say you are getting open heart surgery

and they have your chest cracked open. Or any surgery where you are opened up on the table. What would happen if they woke you up from the anesthesia?

You would be paralyzed but conscious and sensitive to pain. At least that's what happened to my friend while he was getting stomach surgery.

im sure it would be like Mental-

  On 2/1/2010 at 9:40 AM, marf said:

and they have your chest cracked open. Or any surgery where you are opened up on the table. What would happen if they woke you up from the anesthesia?

Apparently its a lot more common than you'd think in cardiac,trauma,or emergency C-section surgeries because it can be dangerous for the patient/baby to have the deepest level of anesthesia.I was reading that patients who do wake up during surgery may suffer from post traumatic stress disorder for years afterwards.However as one is always monitored throughout surgery by not only the anesthetist but also others on the surgery team any awareness would be dealt with as swiftly as possible.

The general concensus seems to be that awareness during surgery is distressing but usually not painful as the area where the incision is made would be likely to still be numbed even if the patient does start to 'wake up'.

I'd try to look at the doctor and then do a BZZZZT! like in that Operation game.

Last time I had surgery, they did two blocks on the area and gave me a couple doses of what-the-fucker-ever so I don't remember shit.

It was pretty great.

  On 2/1/2010 at 11:15 AM, Adjective said:

I'd try to look at the doctor and then do a BZZZZT! like in that Operation game.

lol

I would like to see my heart beating, because I don't believe it is there.

During my last surgery, i woke up as they were finishing up, so to speak. I didn't really feel anything, it was just good to be awake i guess.

They typically dose you with that what-the-fucker stuff so you don't remember anything.

  On 2/1/2010 at 10:53 AM, Yegg said:

You would be paralyzed but conscious and sensitive to pain. At least that's what happened to my friend while he was getting stomach surgery.

so, unable to move, and probably fairly groggy. but how sensitive to pain? that would be a nightmare if you could feel them doing everything but were unable to move or say anything about it.

  On 2/1/2010 at 4:40 PM, theSun said:

  On 2/1/2010 at 10:53 AM, Yegg said:

You would be paralyzed but conscious and sensitive to pain. At least that's what happened to my friend while he was getting stomach surgery.

 

so, unable to move, and probably fairly groggy. but how sensitive to pain? that would be a nightmare if you could feel them doing everything but were unable to move or say anything about it.

In his case, it was agonizing and he suffered from PTSD for a while afterward. Supposedly, the same thing happened to a woman and she sued her her doctor because she overheard him talking shit about her breasts during the surgery, lol.

this would be a great premise for a serial killer film.

wasnt taht Flower of Flesh and Blood movie about the ssame similar thing, just taken to extremes?

i think he kept drugging her with something, but she was somewhat coherent i think...just groggy

  On 2/1/2010 at 10:53 AM, Yegg said:

You would be paralyzed but conscious and sensitive to pain. At least that's what happened to my friend while he was getting stomach surgery.

i hope he sued the hospital for that shit

  On 2/1/2010 at 5:34 PM, Yegg said:

  On 2/1/2010 at 4:40 PM, theSun said:

  On 2/1/2010 at 10:53 AM, Yegg said:

You would be paralyzed but conscious and sensitive to pain. At least that's what happened to my friend while he was getting stomach surgery.

 

so, unable to move, and probably fairly groggy. but how sensitive to pain? that would be a nightmare if you could feel them doing everything but were unable to move or say anything about it.

 

In his case, it was agonizing and he suffered from PTSD for a while afterward. Supposedly, the same thing happened to a woman and she sued her her doctor because she overheard him talking shit about her breasts during the surgery, lol.

LOL

this thought gives me nightmares

I don't want to ever have surgery

this thread reminds me of the time the orthadontist decided i needed to have a couple teeth yanked. they stuck needles into the roof of my mouth, and from then on things were kind of weird. it was basically some lady yanking at my teeth with a pair of pliers until they came out. tug, tug, this lady is tugging hard.

quite surreal but it failed to scar me for life. they let me keep the teeth but i forgot them on the receptionist's counter because i was still kinda whacked out.

when they put me "out" to take out my wisdom teeth (omgsodumb) i wasn't really unconscious but the whole thing seems very surreal and i think i can remember all of it but notsomuch. that part was the really the best part about getting the wisdom teeth removed, the next 2 weeks sucked something fierce.

when i got my wisdom teeth pulled, they hooked me up to an IV. i asked the lady what it was, and she replied that it was fentanyl (opiate) and valium (benzo). it felt quite good. then i went under. when i woke up, i stumbled to reception and made a follow-up appointment i forgot about, then had my percocet perscription filled. the next 2 weeks were not bad at all -- ice cream and percocet.

  On 2/1/2010 at 6:25 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

wasnt taht Flower of Flesh and Blood movie about the ssame similar thing, just taken to extremes?

 

i think he kept drugging her with something, but she was somewhat coherent i think...just groggy

The drug he gave her made her feel pleasure from the pain. Pretty fucked up.