July 19, 201610 yr I'm not sure why I am so nervous/curious about what to expect when I wake up from surgery. Will I have tubes or oxygen etc...I may just be overthinking this. Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
July 19, 201610 yr I had oxygen. I had a little trouble getting my breath and some coughing. Nothing major.
July 19, 201610 yr Popular Post Ya I think there was oxygen. Waking up from surgery is always disorienting and bizarre. It just feels like you were out for 5 minutes. I usually wake up crying from just being confused. It's no big deal, you'll do great! Sent from my SM-G930T using the BariatricPal App
July 19, 201610 yr Author I can handle oxygen but the whole breathing tube thing freaks me out. Thank you all so very much. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
July 19, 201610 yr I woke up very relaxed and no pain. No breathing tube. Of course there was an IV with saline drip. Took me a few hours to realize I had a drain tube and catheter. Hated the catheter, it was removed after approx 24 hours. Drain tube removed just before I was discharged after approx 36 hours.
July 19, 201610 yr I had no tubes except for my IV. I was rather confused as the last thing I remembered was being wheeled into the operating room and transferring to the table. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
July 19, 201610 yr When I had my gallbladder out I woke up in recovery screaming. I had a lot of pain and I was so disoriented. I couldn't remember where I was or why I hurt so bad. It took a few minutes of the nurse trying to calm me down before it came back to me. The dilaudid they shot into my IV helped. Once the pain was manageable I could think more clearly and remembered I just had surgery. I think I had an oxygen tube around my face, and of course I had an IV. I'm really hoping this next time goes a lot better.
July 19, 201610 yr Author @ Judith g... Did you have drain tube and catheter as well? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
July 19, 201610 yr @@UCLA man - glad I didn't have the catheter. Sorry you had to deal with that. Not every surgeon does it.
July 19, 201610 yr I woke up thinking I was in pain, also felt like I couldn't breathe, they had a oxygen mask they put on me right away, I too had a catheter when I woke up for 24 hrs... And just the Ivs no drain. I wear contacts usually but didn't for surgery and my sister had my glasses so that was another weird experience to be in recovery for 3+ hrs seeing blurry!
July 19, 201610 yr I woke up in a lot of pain from anesthesia gas in my chest. They had me laying almost flat, I didn't have an oxygen mask, breathing tube, drain, or catheter. Just an IV. I just remember moaning and cussing each time the nurse would look at me and walk by instead of giving me pain meds. Finally I moaned "F**************CK" loud enough for her to come over and ask what ny pain level was. "Um, it's at like 9 bimbo, thats why I'm moaning!!!!!!!!" Is what I wanted to say. Haha. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App
I'm not sure why I am so nervous/curious about what to expect when I wake up from surgery. Will I have tubes or oxygen etc...I may just be overthinking this. Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
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