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Whats it like being under and waking up from surgery?

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It's awesome... When they say your name and to wake up... Your surgery was perfection!!!

I was groggy but mentally was thinking......... YESSS I'm aliveeeee!!!!! Lol :)

I walked into the OR and saw the surgical tech setting up the surgical table. It was very interesting being on the other side since I'm a nurse and go in the OR all the time. The nurse was strapping my arms down and was putting the SCD devices on my legs when my body started to feel tingly and warm. I asked the anesthesiologist if he gave me something. He said yes fentanyl and versed, at which point I knew I was going to sleep. I told them take good care of me and that was it. Next thing I knew I was waking up but my vision was blurry. I could hear someone talking to my right so I turned my head and saw a chocolate blur with lots of white in the middle of the blur- it was my mom smiling at me. I fell asleep again. Then I felt something inflating underneath me and started surrounding me and I could hear activity around me. They used an inflatable device to move you from the recovery bed to your regular bed. Again asleep. Then I remember being asked to wake up to get up and walk. I was handed a small kid-sized Water bottle to start sipping and away I went!

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Thanks everyone. This has been helping in letting me know what to expect and feel more calm. Hopefully its a smooth experience

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