Whats it like to go under General Anaesthetic?

Question

Going for an op soon.........

Answer 1

It's just like going to sleep. You'll wake up and remember that you were talking to someone, but you'll only remember a little of the conversation. Some people are nauseous after waking.

Answer 2

I've had 4 general anaesthetics, and I have to say that I really enjoyed the experience every time. It's just like feeling really tired and then- bang- your fast asleep, I was anxious about my first one, but when I came round after I realised it was fine so simply looked forward to the feeling of going to sleep when I had my others. I did talk a bit of crap just before drifting off, but that happens sometimes. Good luck with your operation, and try not to be too anxious about things. x

Answer 3

Really nothing to worry about, well that's easy to say when you have had a few. One moment your awake, the next asleep, the next awake, with no memory of what happened. Modern anaesthetics do not often cause post op nausea. If your nervous, most hospitals will give you a pre med to relax you, usually Temazepam, after 60mg of that, you wont care what they are going to do to you! Good luck, and try not to worry.

Answer 4

Pretty much what everyone else is saying!! You drop off and wake up not knowing that time has passed!

I tend to get a little bit 'tipsy' with it.. I told the recovery nurse that the room smelled like poppers and another time I joined in the conversation about how lazy one of the porters was (I worked at the hospital at the time and said he was probably at the hospital social club getting drunk!!) Oh and if they give you a pre-med... try not to throw your knickers at anyone.. Hey I was only 17 and it seemed like a good idea at the time!!

Good luck all will be fine!

Answer 5

im an amputee..its pure rock n roll sunshine... ok, dont worry, you will of course but its unnssecary... first pretty nurse apporaches with some premed, like ativan, or diazepam.. pop them...and it all goes a little woozy...like half a bottle of vodka, without the cost...

theyll leave you chilling for maybe 45 mins... cottonmouth express... then its into the pre op... (if you dot want to see racks of surgical equipment, ask the nurse to close teh door to teh operating theatre..they will as it can be quite off putting..and more than a little scary...

theyll faff around taking pulse and temp etc, and a nice nurse, will jack you up... do a good job folks... and the next thing you know, anothe rpretty nurse will ask you if youre alright..youll open one eye and mumble something which sounds like yes nurse im ok...

and snuggle down and go back to sleep... being looked after by our own angels... the backbone of the NHS...

youll feel groggy for at least three hours after, maybe more, just go to sleep, its the best thing for you...

good luck..

i'd rather have a general and have my teeth out, than sit in a chair with a butcher armed with sharp prods and molegrips who attacks me.. they chopped my leg of twice (it got shorter) and pulled seven teeth...and believe me, it didnt hurt.

Answer 6

Had an op last year, and having another soon. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. Usually your in the middle of of a conversation with the staff, then you next minute you're waking up.

Answer 7

I watched as the fluid came down the tube into my arm. The next moment I was opening my eyes and the procedure was done. And 45 minutes had gone by. No dreams, no sense of the passage of time. Nothing. Nothing like sleep at all. More like...well, you know...what the experience of DEATH must be like. Nothing. A real eye-opener, if you know what I mean.

Answer 8

From experience, it is much like falling asleep.

It is scary when you are the patient, but have confidence in your medical team. They are all there for you. (I work in an Operating Room).

The anesthesiologist will put medicine into your IV and you will just drift off to sleep. It will seem like just seconds, but when the surgery is over, you will wake up. You should not have any pain either. They usually give pain medicines while you are sleeping.

Answer 9

Its like: 'What do you mean sleepy? I'm not sl........'

Then nothingness and you wake up in a bit of a blur. Have you ever fainted? its a little like that when you come round, trying to recall things like where you are. like coming out of a hole.

Last time i had general it was when i got my tonsils out. I woke up, started to shiver because of the shock and i just heard the doctor tell the nurse to 'give her some morphine for god's sake!' Then i was floating.

Its certainly not a frightening thing to go through so don't worry.

Answer 10

I had knee surgery last year, I remember getting groggy then next thing I knew I was in the recovery room, felt very tired and fell back to sleep. It just makes you sleepy.