Anyone have bad dreams preop?

[Missnurse 9]

I had this dream last night where I just had the surgery and just popped out of bed and was walking around the hospital with no pain whatsoever and everyone was just amazed at my wonderful recovery (lol) and I had no problems getting any liquids down. I ended up being able to eat more than I did preop. I remember thinking that I wasn't sure if the surgery even happened even though I had the incisions.

I woke up all confused wondering if anyone else has had these dreams? Of course the surgery is on my mine 24/7 literally..

[SLL 6]

I had this dream last night where I just had the surgery and just popped out of bed and was walking around the hospital with no pain whatsoever and everyone was just amazed at my wonderful recovery (lol) and I had no problems getting any liquids down. I ended up being able to eat more than I did preop. I remember thinking that I wasn't sure if the surgery even happened even though I had the incisions.

I woke up all confused wondering if anyone else has had these dreams? Of course the surgery is on my mine 24/7 literally..

I don't even have a surgery scheduled yet & I've been having weird dreams! Mine are more like end-of-the-world dreams...and in one last night, I had something wrong with my stomach. So, I figure they are happening because I have really been thinking a lot about the surgery the past few days. I got my insurance acceptance letter last week, so that kicked me into high gear thinking about whether I am 100% sure about doing this. I still haven't made my mind up. Tomorrow I go in to do a bunch of testing and evaluations, so maybe I will feel closer to a decision afterwards. It's good to know others are having unusual dream too:-) Hope mine turn around to the positive like yours!

[Rootman 1,101]

I can't say if I had weird dreams PRE OP but get ready for kooky POST OP dreams! It's fairly common for people to have lingering side effects from the anesthesia and pain meds and have totally bizarre dreams from it.

[Lissa 2,631]

I had worst- case scenario dreams before surgery. Mine were so bad that I spent some time writing down all the things I was worried about, then I did what I could to prepare for anything that might happen. I re-did my Will and estate planning documents, wrote love letters to my kids (both adults), talked to family and friends who are important to me. Then I made myself stop worrying.

For me, it was surreal going into surgery. I kept thinking that I wasn't really going to do this. I was still thinking it when I was being given the gas to knock me out. I remember telling the nurse goodbye and then waking up and going "What?!" The nurse immediately came over and started talking to me. THAT was when I realized I had really done this...and that I'd had surgery, but wasn't stuck taking a baby home from the hospital! LOL

[GonnaLoseIt 33]

I had a dream post op where I ate a ton of really unhealthy food. I woke up so angry that I did that to myself, then I realized it was a dream