I stopped worrying. It happens very fast and you should not worry because it is out of your hands now that you have made the decision. It was suprisingly easy and quick.

That was my exact worry, and the fist thing I thought when I woke from surgery was "I am alive" The second was "Ouch" :confused: Like my anestheistist said, you are surrounded by medical experts and it is way safer than driving your car. The statistics are very very very low of anything going wrong. It will be over before you know it.

I completely understand your concern. I think we all have the fear of going under. Just make sure you talk with medical staff about them. You will be in good hands, remember your at a hospital and they are they to help you in any way. Good luck, it will be fine!!

I had the same fears. I had a bad experience in January when I had surgery on my foot so I was afraid of it repeating itself. To be honest, I was ready to back out of doing it all together....however, I went through it and thought well, if I don't do this I could die within a few years because of the other health issues I have. I went through with the surgery and was so glad I did.....I didn't have any problems waking up and everything went well. You just need to put your trust into God's hands as well as your doctor and know they are there to do the best they can for you...they are not in the business to lose patients. You will do great! At the end of it all, you will be very happy that you did! Good Luck to you!

You should discuss with your anesthesiologist the experiences you had with your previous surgery, so that he is aware of what happened. He may even want to pull your files, read through them, so he can take proper precautions for your lap band surgery.

The better informed your anesthesiologist is of your past responses to surgery, the better prepared he can be for this surgery.

I would second the talking to the anesthesiologist comment. I have a HORRIBLE time with coming out of anesthesia and I have thrown up every time. I mentioned the meds I was given previously and he assured me this time would be different. I was all prepared when I did wake up to get sick but it never happened.(other than me crying which I do every time-not because of pain, just some weird thing I do-that and going under I cuss like a sailor lol) Communication is the key. My anesthesiologist spent about 20-30 minutes with me answering all my questions and really made me feel safe and I was out before I even knew it and I do not remember the tubes being removed which was another one of my fears.

I posted this on the Pre-op board then thought i should have posted it here on the Post-op so here goes:

Ok this is a totally stupid thing to worry about but sometimes i fear that i wont wake up from my surgery this Thursday... I had a bad experience when i had a kidney stone removed and had my lung collapse during surgery so i woke up still intubated and couldnt breath so now i'm freaked out that it will happen again or that i just wont wake up at all. Have any of the other post-opers feel this way?

Yes, I felt that way for this surgery. I almost didn't go through with it. But I was fine. I talked to the anesthesiologist and I felt better. Everything was fine. I understand your fear. You will be very happy when you wake up. :thumbup:

This was my fear too last week but I didn't want to voice it because this site can already be so negative.

When I went for my medical clearance with my PCP I asked him...can I die? can I have a stroke? can I have a heart attack?

He looked at me like I was nuts and said , NO!!!!

He said that's what all the testing is about to insure there are no problems they can foresee.

He also reassured me this the lap band surgery has a very low complication rate.

I was really nervous about dying because I'm a little older now and I'm so heavy and have high blood pressure but after he told me that I felt a whole lot better and I hope you do too.

You'll be on here posting your surgery story like everyone else.

Chill out, be positive that will take you further.

Dee