Regaining consciousness after anesthesia: is it typical to say senseless things to your doctor or nurse??
Question: I hear this a lot. I'm afraid of saying something really stupid to my doctor, then having no recollection of it. Which I guess renders it a moot point, but nonetheless...
Will I make an ignorant @ss out of myself?
Answers: There's a possibility.
I work in healthcare, and so my patients family and friends tell me all kinds of fun stories.
A lady and I have the same foot doctor (she had a crooked toe, I've got a broken ankle...).
She came in one day and told me that when she woke up, she cursed the doctor up one side and down the other for not being there when she went under, to perform her surgery... because she doesn't remember him being there.
I threatened my anesthesiologist... I swore I'd haunt him if he killed me. I don't remember that.
No you will not.
I'm sure that doctors and nurses have seen and heard just about everything, so I wouldn't let it worry you.
Relax. You'll be fine.
You won't seem like an ***. You might say something silly or whatever, but you won't say anything that is personal or embarrassing in that way. I have been under anesthesia six times and only once did I say anything coming out of it -- I asked the nurse if we could go for margaritas!
Its natural for the subconcious brain to say something incoherent while it is coming to normal stage and one can do nothing about it. Anyway the doctors are so mechanical to these sort of things and they never put an ear to these talk.
uhhh, not often. But if you do talk it most likely be about your dream or something you did or thinking of that day.
yes
Yeah, but they hear it all the time. When I came to after having my wisdom teeth out I told the doctor to put me back to sleep and take the rest of them out because I wasn't coming back. My girlfriend told me this, I don't remember, or have any idea what I meant.
The doctor will probably not be there when you come out of anesthetic. You will probably say something that you would say if you were really drunk but the nurses have heard it all before.
I did... when I came out of it! After my first spine surgery I woke up in the recovery room and everything was all blury. Well I shouted I can't FEEL MY LEGS!!! So the doctor and nurse jumps up and checks and I started moving my leg and I said OH never mine I can feel them! It was weird.
Not usually. But the first time I went under ever, I woke up, saw the time that had passed and said the 'F' word. The male nurse attending me said in a very feminine voice...'Sorry we do not take that sort of language in here'.
I think he could of been nicer.
Most nurses are cool with it and understand. I just got unlucky.
Don't worry, you will be alright :)
lol probably, but just afterwards tell you docotr your sorry about anything you might have said
You will come to in the recovery room. I just had surgery last week & I'm sure I would never say anything really personal that would be embarrassing.
I was just very thirsty & asked for ginger ale after I got some extra pain meds into my IV.
You will not make anything out of yourself.
Good luck on your surgery, I'll be thinking of you:-)
It's normal. My mom has had a few surgeries, and I remember her saying a lot of nonsense stuff..i guess it's just a side affect of the medicine that they give you. I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about it..I gaurantee you that the doctors and nurses are used to it.
Highly unlikely. People wake up differently. Some laugh, some cry, some swear, but most people just wake up.
I've seen many thousands of people waking up. Very few say or do anything stupid.
health care professionals KNOW you are not in your RIGHT MIND when you're under anesthesia.
Most of them find it AMUSING. Nobody takes offence.
I'd say... worry more about the success of the procedure.
Don't worry about it cause they probably get it all the time. My husband didn't remember his mom or dad but he immediately recognized me.
You might feel spacey. You might not know what day or time it is, but doctors are used to it. I have not heard of anyone saying anything really strange, but if you did, they would hardly remember because they are focused on other things.
Will I make an ignorant @ss out of myself?
Answers: There's a possibility.
I work in healthcare, and so my patients family and friends tell me all kinds of fun stories.
A lady and I have the same foot doctor (she had a crooked toe, I've got a broken ankle...).
She came in one day and told me that when she woke up, she cursed the doctor up one side and down the other for not being there when she went under, to perform her surgery... because she doesn't remember him being there.
I threatened my anesthesiologist... I swore I'd haunt him if he killed me. I don't remember that.
No you will not.
I'm sure that doctors and nurses have seen and heard just about everything, so I wouldn't let it worry you.
Relax. You'll be fine.
You won't seem like an ***. You might say something silly or whatever, but you won't say anything that is personal or embarrassing in that way. I have been under anesthesia six times and only once did I say anything coming out of it -- I asked the nurse if we could go for margaritas!
Its natural for the subconcious brain to say something incoherent while it is coming to normal stage and one can do nothing about it. Anyway the doctors are so mechanical to these sort of things and they never put an ear to these talk.
uhhh, not often. But if you do talk it most likely be about your dream or something you did or thinking of that day.
yes
Yeah, but they hear it all the time. When I came to after having my wisdom teeth out I told the doctor to put me back to sleep and take the rest of them out because I wasn't coming back. My girlfriend told me this, I don't remember, or have any idea what I meant.
The doctor will probably not be there when you come out of anesthetic. You will probably say something that you would say if you were really drunk but the nurses have heard it all before.
I did... when I came out of it! After my first spine surgery I woke up in the recovery room and everything was all blury. Well I shouted I can't FEEL MY LEGS!!! So the doctor and nurse jumps up and checks and I started moving my leg and I said OH never mine I can feel them! It was weird.
Not usually. But the first time I went under ever, I woke up, saw the time that had passed and said the 'F' word. The male nurse attending me said in a very feminine voice...'Sorry we do not take that sort of language in here'.
I think he could of been nicer.
Most nurses are cool with it and understand. I just got unlucky.
Don't worry, you will be alright :)
lol probably, but just afterwards tell you docotr your sorry about anything you might have said
You will come to in the recovery room. I just had surgery last week & I'm sure I would never say anything really personal that would be embarrassing.
I was just very thirsty & asked for ginger ale after I got some extra pain meds into my IV.
You will not make anything out of yourself.
Good luck on your surgery, I'll be thinking of you:-)
It's normal. My mom has had a few surgeries, and I remember her saying a lot of nonsense stuff..i guess it's just a side affect of the medicine that they give you. I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about it..I gaurantee you that the doctors and nurses are used to it.
Highly unlikely. People wake up differently. Some laugh, some cry, some swear, but most people just wake up.
I've seen many thousands of people waking up. Very few say or do anything stupid.
health care professionals KNOW you are not in your RIGHT MIND when you're under anesthesia.
Most of them find it AMUSING. Nobody takes offence.
I'd say... worry more about the success of the procedure.
Don't worry about it cause they probably get it all the time. My husband didn't remember his mom or dad but he immediately recognized me.
You might feel spacey. You might not know what day or time it is, but doctors are used to it. I have not heard of anyone saying anything really strange, but if you did, they would hardly remember because they are focused on other things.
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