What does it feel like when your being put under anesthesia?

Question

Just want to hear from anyone who has had surgery that can tell me the feeling right when your going out, can you describe it? I am super nervous to get surgery and have been put under anesthesia once before when I was 6 years old, and I remember it feeling like your fading away, very scary. Help!

Answer 1

I remember it as drifting speedily off to sleep.

Remember, you're no longer 6 years old. You're older and wiser now, and have more resources available to you than you did during your previous surgery. You can handle this.

Best of luck to you,
~M~

Answer 2

Now that you're older, the "fading away" won't be as nerve racking (you'll be heavily sedated anyway, so I can't imagine nervousness even being an issue). If they put you under completely, you won't remember a thing. I didn't even remember anything the first two times I woke up after my first surgery. If they are not going to put you under, you'll be on anxiolytics and pain meds, so you won't really know what's happening. The only bad experience I've ever had was before a day surgery. They did a nerve block on my arm to operate on my hand. The most painful part was when the anesthesiologist was trying to find the right nerve under my arm. OMG!!! After that, I was awake but sedated and found it quite humorous the conversation the Drs were having while operating on my hand. Hope it all goes well for you. Best of luck. Don't worry about a thing. It'll be like falling asleep peacefully and then waking up not remembering any of the dreams you just had.

Answer 3

everyday anesthesia is an exceedingly frightening situation, pretty in case you're no longer acquainted with the mechanics of it. There particularly isn't something to be scared approximately in spite of the undeniable fact that. they provide you a preoperative drugs first, like Valium or Versed and Demerol. which will take extremely some the rigidity away. as quickly as they get you on the OR table the Anesthesiologist will inform you each and everything they are going to do and precisely the style you will sense. it is purely like floating and going to sleep. they are going to inject the sodium pentothal into your IV and you may get a splash garlic flavor on your mouth. they are going to inform you to count quantity backwards from 10 and in case you're making it to eight in the previous you're out you're a superhero. Anesthesia is somewhat risk-free at the instant. do no longer hardship for a 2d. you would be nicely dealt with and monitored the finished time and while your surgical operation is over they provide you some drugs to opposite the anesthesia and you're on your street to restoration. each and all the perfect to you. do no longer hardship!

Answer 4

I felt like the room was spinning and i remember the lady over me holding a mask to my face. Then I was out. I was put out with gas. I just had some surgery and i had a IV anesthesia and it was different. I started feeling tired and I was gone. that was it. so different. And anything like that at six would be scary. Don't worry you will do great!

Answer 5

If you were scared the first time, then unless you get over it and not dwell on it, the same thing will happen. I've had 2 C-sections. I went in with the attitude of ... well, whatever happens, happens. It's out of my control. So, all was very good. No fear. No anxiety.

Going under was nothing. Coming out was one of the most blissful experiences I've ever had. The first time was a hoot. Despite the fact it was an emergency C-section in which both my baby and my life were at serious risk, I came out of it all in a euphoric haze. There was a very old man beside me in recovery who was just coming to at the same time I was. He said to me "What you in for?" He was obviously an old pro at surgery. I said, "I just had a baby girl" and he smiled his toothless grin and said with joy "A baby girl?" and I said "Ya ... a baby girl" and this went on for awhile and then we showed off our war wounds, 'cept I couldn't get my arms to move properly to lift my gown to even find the incision. But I would have. There's no modesty in such situations. And I will remember that sweet old guy until my dying day. Covered in old sailor tattoos showing me all the scars on his body that he could remember from past operations. He was the very first person I was able to tell that I'd had a baby girl. I will never forget his most sincere joy for me. And we both knew he was just a dead man talking. This had been his 6th operation in 5 years and he was done.

Don't sweat it. You'll do just fine.

Answer 6

I was scared about being put to sleep also. I fell asleep before I was in the operating room and they had to wake me up so I could get on the operating table. The only thing I remember after the surgery is hearing my doctor talking but I couldn't seem to open my eyes because they were so heavy. I can honestly tell you that it is the best dreamless sleep you will ever have.

Answer 7

Before surgery the anesthetist will visit you. Tell him about your fear and that you don't like the feeling of fading away. He can start your anesthesia with an I.V. drug. I had this and it was very pleasant. One minute I was awake and then I was asleep. Also, they will probably give you something about an hour before surgery to relax you. It will make you feel great and not scared at all.

Answer 8

I had anaesthesia for the first time yesterday and there is absolutely nothing to it! i was petrified and that's the truth, i was taken into the a room connected to the theatre they put in my cannula (ask for some numbing cream like i did if you dint like the feel of needles), then they put a mask on my face which at that point i was wide awake then the next thing i was in the recovery room! i went to sleep so fast i didn't even feel the drifting feeling off! dont worry it's something i wouldn't be worried about having again

Good luck hope this helped

Answer 9

I've done it three times, with two different techniques. The least scariest is when they give you medicine in the IV. The anesthesiologist had me look at a clock and count downward from 12. Before I hit one, I was out. I think having something to keep your brain busy before you go out is the trick. The other two times, one with gas & one with the IV, no one said anything & I hated that "fading away" feeling you mention. Try counting backwards from 100 to yourself, or even out loud if no one does anything for you. Hope this helps, and good luck with your surgery! Sending good wishes & feelings your way!

Answer 10

The only time I was put under was at the beginning of this year when I had my impacted wisdom teeth pulled. I remember laying there thinking that the anesthesia wasn't working. I was wide awake. The next thing I knew, they were waking me up to tell me it was all over.

Answer 11

When you're given a general anesthetic you go to sleep, and when you wake up you're done. Anesthetics Remove the possibility of trauma from extensive dental work or surgery. Although when you come out of it you may feel woozy or a little high for a while.