Sedated for real medical procedure

I am one who doesn't like anesthesia and try to bypass as much as I can . Never take it for colonoscopies, cystocophies , and some dental procedures. Even was partially awake for heart stent that was put in recently. If they talk about heavy sedation can usually talk into spinal

I am one who doesn't like anesthesia and try to bypass as much as I can . Never take it for colonoscopies, cystocophies , and some dental procedures. Was awake for bladder and prostate surgery and was partially awake for heart stent that was put in recently. If they talk about heavy sedation can usually talk into spinal if possible . Anesthesia is bad for a person .

I've had so many surgeries, That I can't count. But anesthetics don't bother me. What bothers me is waking up from it hate the feeling.

I have had a dozen angioplaties and Roto rooster jobs , I was fine just chilled out, then they added this box over your head that was like frosted and had swirls, I tried to rip that off and they dont sndni don't know nowbi get out the restrsints, but when you move or freak out they putbyou down like a dog, everytime i had one sfter that i wouldvtellbthe gass passer not to try , but the kept trying and I kept waking up in recovery the nurses understood what i objected to , and instead ofnusing my name wouldvdall me mr.box , I was fine to lie there andnplat gams with dots on the ceiling mess with my vision and hearing i get bitchy , you cant sedate me enough not to piss me off , and the doctors never listen,vsomi go from sedsyion to general anestetic in the blink of an eye.

I was recently advised upper GI endoscopy. It was performed under anaesthesia. I was out for half an hour. It was my first experience.

I have a fantasy of OR play but when it happened in real I realised it wasn't fun. I was scared and anxious.

I felt the prep was more embarrassing. I wasn't wearing anything under the gown and the nurse lifted my gown way up, while I was awake to stick ECG stickers. I was scared even when the nurse was giving oxygen.

I was positioned to lie on my left and then the anaesthesia was given via IV. I was asked to count. I counted till seven after which I felt my eyes shutting.

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When I slowly came senses I could slowly hear voices and found myself lying on my right this time, in the pre/post op room.

I was still dizzy and the nurse had to hold and guide me to the changing area even after coming to senses.

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I have been sedated for over 20 surgical procedures. I wanted to be awake for a few of the minor surgeries. The surgeon said no. I am awake for my colonoscopies and I was awake for a heart stent procedure. That was really interesting watching the procedure on the tv screen

Well OK, I guess I will chime in. I had a heart procedure to correct an AFIB issue about 8 years ago. The procedure required that I was put under anesthesia for about 5 hours. I would need to stay overnight in the hospital for observation after the procedure. I arrived early in the morning and the procedure took about 5 hours. I needed a catheter because I would not be able to get up once put in my hospital room for the night. The anesthesiologist said she would do the catheter while I was under and out because it could be painful.

So maybe looking back I think I would have liked to experience that procedure while awake. I can say the next morning when the catheter was removed before going home it hurt. The nurse said they use lube to put it in but it dries out by the next day and it is painful to remove- YES it did hurt.

I have since learned a little about sounding and I am curious to try it but have yet to give it a try and have not purchased any sounding devices. So maybe someday I will have a chance to experience what if feels like to have a urethral penetration. I was awake for many hours with the catheter in after it was put in and it felt a little uncomfortable, but I am still interested in maybe playing with a sounding device purely for sexual pleasure.

I will not let them knock me out completely for anything! A little Clonzapam p.o. or even IM to chill me out, IF NEEDED, and I'm fine. I admit I have a serious phobia about G/A and it ain't happening! I had a procedure done a few years back and they tried slipping something into the IV. I asked the Nurse what she was adding and I got the response, "Oh, just a little something to keep you calm" BAD ANSWER!!!!! I had her in a thumb lock in 2 seconds flat and she dropped that syringe nice and fast on the floor. As it turns out it was Amytal, something I would not have consented to and the shit storm that followed was equivalent to the 11th plague!

I was sedated once when I got my wisdom teeth removed.

3 in one go - because I wouldn't have another one or two appointments to remove the teeth one by one, even if dead.

I am always really nervous especially at the dentist (it will never become my favorite medical fetish, trust me...).

So first I didn't believe when I was told that being sedated is really putting away the stress, makes me calm and chilled while the procedure and I likely won't even remember much of it.

But the moment the anesthesist came in and layed the access port (the needle with the connector, don't know the right word), I once again was told to stay calm and everything.

And yes. They were true. It's really 'I don't give a fuck'-shot they give you. It's a little numbing, makes you weary.

I wasn't out, I didn't dream or something, as far as I can remember I was awake the whole time. I can remember the procedure, smells and sounds especially.

But it didn't bother me - I mean the whole area is locally anesthesised you don't feel anyhting besides pressure anyways. But neither the sound of breaking teeth nor the smell of burnt flesh (when they atrophy the blood vessels) you just don't stress out.

It's like watching yourself, not as a out-of-body-experience or something, but the procedure happens to someone else you share the body with by chance.

Instead of panicking - what I would have done otherwise, It was more of an interesting experience. It takes a while until you can really think (and walk) straight again and the anesthetic ceases after a few hours.

But yeah. I remember the procedure as something interesting. Don't have any nightmares about it, don't be frightened to do it again (I still wish to avoid it for obvious reasons, though).

Maybe someone with more medical experience can substantiate or debunk this. I heard several years ago there were more complications with anesthesia at the dentists office - most likely because they don't always have a dedicated anesthesiologist and/or other medical equipment available. Hospital mortality rates attributed to anesthesia is approx 1:100,000 where as at the dentist office it is 3:100,100.

I would always opt for the lowest level of drugs required to safely perform a procedure, but I would not (actually did not) rule out a general anesthesia.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5535496/

I was sedated for a nose job and for my wisdom teeth. I don't remember much of either, but wish I did...

Once for gastroscopy with Propofol for several minutes. It's a great stuff. Several years ago I had colonoscopy with Midazolan. I had an access port in my arm. In the middle of the Exam I woke up and heard the nurse and doc. The Doc said to the nurse ": Push here on the stomach...." Also I felt a pain in my stomach and tried to remove the heart rate monitor on my finger. Then the nurse knocked me out again. I don't remember anymore. Strange experience. ...

I’ve been sedated for colonoscopies and wished I could have been awake. I was sedated for removal of an impacted tooth but was conscious during procedure.

I was given midazolam for a bronchoscopy but I don't think it took as I remember everything and it was awful. My respirologist said if I have to have it again, he will do it under GA.

Yes. When I got my wisdom teeth out, they put me under. It was the easiest thing ever. Sure even eating yogurt hurt like hell for a few days after, but the surgery was quick and painless thanks to the sedation.

Colonoscopy and vasectomy reversal

Yes, I have been sedated and I would venture to say that if one is sedated by a medical professional for a medical procedure, there must generally be a very good reason for the sedation! Likely it would be an experience I would not like to relive or remember.

There is no way I want to have any recollection of what took place during quad by-pass surgery, the removal of my prostate, 3 colonoscopies, extraction of my teeth in favor of dentures, removal of a pilonidal cyst, 2 heart caths, or a prostate cancer biopsy. I've always maintained my medical professionals can do whatever they want to my body so long as I am completely out. That way, if they screw up badly, I won't have to worry about it. My wife/widow may have to worry; but, I won't need to.

Yeah, would rather not have been and will avoid. Had a bad reaction to the drugs, and really would have rather seen how I am put together and what they were doing, at least as much as I could have. Then again I grew up with it, at least for other people. Next time I'll bug them to just knock out sensation with a regional block and go ahead. Next will probably be a vasectomy, so think it won't be much of a fight.

If it wasn't so risky and stupid I might have taken a look around inside myself already. Ah, too bad we don't have access panels fitted.

So interesting to hear such opposing perspectives. I'm absolutely in the camp with @Anoldguy:

I've always maintained my medical professionals can do whatever they want to my body so long as I am completely out.

I acquired a dental phobia at a young age, but even as a teen I wasn't worried about having my wisdom teeth out so long as they put me out! Since then I've had a simple appendectomy and had my knee reconstructed after a simple (yet impactful) skiing accident. Every time they give me the good stuff, I fade out, and awaken seemingly moments later with all of it behind me.

That said...I've heard of people having bad reactions to the anesthesia drugs, and it makes sense why you'd want to avoid that kind of experience going forward. Much like how when you've had waaaay too much tequila to drink even the thought or smell of it brings back the memory!

Not that I'd know anything about that... 😉

Got GA for a certain...ahem, groin area procedure...and while I remember nothing of it (out completely until waking up in the recovery room) I do remember the pre-surgery 'Martini up the arm' as my anesthesiologist put it. They started an IV then he put a syringe into the IV and pumped me up with something that was absolutely wonderful. It was like Pink Floyd had decided to perform "Comfortably Numb" for my procedure and David Gilmour himself was playing the guitar solo as they wheeled me into the OR. Those drugs were the bomb.

I've been sedated twice for surgery, once for a Quad Bypass and once for rotator cuff. Since I saw a mini stainless steel chainsaw hanging from the OR ceiling when I was wheeled in and I have no desire to be awake for that. I have also had a colonoscopy and had Versed which kept me in the twilight zone. I did come out of it at one point and looked up to the screen and saw a scissor looking thing inside me cutting something off. Again didn't really bother me but something I didn't need to see. I am good being knocked out first and don't care that they probably stripped me butt naked, put in a cath and whatever else. I was going to put on one of those Made in America stickers on my willy before I got wheeled in but forgot. I wish I would have, I'd probably be a urban legend.

I was going to put on one of those Made in America stickers on my willy before I got wheeled in but forgot. I wish I would have, I'd probably be a urban legend.

@Moppys_jalopy there are other stickers you can put on there instead, 'Inspected by #69', or 'Caution: Contents Under Pressure', 'This End First'. There are probably a lot of stickers out there that would propel you to 'Urban Legend' status. Maybe 'For Deposit Only'? 😉

@Moppys_jalopy there are other stickers you can put on there instead, 'Inspected by #69', or 'Caution: Contents Under Pressure', 'This End First'. There are probably a lot of stickers out there that would propel you to 'Urban Legend' status. Maybe 'For Deposit Only'? 😉

Those are all good suggestions. If I have the misfortune of having it done again ( and they tell me that a bypass lasts on the average 10 years and it's been 13) that I will take this under advisement and do a poll here before I go in. If you know me you know I will do it when the time comes!

My personal favorite is a tramp stamp in the military stencil that reads : [FRONT TOWARD ENEMY]

They hadn't arrived by then, but if they had, I would have been tempted to wear a plug to my gyn surgery in April.

Always try to stay away from knock out sedation. Will go spinals if available . Had bladder and prostate surgery awake as well as knee surgery and broken left leg repair . Also was awake for varicose vein surgery . If dental work not to intensive bypass lidocaine. Never been a problem so far . Just keep all that knock out stuff out of me

I have had 9 bladder operations all under a general anaesthetic (propofol) it is good stuff and I don’t remember a thing after lights out, but returning to a groggy state

IMHO Versed (Midazolam) creates far more problems that it's worth. It is given to cause amnesia which is supposed to be short-lived, but in my experience many patients experience creepy long-term memory impairment from this drug...especially with older patients (most of us)……as a medical professional, I find it interesting that while Versed is routinely given for most surgery/procedures...many doctors/nurses will totally refuse to receive this drug while insisting that their own patients get it because of the creepy amnesia and because it's often given as a "cover your ass drug" to prevent a patient from remembering anything that might have happened to them. I know one primary care provider who still can't remember her PIN numbers or her kid's birthdays MONTHS after receiving Versed for a simple endo procedure. My recent colonoscopy was with fentanyl only (put this on the consent as well as NO Versed)…..Versed should NOT commonly be given unless patients are really informed the very real dangers (to your brain) of this unnecessary drug. Your doctor would not want to receive this stuff...….Your choice

I have had 9 bladder operations all under a general anaesthetic (propofol) it is good stuff and I don’t remember a thing after lights out, but returning to a groggy state

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