Sedated for real medical procedure

Is propofol a general anesthetic? I don’t know.

I've had it. It is a twilight drug where you are mostly out but its main characteristics is that you don't remember the procedure. I've had it several times recently and woke up during a pacemaker implant. The next time I told the anesthesiologist and he gave me a cocktail that worked pretty good. I don't really care for it.

I've had it. It is a twilight drug where you are mostly out but its main characteristics is that you don't remember the procedure. I've had it several times recently and woke up during a pacemaker implant. The next time I told the anesthesiologist and he gave me a cocktail that worked pretty good. I don't really care for it.

My son does cardiac implants. He is an electrophysioloigst. For some of his procedures they keep a chest crack team in the or as a back up.

My son does cardiac implants. He is an electrophysioloigst. For some of his procedures they keep a chest crack team in the or as a back up.

I've had my chest cracked for a triple bypass. That really hurts like a mfer. It took forever to heal up too.

I've had my chest cracked for a triple bypass. That really hurts like a mfer. It took forever to heal up too.

No shit!! Glad you got through it !, some don’t.

I've had it. It is a twilight drug where you are mostly out but its main characteristics is that you don't remember the procedure. I've had it several times recently and woke up during a pacemaker implant. The next time I told the anesthesiologist and he gave me a cocktail that worked pretty good. I don't really care for it.

I've had it twice. Once for general anesthesia a couple years ago. I woke up wanting to go home and tried to leave the recovery room.

The second time was last year for an endoscopy. I woke up in the middle of it and the anesthesiologist kept pushing more into my IV but I wasn't going out. Someone gave me a shot in my hip and it was lights out. I remember everything while I was awake. If I ever have another need for it, I'm going to mention this to the anesthesiologist.

I was twilighteded in stead of ko for an upper a nd lower gi it really sucked wished i would have been out for it it really hurt when they removed polups .

Heidi - what are the effects of fentanyl only? Fentanyl is primarily a painkiller, correct, so would it be just like if you had morphine, or does it have significant other effects that mess with your brain?

I broke my arm last week. First break in my life. I have a serious aversion to hospitals and needles, and of course the first thing they did was stick a line in me. Didn't ask what they used, but it was amazing! (looked milky in the vial) I remember asking the doc if I broke it or just dislocated it. He said "oh ya, it's busted", then I blinked and had a cast on my arm. It wasn't so much "waking up", but simply a loss of time. I loved that feeling, like "WTF just happened? Where's the doc and nurse? Where the heck am I??" No pain, and I got up pretty quickly.

Wouldn't that be a great way to travel? Zap you with this stuff, and wake up when you get there. Instant travel!! I would love that.

I’ve been sedated before, I only remember bits and pieces of it, though.

I've carried out very many administrations of Midazolam. Note to maggie may-you definitely DONT want to remember your wisdom teeth and nose job.!

The anterograde amnesia is variable depending on factors eg dosage and procedure type and generally useful for all. The milky liquid was probably propofol. A very short acting anaesthetic rather than a sedation agent. An fentanyl is a pain relieving opioid which has central effects. So all have uses and advantages over general anaesthesia. Enjoy!

I just went in for a medical procedure on my heart and was out for some 7 hours while they tried this and that through the groin. It is weird to suddenly go out, then snap back awake with no sensation of time elapsing. I did get a cath while I was out and since Susie has mentioned before that once you go out you get stripped naked I asked the guy if that was correct. He said yup, but you'll never know. He was correct. I did have a Foley in so the cute nurse came in after I had done my time not moving and pulled up the gown and deflated it then grabbed on and pulled it out without so much as a by your leave.I guess it wasn't a big thing for her so it wasn't a big thing for me.

2019 was not a good year for my “ticker”. I had three trips to the cath lab and a triple bypass surgery, which actually failed, after just one month. Then, I hemorrhaged during one of the cath lab visits which was to place stents through my groin, after the bypasses failed, causing a “basketball hematoma” in my scrotum. That took over a month to go away! It’s much more complicated than this, but suffice it to say, I was immobile for that month. Now, during one of my cath lab visits, I was wide awake, even talking to the doctor as he was placing one of the three total stents I received. Twice, he told the nurse to give me more “knockout” IV juice, which did briefly make me more drowsy, but still I was aware of what was going on, even watching the monitor which showed what was going on inside me. I felt no pain or discomfort, but just was not asleep. The other two times I was in the cath lab, I was really knocked out and don’t remember a thing. My cardiologist says I may need another stent at some point, but so far, things look OK.

I recently had hemorrhoid surgery after a doctor failed with bands. I received a spinal so I wouldn’t feel anything from the waist down and the anesthesia nurse said I would be given something for nerves so I would be drowsy but not out because I was in the outpatient area of the hospital not day surgery. I remember pretty much everything from having my legs put up and out and then they put some kind of screen up so I couldn’t see what they were doing but I could hear everything. I kind of pretended to be dozing but I remember thinking I can’t feel anything but I know everything is right there for the surgeon and her staff to see. I heard before they started the doctor asked a nurse to put my genitals in a sling so they would be completely up out of the way. It seemed like it took a long tie but I think I was in there less then 30 minutes.

I just had 2 recent Major Dental surgeries! The first part done under General Anesthesia and the second part under Deep IV sedation.

both went well but i am still recovering slowly

I had been 14th when i had been to removed adenoids. I remember that I had issue to get into my veins, so IV was tried on operation room numerous times. After 15th ‘tried up’ I stopped to count. Then I waken up at bed and I was slept two days. No nursea and remember only one exam after 3 days to check up. Twice I had removed wisdom teethes. One without any anesthetic, one was one shot of local painkiller.

Have been anesthetized more than once and I don't want to know what happened.

I have had numerous procedures/surgeries in which I've been anesthetize/sedated. Usually I wake up felling like I have slept for days but not this year. I woke up gasping because I felt like I had just been punched in the stomach and was in excruciating pain from my appendectomy. My hysterectomy hurt less than the appendectomy. Then I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy and woke up feeling blah. For one surgery, I woke up feeling like I couldn't breathe (I'm an asthmatic) right before they started…they immediately gave me more drugs to put me under.

O.K. remember I'm “north” of 70 , I broke my right leg three weeks ago in a quad accident . Next week i go in to see if i need surgery or if they are going to amputate my leg above the ankle . I really don't want to see or remember anything about that surgery . It doesn't help that I'm partly paralyzed from the chest down . I really don't want to learn how to walk on a “new” foot or see if i can walk at all after .

Was under general for appendectomy many many years ago guess would be interested to see what happened but glad I couldn't at the time.

Had spinal for a knee operation which was interesting but you don't get to see much and true be told you lay there fairly bored.

I was anesthetized for hernia surgery years ago and that was the first time for me. I didn't know what It was all about but I figured, myself being strong-willed, I'd try and fight it to see what it would take for them to put me out. Ha!, I started the backwards count and the next thing I knew I was in the recovery room. Smart-ass me, I never knew what happened!!

My first experience with sedation was a serious mind f…. I was getting a coloscopy done and I remember the doctor telling them to give me Demerol and Versed. They asked me to turn on my side and I was trying to get my arm (with a blood pressure cuff on) in a position where it wasn't sticking through the railing of the bed. Next thing I knew, I had a straw in my mouth and being told to take a sip. Those things happened back to back in my mind. Then a wave of nausea hit me (turns out I have a bad reaction to Demerol) and I started with the dry heaves. My first experience was not a good one.

When my shoulder was replaced, I got midazolan which put me out. They also did spinal, my nurse friend said they hit part of my diaphragm and had to tell me to breathe, that was wierd. My nurse was very concerned but it all cleared up. I stayed one night then home.

I had been admitted to hospital for a routine open hernia repair under general anesthetic. However when the anesthesiologist came to see me she said I would be having a spinal anesthetic because of my long term lung condition. I agreed and was taken of to theatre. After the spinal anesthesia had been administered and I was completely numb from my waist down I was asked if I would like some sedation. To which I said yes and an intravenous proposal infusion was set up which made me feel pleasantly light headed. It was a little embarrassing when I was moved to the operating table with the bright operating lights illuminating my exposed genitals for all the theatre staff to see. Even more embarrassing is when they produced an electric hair trimmer and promptly started removing my pubic hair. Through the two hour operation I was very warm and comfortable without a care in the world, drifting in and out of consciousness. They had placed a small screen about the size of a table tennis net across my upper abdomine thus obstructing my view of the proceedings. However my surgeon wore a full face visor which reflected the operation area very clearly so I was able to watch the procedure in full living colour. It was fascinating to watch. I would not hesitate to have a spinal anesthetic ever again. And certainly recommend it to anyone.

I have been sedated for several colonoscopies and a couple of surgeries. Never had a problem with it.

I was knocked out with ether to remove my tonsils @ age 5 (1955)

I'm lucky enough to be in good shape and to have a good health, so I've been sedated only once : for a colonoscopie, two months ago.

And yes, I wish I could remember what happened in the room after I've been put out. I was laying on my back, with only the gown on, and 3 women around me (doctor, nurse and anesthesic nurse). We're chatting and next thing I remember, another nurse is asking me if I'm okay, because I'm starting to open my eyes. I didn't even remember falling asleep ! (powerful stuff this anesthesic)

And between these two memories, something has been put into my butthole. Wow. How ? Was I naked to whole time before the 3 ladies ? So much questions, so little answers 😄

So yes, I really wish I could remember so i'd know how it went exactly 😄

When I had a hysterectomy, I don't know when I was anesthetized. I kept dozing off while waiting for my surgery. I had arrived at 0700 am. I remember looking at the clock around 1 pm and a nurse came in the room and told me they were still running behind and checked my IV. I fell asleep again and when I woke up I was in my room and my surgery was over.

When I woke, there was a man, who I worked with, in the room with me. He said he told them he was my husband. He seemed to be a nice guy who was just concerned about me. Years later when I thought about it again, I wonder if he peaked under my gown while I was still out.

My surgeon said he had to switch my surgery from a vaginal hysterectomy to an open abdominal. When I found a video of a vaginal prep being done on a dummy, it disturbed me for a little bit. I then remembered I had no complications or infections so the surgical team did a terrific job. I hardly even used any morphine and only took two pain killers.

Yes, wisdom teeth removal, they had a bear of a time getting the IV started, once it was started through don't even remember going out. I was a real trip for the rest of the day due to the residual fuzzies.

I've been sedated for both of my colonoscopies. I would like to experience it without sedation, as I understand is pretty common in Europe. I checked around last time and could not find a single hospital or clinic willing to do the procedure w/o sedation.

I had my first colonoscopy while being sedated. There isn't really much to talk about as I didn't even notice falling asleep. I was laying on my left side and waiting. Then I closed my eyes for a moment. I was thinking about the whole thing but when I opened my eyes, I was in dark room and nurse was sitting next to me. She told me the procedure is over. That's it 😃.