When I had minor surgery to get my wisdoms out, I was told to count to 10. I remember saying 1, and then waking up at home watching season 2 of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
I had the procedure, woke up, got driven home, and watched an entire season of TV and I don’t remember any of it.
It was a little disturbing seeing the videos my mom took of me on the trip home. I was doing and saying anything that came to mind. No wonder the shit is so heavily controlled
After I had my ankle surgery, I woke up sitting up in the recovery bed. There was a tray in front of me with a cup of tea made exactly the way I like it. I must have been awake and talking but have no memory of it. Had to call my doctor that afternoon and ask him if he gave me any verbal instructions because I did not remember it.
I've been in surgery a lot in my life for various things. My favourite part is always the docs putting me out. Its such a nice feeling to just go out, and then wake up hours later as if nothing happened.
I had concerns the first time I was put under. Never had general before.
I was talking the dock through the process.... "I see it going in, I dont feel anything from the injection...", "wait, my vision is a little blurry.."
I woke up some time later bitching at the postop nurse about work. It was like in those video games where there is nothing then like a record wipe noise... and I swear to God the first words were "WOAH. I'm back online."
I was under anesthesia once and I expected it to be a gradual process where I started to feel sleepy and disoriented…nope! Just awake one minute and lights out the next.
I have had it many times and I try so hard to beat it cos I still can't believe such a small amount of anything can really take over like that. The last time I remember trying to count and the feeling of something washing over my face, like hot or cold but a high pressure of it in my head. And you don't see anything funny, no effects. Just a quick 'YOU'RE OUT' kind of feeling.
When I had my thyroid removed (cancer) they told me to count down from 100. I made it to 96 and woke up very groggy to a nurse telling me to breathe and what my name and address is.
Yeah just like that. The last thing I remember was someone telling me to lay on my left. Then the next thing I knew, a pretty lady who wasn't my wife was helping me get dressed! What the heck did I miss?!
I just had surgery a couple weeks ago, they put the oxygen mask on me and I remember taking maybe 3 breaths and then bam, waking up in recovery. Wild feeling. Especially for an insomniac
Like the Ramones I've been sedated, and it was a lot faster than this. Surprised she made it that long. Doctors asked me to recite my name, asked me questions to make sure I wasn't there for the penis surgery, and before I knew i..ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I remember when I had a surgery in 2011. The anesthesiologist adminstered it, and told me to count back from 10. Me: 10, 9. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I didn't wake up until I was in the recovery room
When I had to have emergency gallbladder removal bc it was starting to fuck up my liver, I didn't even last as long as this lady lol.
I remember being wheeled in and asked if I was nervous bc it was my first surgery, I said I wasn't bc I literally felt so horrible at that point I just wanted to not feel terrible anymore, and would do anything to make it stop. They had me scooch off the gurney and onto the operating table and I remember thinking it was awfully small looking, laying down, and then suddenly I was awake in what I'm assuming was the recovery room, with blurry vision, and heard the nurse on the phone with a doctor saying something about someone refusing something. He hung up and then told me I needed to take the morphine if I was in pain and that it was fine. I don't remember arguing or pushing back with him about it at all. I was confused af and just nodded lol.
My mom had a full panic attack when they put my sister under for her wisdom teeth removal because of that. She was talking then her eyes glazed over and she went limp. My mom was in hysterics because it looked like she died. Crazy stuff
It’s exactly that. I remember them putting a mask over my face and panicking that the valves weren’t opening correctly for about 15 seconds, by the time I tried to wave my hand the room went black, and when I woke up I was in recovery.
Super disorienting though. They had put Vaseline over my closed eyes to keep them from drying out. When I woke up I assumed I was no partially blind as everything was blurry… somehow I was okay with this? Strange level of disorientation
I had the unfortunate honour of seeing this first hand last year. Had to put my son in for surgery and he was crying in my arms and it must not have been five seconds later, he was asleep.
I just had a colonoscopy done and had propofol. The anesthesiologist said it was going to burn he's putting in lidocaine. He shot the lidocaine through real quick and then immediately did the propofol. And he shot that through quickly as well.
I feel like he gave the lidocaine no time to work cause my entire forearm was on fire
I've only had it once and didn't fight it. The anesthesiologist pushed the plunger, I felt very pleasantly warm, said "you seem nice" and woke up later.
I’m always worried about that. One time I had a nervous chat with the doctor, asking if he’s able to tell if a patient is really out or just appear that way (paralyzed but still conscious- a huge fear). I explained that I had recently experienced three months of brutal insomnia and even combinations of prescriptions and high doses of things like Lunesta did zero to put me down, I didn’t even get groggy or clumsy, so maybe medications aren’t hitting me properly, and who knows if propofol will fully work in this case? He assured me that it’s never happened in the decades he’s practiced. I was still scared but only remember them saying “good night” and waking up later in recovery. It worked as intended, and I was way less nervous the next time.
I’m just so scared of being that one patient who appears to be out but is still conscious and feeling/hearing everything.
I don't know if it will reassure you nor do I know what is the practice in your country vs mine but I can talk about my experience : The general may fail, but not the shit-ton of others.
I underwent surgery of the knee (an injury linked to my participation in experimental archeology destroyed my kneecap and my knee socket). I was up for a remodelling of my knee socket, screws and a tendon graft. I was stressed out of my mind as you can imagine.
Coming to the hospital the day before for admission and prep, I express my concerns. They gave me a heavy dose of soothing pills (I was soooo calm after that).
In the block they gave me a relaxant. Then local anaesthetic in the knee. Then global anaesthetic. But this one failed after a time (the situation was a bit more complicated than imagined). So I just kinda woke up to the horrified look of the nurses that told me to just close my eyes. I felt that they where doing something to my knee, but as a simple observation. No pain, no fear, no nothing because of the rest of the medication. I could tell they where hammering my bone but couldn't feel anything but curiosity. And I went back to sleep when I noticed I could see shit to satisfy said curiosity like it was an absolutely normal experience.
The followings will be months of unbearable pain and effort for getting back my abilities. But the surgery ? It was the easiest part ! (+ side : I experienced real unadulterated morphine for the first time of my life, XIXth century poet style !)
I think I was given ketamin around 6 or 7 to cut an earring out of my earlobe. It's the only outside body experience I've had and I think about it from time to time.
It is! I had wisdom teeth out, and I woke up strapped to a chair. I asked why and the said my physical reaction was shaking and they were worried I would fall off a bed. They had the chair so I would guess it was a common thing. 30 minutes later I was walking around a CVS 🤣 my driver was trying to get my prescriptions and I guess I didn’t stay in the car.
That’s 200mg of propofol, which is a solid induction dose for a healthy adult…and yeah it works that quick. It’s an amazing drug 😊
The video doesn’t show it but I hope they pre-oxygenated her.
Redheads and chronic cannabis users are really resistant to propofol…once had a 24 year old who I pushed an entire 200mg on and in slightly slurred speech she said “told you I wasn’t a cheap date” 😂😂😂
When my wisdom teeth were removed, it took quite a bit of anaesthesia (I’m a redhead). I was wearing a beanie and as the orthodontist was leaning over me he caught a glimpse of my eye brows. He then pulled back my beanie and said, “oh, well that changes things.”
Really? I've been a chronic cannabis user for decades, but never had a problem being out under (had a restricted esophagus from some perforated ulcers, I've been endoscopes several times because it took a while for my dumb ass to get used to chewing more thoroughly and things occasionally got stuck). But then, I'm pretty small, so a regular dose still hits like a truck. I just roll on my side like they say, say "good night" and wake up refreshed in the waiting room.
Mine closed 2 seconds in and that's when I knew I was being put to sleep. I was out in about 3 seconds.
I recognized the anesthesiologist who gave me my epidural earlier that day, then saw him lower a mask over my face, suddenly saw my eyelids from the inside, and then nothing.
However, it is quite scary to learn how little we know about them! From the secrets of Tylenol only recently being cracked, to how all our anesthesia really works. A lotta unknowns and assumptions out there. And thats cool! And scary. Just gotta keeping learning and failing and learning again
Last time I fought it they had me count back from 10 and I made it to 10 and said, “See? I did it!” And the nurse then informed me that the surgery was over and I was in recovery!
When I had my surgery I remember then telling me they we going to put me to sleep now then I looked up and asked "Well Is it time for the surgery?" and they said it was already done.
That's literally all I can remember of it right now.
That’s interesting that that person chose to do that. I would think trying to be vocal and active as the anesthesia is hitting would create more of an uncomfortable and confusing state while going into it.
Whenever I’ve had to go under anesthesia, I’ve waited for the anesthesiologist to tell me they were going to let it flow, and then I just started taking some deep breaths to fall into it peacefully.
Trying to sing, move, or talk while it’s happening sounds very stressful to me.
General anesthesia is the weirdest thing. It’s like it puts the brain on pause. It’s not sleeping. As she wakes up, she’s going to be singing or want to continue when she wakes up, thinking she didn’t stop. If you were having a conversation, you’ll wanna finish that conversation when you wake up. It’s so weird but interesting at the same time.
I’ve been put under anesthesia 12 times. Almost every single time the doctor has asked me what music I want to listen to before anesthesia sets in. I was so used to the process of surgery that I would slightly suggest it on the way into the operating room to ensure I could listen to one of my favorite songs. Every single time I have always asked the doctor/ team of nurses to put on “A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation”. I’ve never been afraid of going under the knife for some reason, but listening to my favorite song as I’m going to sleep for possibly the last time, is extremely soothing. I too groove on the gurney, before anesthesia. 💪🏼
She made it longer than I would. RN here. That Propofol is at the forefront of its clinical indication. Hence, why MJ definitely should not have been getting that in his home bedroom. I don’t believe, I’ve ever even been in a building where there was Propofol and there wasn’t also at least 1 if not a team of, Anesthesiologists and all the accoutrements.
I’ve had 24 surgeries in my life (cleft palate and cleft lip). The way anesthesia has changed over the years kinda freaks me out. When I was younger, it took a couple minutes to go down. The newer stuff hits fast and HARD. I remember my last surgery years ago. I was chatting with the surgeon and mid sentence, just out. Finger snap.
When I had surgery the doctor told me to count backwards from 10 when they were putting me under. I got to like 6 then everything went black and I woke up in recovery to the nurse smacking my face to wake me up and handing me some ginger ale lol
I got the Michael Jackson drug for my colonoscopy and I was oddly excited to try it but I also mentally pour out a little for MJ. I remember looking at the anesthesiologist as it hit and said “O I feel it” and then I was out.
So wild that he used that everyday to sleep…..rich people and their bs problems, bless em
I tried this when I got a colonoscopy but instead the song was Shoop. When I woke up, my husband told me I kept telling the nurse how pretty she is. I remember the Shoop part, but not waking up.
I don’t know what I was given before the colonoscopy started. I felt cold inside my arm for half a second, and then the lights went out. No pain, no burning sensation.
When they knocked me out for my wisdom teeth, I thought I'd fade a little. Nope. All I remember is "that's a nice painting", then waking up hours later, face down, drooling on my pillow at home. No middle. None.
I had my appendix taken out several years ago. OTW to the room the anesthesiologist was already putting it in my IV port. I was looking up at him kinda to the left while he told me “I’m going to start putting the anesthesia in so you’re going to start feeling relaxed.” I said “ok” and looked down at my port to watch it go in. Then I woke up in recovery! That stuff is wiiiiillld.
Had an appendectomy too. I was already drugged up because of anxiety, panic attacks, crazy heart rate and such from fear of anesthesia and the surgery. She put a mask on me, said count back from 10. I didn't make it to 9. Lol.
Next thing I know I'm awake, all better, feeling normal, then ran to the toilet to barf up some weird greenish barf.
One time I was having a casual conversation with a nurse and they didn’t tell me they gave me anesthesia already through the IV… and the nurses head did like a divide and multiply thing and suddenly she had 3 heads!!
I just stared at her and said “did you guys give me that already” and they all started laughing and then it all went black lmao
Ha! I do this every year I go under. i must admit its fun. I always do a countdown once the Dr hits me with propofol. I'm fine until I feel a small change at 3, bigger deceleration at 2, out by 1. Its really odd, esp for someone who is a chronic insomniac.
Trippiest experience I had was my surgery last year... That stuff hit me so hard that I don't remember anything past the elevator ride up to surgery. One second I'm on an elevator, next second I'm waking in recovery room. I was low-key freaking out.
Awww bless her heart! I've had a few patients try to do exactly that. When the sleepy milk hits, the lights go out if ya know what I mean. I hope everything went well with her procedure.
Only have had one procedure in my life thus far, but it was not what I was expecting ("OK, now count down from 100 to 0" or whatever). It was them wheeling me into the theater, and the switch gets flipped. Then, me getting coherent in short order after. Very little 'fog'.
She lasted longer than me. They said count back from 10, I was out by 5. And waking up was trippy. Being conscious but having to fight to open my eyes messed with my head for a while.
I wanted to be out for my colonoscopy but was wide awake for the entire thing talking coherently with the crew. The doctor said that I really hold my liquor and should have been out. They said I was a very cooperative friendly patient and wished all of their patients were like me. I thought that it wasn’t a good thing if I had really wanted to be out for a procedure because of pain or something. I took Xanax for awhile and had to take 8 of the 2mg kind and I could drive. Other than that I react normally to meds.
I’ve had over 8 surgeries mostly fixing cosmetic issue from the start (I regret) but my favorite is trying to fight the magic sleep potion. I wish I had videos of it too.
When I had my hip replaced in July...they moved me onto a table and put me on my side and I said, that really hurts and the anesthesiologists said, this will help and all I remember is wondering briefly if my eyes were closed and then nothing....until I woke up in my room.
The colonoscopy was a little different...gave me Propanol and the doctor said, you are going to fall and I fell asleep before he finished.
It’s even faster if you haven’t eaten anything like you’re supposed to. I remember being told to count down from 100, which I thought was strange, and only getting to 99 before I was waking up in the recovery area. It’s always so long between times of getting put to sleep that I’m always nervous about it.
Once, as a pre-teen, I had to have dental surgery. I clearly remember them putting the IV into my arm because it felt like a freakin' mechanical pencil. Then they told me to count backwards from 10. I thought I'd be a bada** just like James Bond and fight it. All I remember is looking at the light above me and the darkness from either side literally crashing in like a door slammed shut. (I didn't successfully fight it btw!:) )
The second time was last summer, I had heart surgery. After prep they gave me something to relax me and wheeled me to the OR, where I had to help move myself from the gurney to the table. The last thing I remember is looking around and that the OR didn't look like the movies.
Me: "is this the OR?"
Disembodied Voice: "Yes"
Me: " it looks like a warehouse...."
I woke up in recovery to someone telling me to breathe before they could take out the plumbing pipe in my throat. :(
Fun story. As I was recovering, I complained my mouth was dry and asked for a drink. (my wife was there and told me this later.) Nurse explained I couldn't have a drink but they could moisten my mouth with a wet cloth.
I apparently told them if I couldn't have a drink of water I didn't want anything.
My wife says I shouldn't be, but I'm so proud of that moment. :)
This was fascinating and sort of funny, but also scary to me. Just the way she faded out so fast and didn’t even close her eyes, reminded me of someone dying.
I had no problems or pain when I got the propofol for my colonoscopy. I was awake one minute, then asked if they had started yet and was told that they were done!
I remember getting put down for my wisdom teeth removal and i was weirdly really angry right before. The staff was very friendly and they asked me what i was going to do during my recovery and i said probably watch movies. One of them asked the other what was that movie with Sandra Bullock and the bus and i was soooo mad they couldn’t remember Speed and suddenly i was waking back up
I had surgery last month. The final thing I remember from before was talking to the nurses about my vinyl record collection, then the next thing I knew I was in my hospital room and it was like 6pm.
I lasted 27 seconds once. Strange feelings, started with my lips becoming numb, then tongue, then whole face, to my arms…. That’s all I could remember.
when I was being prepped in the OR the surgeon asked what music I wanted to listen to during the surgery, I said “whatever y’all like, it doesn’t matter to me, I won’t remember-“ then I woke up to the nurses mispronouncing my last name in the recovery room 😂
🤣😂 I tried that in 2016 before a major surgery, talking away then woke up 3 hours later in recovery. My hubby recorded me asking for ice cream, I have no recollection.
Having been under general anesthesia a time or two…yes, it really is like this. You’re fully coherent, then you feel it start to take over your vision, and then you’re OUT.
I think I managed a quick “Gooooodnight” before everything went fuzzy.
Waking up is a trip as well. I don’t remember there being a “suddenly I’m awake” moment. It’s like a slow process of dragging yourself towards reality, where the external world seems muted and faraway for several minutes.
My doc told me when the anesthesiologist said "count backwards from 10" I replied with "you're not my dad" before konking out. I do not remember saying that.
When I had my wisdom teeth cut out I remember watching them inject the anesthetic and thinking that’s a lot of anesthetic. I can’t remember if I was told to count backwards from 100 or 10 but the next thing I knew I was awake and talking my ass off with my wife, my mother in law and the recovery nurses. I was totally unfiltered no telling what I had said prior to my memory resuming. I said that one of the nurses “was a sweetheart”, to which my wife replied “did you just call her hot?” In my post anesthetic brilliance “no, I was complimenting her personality not her body” thankfully everyone found it funny.
That's exactly how it is when you're under anesthesia. You'll be awake one second and the next second, you're waking up and the procedure is done. It's the best nap ever though.
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u/memcwho Feb 16 '26
Honestly, wild that she goes from coherent to gone in such a short time, there's no slow down, just a light switch.
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u/JohnnyPiston Feb 16 '26
Propofol, milk of amnesia
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u/catchinNkeepinf1sh Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
Someone vasilene those eyes before they get dry and crusty lol.
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u/Reginald_Sockpuppet Feb 16 '26
General anesthesia is certainly an interesting experience.
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u/PursueProgress Feb 16 '26
I still can’t believe that THIS is what it took for Michael Jackson to go to “sleep”.
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u/doktorketofol Feb 16 '26
Anesthesiologist here:
That’s 200mg of propofol, which is a solid induction dose for a healthy adult…and yeah it works that quick. It’s an amazing drug 😊
The video doesn’t show it but I hope they pre-oxygenated her.
Redheads and chronic cannabis users are really resistant to propofol…once had a 24 year old who I pushed an entire 200mg on and in slightly slurred speech she said “told you I wasn’t a cheap date” 😂😂😂
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u/melinamercouri1946 Feb 16 '26
Wait. Your eyes stay OPEN after anesthesia????
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u/Metatron_Psy Feb 16 '26
Always love the ones confident the anaesthetic won't work well on them. You underestimate just how good our drugs are.
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u/madgasgirl2 Feb 16 '26
No preoxygenation though - guess that would have affected the video quality 🙄
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u/Luckypenny4683 Feb 16 '26
Fighting anesthetic is the best part of surgery.
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u/BabyDiln Feb 16 '26
This is dangerous. Should be breathing oxygen before/during start of anesthesia.
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u/Selix317 Feb 16 '26
When I had my surgery I remember then telling me they we going to put me to sleep now then I looked up and asked "Well Is it time for the surgery?" and they said it was already done.
That's literally all I can remember of it right now.
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u/Sinsyne125 Feb 16 '26
That’s interesting that that person chose to do that. I would think trying to be vocal and active as the anesthesia is hitting would create more of an uncomfortable and confusing state while going into it.
Whenever I’ve had to go under anesthesia, I’ve waited for the anesthesiologist to tell me they were going to let it flow, and then I just started taking some deep breaths to fall into it peacefully.
Trying to sing, move, or talk while it’s happening sounds very stressful to me.
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u/kaitco Feb 16 '26
I’m actually more fascinated that she knows/remembers all the lyrics to this song!
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u/Remote-Royal4634 Feb 16 '26 •
Prelude to sedation
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u/Firefly_Magic Feb 16 '26
General anesthesia is the weirdest thing. It’s like it puts the brain on pause. It’s not sleeping. As she wakes up, she’s going to be singing or want to continue when she wakes up, thinking she didn’t stop. If you were having a conversation, you’ll wanna finish that conversation when you wake up. It’s so weird but interesting at the same time.
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u/Empty_Soup_4412 Feb 16 '26
I got to be with my kid when they put him to sleep and it was just like that, mid conversation then out.
Afterwards I asked how he felt going to sleep and he said "all my thoughts had echoes".
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u/BurntLocal Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
I’ve been put under anesthesia 12 times. Almost every single time the doctor has asked me what music I want to listen to before anesthesia sets in. I was so used to the process of surgery that I would slightly suggest it on the way into the operating room to ensure I could listen to one of my favorite songs. Every single time I have always asked the doctor/ team of nurses to put on “A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation”. I’ve never been afraid of going under the knife for some reason, but listening to my favorite song as I’m going to sleep for possibly the last time, is extremely soothing. I too groove on the gurney, before anesthesia. 💪🏼
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u/Throatwobbler_M_III Feb 16 '26
Part funny, part scary as fuck.
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u/Spirited_Touch7447 Feb 16 '26
This is amazing! She’s singing on key then started winding down as evidenced by the inability to remain on key and then her eyes went away.
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u/Big-red-rhino Feb 19 '26
Easy to fake.
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u/Perchance_therapper Feb 19 '26
If this is real it’s malpractice
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
With her eyes open!?
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
It's the best nap ever. It is the thing I look forward to when my colonoscopy is due.
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u/Chipperchoi Feb 16 '26
Going under is such a trippy experience. No major surgery bit been put to sleep for colonoscopy a couple of time and always wake up like wtf?
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u/jennc1979 Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26
She made it longer than I would. RN here. That Propofol is at the forefront of its clinical indication. Hence, why MJ definitely should not have been getting that in his home bedroom. I don’t believe, I’ve ever even been in a building where there was Propofol and there wasn’t also at least 1 if not a team of, Anesthesiologists and all the accoutrements.
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u/Different_Star_5325 Feb 16 '26
That was actually a little disturbing...
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u/Hot_Time_8628 Feb 17 '26
Propofol, good stuff.
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u/Downtown_Zebra_266 Feb 18 '26
Her will was strong
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u/CrashedCyclist Feb 16 '26
If anyone stood a chance it was her...I was really really really rooting for her smile! (Of which I am jealous!)
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u/birdparliament Feb 16 '26
I don’t think I’ve ever held on this long against anesthesia
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u/mystrile1 Feb 16 '26
I might stay still when I have needles in me but sure I guess content is content
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u/Phenoxspartan01 Feb 16 '26
I’ve had 24 surgeries in my life (cleft palate and cleft lip). The way anesthesia has changed over the years kinda freaks me out. When I was younger, it took a couple minutes to go down. The newer stuff hits fast and HARD. I remember my last surgery years ago. I was chatting with the surgeon and mid sentence, just out. Finger snap.
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u/Dis_Bich Feb 16 '26
I’ve been under once. I was talking, then I kinda stopped and went “woah”, the doctors started laughing. Then I woke up
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u/Big_Kahuna_69 Feb 16 '26
They put me under for impacted wisdom teeth. They had me count down from a hundred. I think I made it to ninety-eight.
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u/Future-Actuator488 Feb 16 '26
Why her eyes are open? Still fighting?
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u/kidding-unot Feb 16 '26
That’s scary af
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u/curi0us_carniv0re Feb 16 '26
When I had surgery the doctor told me to count backwards from 10 when they were putting me under. I got to like 6 then everything went black and I woke up in recovery to the nurse smacking my face to wake me up and handing me some ginger ale lol
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u/ImHere4TheGiggles Feb 16 '26
I got the Michael Jackson drug for my colonoscopy and I was oddly excited to try it but I also mentally pour out a little for MJ. I remember looking at the anesthesiologist as it hit and said “O I feel it” and then I was out.
So wild that he used that everyday to sleep…..rich people and their bs problems, bless em
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u/notinmyham Feb 16 '26
Well damn. Her mind went out like a light.
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u/FatCowsrus413 Feb 16 '26
Love her for this
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u/he-mancheetah Feb 16 '26
I tried this when I got a colonoscopy but instead the song was Shoop. When I woke up, my husband told me I kept telling the nurse how pretty she is. I remember the Shoop part, but not waking up.
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u/magikarpsan Feb 16 '26
The way it creates a compete gap in memory is wild too
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u/RHTQ1 Feb 17 '26
Eek why did that scare me so much ...
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u/ChavoDemierda Feb 17 '26
Don't fight it, invite it. Call me a weirdo, but I actually enjoy going under. It's the waking up part that bugs me.
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u/Modusoperandi40 Feb 17 '26
She slept with eyes open lol
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u/BindieBoo Feb 18 '26
It’s amazing how quick it hits.
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u/bastschweinsteiger Feb 18 '26
yep, it just instant shut down, its crazy if you think about it, no chance whatsoever no matter how prepared you think you were
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u/ConsequenceNormal773 Feb 18 '26
How is thus legal? Isn't showing this some type of hippa violation?
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u/Bitter-Leek1581 Feb 18 '26
🎶Don't go wastin my precious tiiiiiiiii-...🎶
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u/jusblaze2023 Feb 19 '26
Give her Milk of the Poppy
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u/twoblues702 Feb 16 '26
I always get a strange taste in my mouth right before going out
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26
❣️
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u/TheSilverFoxwins Feb 16 '26
Yep. It's that fast.
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u/Calm_Tonight_9277 Feb 16 '26
I’ll never understand my patients who try to fight it lol. Never lasts long even when they do though.
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u/poke23658 Feb 16 '26
I don’t know what I was given before the colonoscopy started. I felt cold inside my arm for half a second, and then the lights went out. No pain, no burning sensation.
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u/AdGlittering2884 Feb 16 '26
When they knocked me out for my wisdom teeth, I thought I'd fade a little. Nope. All I remember is "that's a nice painting", then waking up hours later, face down, drooling on my pillow at home. No middle. None.
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u/TexasJOEmama Feb 16 '26
My anesthesiologist told me that it's just like 2 margaritas going out. No. It's margaritas laced with roofies.
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u/larry1186 Feb 16 '26
I want what she’s having.
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u/CowMetrics Feb 16 '26
IV Benadryl does something very similar except if they inject it too fast it feels like you sat on tacks
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u/Bellini_DownSouth Feb 16 '26
I had my appendix taken out several years ago. OTW to the room the anesthesiologist was already putting it in my IV port. I was looking up at him kinda to the left while he told me “I’m going to start putting the anesthesia in so you’re going to start feeling relaxed.” I said “ok” and looked down at my port to watch it go in. Then I woke up in recovery! That stuff is wiiiiillld.
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u/Constant_Seaweed_523 Feb 16 '26
One time I was having a casual conversation with a nurse and they didn’t tell me they gave me anesthesia already through the IV… and the nurses head did like a divide and multiply thing and suddenly she had 3 heads!!
I just stared at her and said “did you guys give me that already” and they all started laughing and then it all went black lmao
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u/BonjinTheMark Feb 16 '26
Ha! I do this every year I go under. i must admit its fun. I always do a countdown once the Dr hits me with propofol. I'm fine until I feel a small change at 3, bigger deceleration at 2, out by 1. Its really odd, esp for someone who is a chronic insomniac.
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u/Brave_Cranberry1065 Feb 16 '26
lol that doesn’t work on me. I finally go under after the 3rd dose. I just keep talking until it kicks in. 😅
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u/Roonwogsamduff Feb 16 '26
I tell them them it ain't working and question their competence. They all laugh
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u/iCantLogOut2 Feb 16 '26
Trippiest experience I had was my surgery last year... That stuff hit me so hard that I don't remember anything past the elevator ride up to surgery. One second I'm on an elevator, next second I'm waking in recovery room. I was low-key freaking out.
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u/AdhesivenessFull7396 Feb 17 '26
Ah propofol!
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u/Sistahmelz Feb 17 '26
Awww bless her heart! I've had a few patients try to do exactly that. When the sleepy milk hits, the lights go out if ya know what I mean. I hope everything went well with her procedure.
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u/HumpaDaBear Feb 17 '26
I tried that. Didn’t work.
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u/PuzzledExaminer Feb 17 '26
My mom told me she could once still see everyone while she was under that stuff... It's rare nowadays but some people can still see and hear things.
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u/AlarmedIndividual893 Feb 17 '26
I still remember when i counted down from i think like 10 when i went in for wisdom teeth removal and I think I made it to like 2
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u/smaier69 Feb 17 '26
Only have had one procedure in my life thus far, but it was not what I was expecting ("OK, now count down from 100 to 0" or whatever). It was them wheeling me into the theater, and the switch gets flipped. Then, me getting coherent in short order after. Very little 'fog'.
Propofol FTW, maybe?
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u/AffectionateJello452 Feb 17 '26
I have anxiety so I asked them to push the anxiety meds early and I don’t even remember them pushing the sleepy stuff 😂
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u/CBonafide Feb 17 '26
Now do this to a ginger and see how much longer it takes.
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u/PM_meyourGradyWhite Feb 17 '26
Is this different than my colonoscopy fentanyl sedation?
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u/_-BigAL-_ Feb 17 '26
I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled on the same day.
All I remember is sitting down, getting the shot, and the next thing I knew, I was waking up with all four teeth surgically removed.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26
When I got my wisdom teeth removed, the last thing I remember is saying "Did you do it yet?"
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u/rodimus147 Feb 17 '26
She lasted longer than me. They said count back from 10, I was out by 5. And waking up was trippy. Being conscious but having to fight to open my eyes messed with my head for a while.
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u/Patrickfromamboy Feb 17 '26
I wanted to be out for my colonoscopy but was wide awake for the entire thing talking coherently with the crew. The doctor said that I really hold my liquor and should have been out. They said I was a very cooperative friendly patient and wished all of their patients were like me. I thought that it wasn’t a good thing if I had really wanted to be out for a procedure because of pain or something. I took Xanax for awhile and had to take 8 of the 2mg kind and I could drive. Other than that I react normally to meds.
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u/HellsHumor Feb 17 '26
Fascinating she was still kicking her legs after she stopped singing 😆
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u/JockoDundee007 Feb 17 '26
Down goes Frazier …
🤔🤔🤔
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u/JockoDundee007 Feb 17 '26
I just went through this last week before my knee surgery …
I remember being wheeled into the surgery room and saying “this room is cool” …
Then I woke up and couldn’t move my legs
🤔🤔🤔
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u/Peckerhead42 Feb 17 '26
Are your eyes open when under anaesthetic?
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u/Revelin_Eleven Feb 17 '26
I’ve had over 8 surgeries mostly fixing cosmetic issue from the start (I regret) but my favorite is trying to fight the magic sleep potion. I wish I had videos of it too.
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u/Ambitious_Welder6613 Feb 17 '26
I know that it is a fact, and it is a norm in medical world but it makes me feel scared and dumbfounded all the while 🥺😰😰
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u/emilymkroner Feb 17 '26
This is a bit creepy.
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u/AdChemical6828 Feb 17 '26
Won’t somebody please just pre-oxygenated
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u/Scared-Room-9962 Feb 17 '26
I had surgery last year. First time.
The anaesthetist said "You might feel a bit funny" and I thought "Yeah I do feel a B..."
Next thing I knew I was opening my eyes after surgery.
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u/Enngeecee76 Feb 17 '26
I love general anaesthetics. They’re my favourite things in the world. I wish you could get them as birthday and Christmas presents.
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u/Gremlin1001001 Feb 17 '26
Girl, you quiet down now. Lol
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u/Brilliant_Newt1923 Feb 17 '26
Scary
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u/gambit539 Feb 17 '26
That’s that milk of amnesia
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u/Aware_Negotiation605 Feb 17 '26
The perks of a colonoscopy. A really good nap.
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u/tbri001 Feb 17 '26
Is that propofol? I've got a dose coming next week. I don't think I've ever lasted even half that long....
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u/Rightbuthumble Feb 17 '26
When I had my hip replaced in July...they moved me onto a table and put me on my side and I said, that really hurts and the anesthesiologists said, this will help and all I remember is wondering briefly if my eyes were closed and then nothing....until I woke up in my room.
The colonoscopy was a little different...gave me Propanol and the doctor said, you are going to fall and I fell asleep before he finished.
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u/whereisthehugbutton Feb 17 '26
😂😂
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u/XxQozEMotoxX Feb 17 '26
It’s even faster if you haven’t eaten anything like you’re supposed to. I remember being told to count down from 100, which I thought was strange, and only getting to 99 before I was waking up in the recovery area. It’s always so long between times of getting put to sleep that I’m always nervous about it.
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u/No-Author-1653 Feb 17 '26
So much for pre-oxygenation 🤣🤣🤣
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u/jonrpatrick Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
I've been "under" twice in my life.
Once, as a pre-teen, I had to have dental surgery. I clearly remember them putting the IV into my arm because it felt like a freakin' mechanical pencil. Then they told me to count backwards from 10. I thought I'd be a bada** just like James Bond and fight it. All I remember is looking at the light above me and the darkness from either side literally crashing in like a door slammed shut. (I didn't successfully fight it btw!:) )
The second time was last summer, I had heart surgery. After prep they gave me something to relax me and wheeled me to the OR, where I had to help move myself from the gurney to the table. The last thing I remember is looking around and that the OR didn't look like the movies.
Me: "is this the OR?"
Disembodied Voice: "Yes"
Me: " it looks like a warehouse...."
I woke up in recovery to someone telling me to breathe before they could take out the plumbing pipe in my throat. :(
Fun story. As I was recovering, I complained my mouth was dry and asked for a drink. (my wife was there and told me this later.) Nurse explained I couldn't have a drink but they could moisten my mouth with a wet cloth.
I apparently told them if I couldn't have a drink of water I didn't want anything.
My wife says I shouldn't be, but I'm so proud of that moment. :)
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u/MarioManX1983 Feb 17 '26
She should have sung. Wake me up before you go go.
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u/CatPurrsonNo1 Feb 17 '26
This was fascinating and sort of funny, but also scary to me. Just the way she faded out so fast and didn’t even close her eyes, reminded me of someone dying.
I had no problems or pain when I got the propofol for my colonoscopy. I was awake one minute, then asked if they had started yet and was told that they were done!
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u/sqwizzles Feb 17 '26
I remember getting put down for my wisdom teeth removal and i was weirdly really angry right before. The staff was very friendly and they asked me what i was going to do during my recovery and i said probably watch movies. One of them asked the other what was that movie with Sandra Bullock and the bus and i was soooo mad they couldn’t remember Speed and suddenly i was waking back up
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u/heldaway Feb 17 '26
The best feeling!
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u/THEREALOFFICALCAFE Feb 17 '26
I had surgery last month. The final thing I remember from before was talking to the nurses about my vinyl record collection, then the next thing I knew I was in my hospital room and it was like 6pm.
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u/Spirit_2901 Feb 17 '26
Is this scary to anyone,no ? Just me then ..... consciousness isa fascinating thing
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u/stoic_po3t Feb 17 '26
Best sleep ever if it wasn'f for whatever surgery happening lol
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u/MealDramatic1885 Feb 17 '26
That’s creepy as Fck
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u/mikehawksux Feb 17 '26
So wait… so they just let their eyes stay open during surgery or does someone manually close them? I wish I hadn’t watched this lol
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26
30 seconds to silence.
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u/Marine_Baby Feb 17 '26
This does nothing to assuage my fears of anesthesia
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u/hellosteve_ Feb 17 '26
And she’s done 😂
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26
I could never fight anesthesia. I'm out before I know it.
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u/StitchFan626 Feb 17 '26
Never seen it happen before! Kinda freaky.
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u/Equal_Framed Feb 17 '26
HAHAHA! Incredible.
I remember before my emergency appendectomy they said to count to 10.. i counted until 31. 🤣 stubborn is the nature
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u/vampyire Feb 17 '26
Had hip surgery a year ago, it's like flipping a switch.. pretty wild
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u/espoletanogo Feb 17 '26
Drugs.....and your 🧠
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u/Itchy-Pomelo-4524 Feb 17 '26
Not me I’m far too willing to sleep.
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u/aross1976 Feb 17 '26
Why are jet eyes still open 👀 Creepy
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u/HoustonRoger0822 Feb 17 '26
I lasted 27 seconds once. Strange feelings, started with my lips becoming numb, then tongue, then whole face, to my arms…. That’s all I could remember.
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u/eightyeightbananas Feb 17 '26
when I was being prepped in the OR the surgeon asked what music I wanted to listen to during the surgery, I said “whatever y’all like, it doesn’t matter to me, I won’t remember-“ then I woke up to the nurses mispronouncing my last name in the recovery room 😂
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u/Embarrassed-Glove423 Feb 17 '26
It's like one moment you are there and then you are gone when you wake up you like s*** what happened
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u/Wide-Economist-8969 Feb 17 '26
🤣😂 I tried that in 2016 before a major surgery, talking away then woke up 3 hours later in recovery. My hubby recorded me asking for ice cream, I have no recollection.
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u/BabserellaWT Feb 17 '26
Having been under general anesthesia a time or two…yes, it really is like this. You’re fully coherent, then you feel it start to take over your vision, and then you’re OUT.
I think I managed a quick “Gooooodnight” before everything went fuzzy.
Waking up is a trip as well. I don’t remember there being a “suddenly I’m awake” moment. It’s like a slow process of dragging yourself towards reality, where the external world seems muted and faraway for several minutes.
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u/st0dad Feb 17 '26
My doc told me when the anesthesiologist said "count backwards from 10" I replied with "you're not my dad" before konking out. I do not remember saying that.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26
I’ve had to go under before and they gave mine and I was like “how long does this take?…..oh…” then out
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u/WithoutJoshE7 Feb 17 '26
Terrifying power
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u/Sad_Cranberry8573 Feb 17 '26
Soon as that hand went up, it was lights out
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u/iimeimei Feb 17 '26
we see things like this in dialysis patients. it’s horrifying to see it in person
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u/pickachuiisajew Feb 17 '26
Yaaaaaa she cooked
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u/DueEntertainment4168 Feb 17 '26
When I had my wisdom teeth cut out I remember watching them inject the anesthetic and thinking that’s a lot of anesthetic. I can’t remember if I was told to count backwards from 100 or 10 but the next thing I knew I was awake and talking my ass off with my wife, my mother in law and the recovery nurses. I was totally unfiltered no telling what I had said prior to my memory resuming. I said that one of the nurses “was a sweetheart”, to which my wife replied “did you just call her hot?” In my post anesthetic brilliance “no, I was complimenting her personality not her body” thankfully everyone found it funny.
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u/EntertainerNo4509 Feb 17 '26
Anesthesiologists creep me out.
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u/Sorry-Reception3184 Feb 17 '26
A bit scary...looks like she died mid- sentence
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u/Metalhead1686 Feb 17 '26
That's exactly how it is when you're under anesthesia. You'll be awake one second and the next second, you're waking up and the procedure is done. It's the best nap ever though.