Anesthesia Question?

[Bell1138 1]

Anyone have their surgery done with MAC anesthesia? I was wondering if this is possible. Terrified of general anesthesia.

[Phantasmagoria 0]

Hey bell,

General anesthesia isnt that bad (unless you got some health concerns) i was so scared myself but i did it anyway, All i remember is when they gave it to me my mom said i got this huge smile on my face and when they wheeled me into the OR i was singing along with the music until i went to sleep. The only down side i had was when i woke up, i was crying and so completely out of it but you wont remember much. Good luck

[glynn79 0]

general is really not that bad...and usually they will give you a sedative when you are in pre op....i swear that stuff makes you have not a care in the world...i was always scared of general and i have had a few surgeries and i am still nervous going under but there is nothing wrong with being nervous...i think everyone is....do you have any other health issues cause if not then it should really be a piece of cake

[juliansmom2003 3]

Sorry I can't be of much help on this one. I was also operated on under general. Honestly, I was sitting down yesterday trying to remember going into surgery and I could only remember laughing at the surgeon because we were both singing together just before I completely went out.

As glynn mentioned, they give you a sedative before taking you down into the OR and that stuff is so good, I just loved everyone. When I woke up, all I wanted was to get settled into my room so I could see the Phils' game (it was the night they won the playoffs to go to the World Series) LOL

It really isn't that bad. I was paranoid about it for a long while, but it really ended up being the least of my worries :-)