My surgery date is June 4th and I am excited to begin my journey but completely petrified about being put to sleep. This will be my very first surgery ever so I want to hear how it was for y'all. Were you in excruciating pain when you woke up? Do you dream? Do you have a headache? Do they let you take something to calm you before they start the anesthesia thing? EEEeek!!!!

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Yes. Finally. Had to stay 2 extra days due to complications. I am sooo happy to be home!!

Enjoy ur sleep and take full advantage of ur morphine drip! I did and had no complications.

Angel/Mina T

a few times after twilight (which is a different type of anesthesia)

Mina T/Angel

In my many surgeries, i've always had general anesthesia - which is perfect for many, many people, but in my case, i had some problems after the fact.

For the first time i had the "twilight surgery" It was wonderful. I did need to stay still while they gave me the spinal. but that was a piece of cake. (oh no did I say cake? )

Coming out after the sleeve was wonderful, totally different feeling. Wasn't groggy or anything. Wasn't in recovery long, things just really well for me.

Don't worry about the anesthia, you'll do fine - thats the first step on your journey into sleeveland.

Good luck

kathy

As an OR nurse I will tell you that we give our Versed (the relaxing medicine) right before we roll back to the OR. This is the med that causes you to not remember going into the OR, moving to the bed etc... Some hospitals give it after you have already gone into the OR and moved to the OR bed.

Forget everything you see on Grey's. That's a drama show and we never want drama in the OR. Dull, boring is great! You will move to the OR bed and monitors for heart, oxygen and blood pressure go on. The anesthesiologist will hit you with some Fentanyl most likely followed by the Propofol. There is no counting backwards. You can try and I once had a patient get to a slurred 96 before he was out. The propofol is a all at once overall calming sensation that immediately knocks you out. Afterwards the anesth. gives muscle paralytics to immobllize you and then puts the tube in. Afterwards, its all monitoring for him from there.

It is scary giving up control of your body but have faith in your anesthesiologist. After all, he gets paid more money an hour than ur surgeon does for a reason. He knows what he is doing.

U will do fine and good luck to you!

I've usually done well on Twilight (Profanol). It feels like you've slept a full night but my doctor told me, that I talk incessantly during the entire procedure (cervical & lumbar punctures) and I'm not really asleep and I even tell jokes. The time I was really nauseated was when I ended up with a lumbar puncture leak.