Do you feel scared and confused? How long does it last?
2007-06-12 16:07:46 · 8 answers · asked by xnsanemaryjanex 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I've been through it a number of times, and I always wake feeling really disoriented mostly, and can't remember a thing about the actual surgery which is a strange sensation. A bit of nausea is common, but I didn't have that. My throat was really sore because of the breathing tube for quite a while, and my sense of taste of food was out of whack for a week or so.
2007-06-12 16:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by The Oldest Man In The World 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It felt confusing. It is also kinda a relief that you know you made it. If you get the right pain meds afterwards, it feels pretty good. You will be sleepy, and wondering how you are already done with surgery, because the time flew by. It lasts that whole day, and again depending on the pain meds your doc gives you for afterwards you will probably be really sleepy that day.
2007-06-12 23:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by Realtor Lady 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were feeling safe and secure before you went to sleep you should feel about the same when you wake up. I usually first hear somebody talking, like a nurse in the background. They have medicine you can get to stop nausea. If you have enough pain medications in your system, you should be a little fuzzy but OK with being fuzzy. They have medicine you can take before you go under that keeps you from remembering what happens. I like to get that early on if I can. Think nice thoughts. It helps.
2007-06-13 00:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by Spoke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, you will feel sluggish & disoriented. If you're outpatient, make sure to just rest there & wake up for 15 mins before you get started, even if you feel great...and you will be impaired until you sleep it off later. The emotion you experience depends on how you feel as you go under. One time I was really scared & I woke up crying, another time I was really happy & I woke up relaxed & joking around.
All the best...
2007-06-12 23:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by virgo89126 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i woke up from general anesthesia i felt very tired...and afterwards i couldn't remember anything... it lasted for about a day... it is also not very good to make any decisions at that time... you cannot think straight and wont remember a thing later on.. but mostly i just felt really tired.. thats pretty much it..
2007-06-12 23:13:59 · answer #5 · answered by marzilda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had surgery about fifteen times now, twelve tmes recently.
Today it's "slam, bam, thank you ma'am" and that's it.
After major heart surgery with six bypasses I thought you'd rest for a few days. No way. they had me up right away and in the shower with a big brush, the nurse held me up and scrubed me like I was stinky, then they had me walking for excersise.
They pulled the wires and tubes out the secong day and had me in a wheel chair headed for the front door.
After back surgery they had me in a wheel chair and headed for the front door while I was still asleep, my wife had to hold my head up and, I only heard half of what the nurse was saying.
They don't mess around anymore and pamper you, you wake up and your out of there. You don't have time to think about how you feel.
After a major heart attack in '94 the doctor said I'd been lost (died) on the table. He said they couldn't keep my there, my heart kept stopping. He asked if I was going to stay with them? this time.
I felt very euphoric, aloft, I was ashamed later because I didn't want to "come back" and told the doctor this. I felt safe, like I was at home I guess.
The doctor said he's heard of people saying this, they feel like they don't want to come back to all the problems they just left and, even get angry at the doctor for "bringing them back" like I did.
I told my wife and excused myself for being selfish, I was ashamed, I couldn't justify myself for wanting to stay on the "other side" I didn't see a "white light" or anything of this order. I just felt very confortable, at peace, at rest. If this is dying, I'm not afraid anymore, I feel different about it.
2007-06-13 07:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I woke up kinda tired and asked for a book... but I couldn't really concentrate when I tried to read it. I wouldn't say I was scared or confused, though.
2007-06-12 23:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by BB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really feels bad. like you're about to throw up. i had headache, nausea and numbness throughout my body.
it cleared up the next day.
2007-06-12 23:12:35 · answer #8 · answered by lagtokz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋