Whats it like being under and waking up from surgery?

[BlueClementine 70]

I went in and under easily, but my surgery only took about 45 minutes and as they were wheeling me into recovery I came to... Later the doc said most patients stay out at least 30 min to an hour giving the body time to adjust to the shock of the surgery. I wish!!

The first thing I felt before I even opened my eyes was a terrible burning sensation on the inside of my body. I kid you not, the first coherent thought I had was "spontaneous combustion".. And I started to cry, vocalizing the my insides were on fire. I begged them to knock me out but they didn't, and it took about 2 hours before I was moved to my room. I was truly miserable and the first pain meds they have me didn't help. They ended up giving me dilaudid wich made it bearable.

In hindsight, they just cauterized 80% of my stomach and removed it, I guess it's not surprising that I felt like my insides were on fire. It's funny, I've never heard anyone else on this forum complain of heat or fire like sensations... That and my surgery was at 7 pm at night and they released me at 11 am the next day. No dilaudid for me :-(

[Crazypants 36]

It's awesome... When they say your name and to wake up... Your surgery was perfection!!!

I was groggy but mentally was thinking......... YESSS I'm aliveeeee!!!!! Lol

[back2barb78 890]

I walked into the OR and saw the surgical tech setting up the surgical table. It was very interesting being on the other side since I'm a nurse and go in the OR all the time. The nurse was strapping my arms down and was putting the SCD devices on my legs when my body started to feel tingly and warm. I asked the anesthesiologist if he gave me something. He said yes fentanyl and versed, at which point I knew I was going to sleep. I told them take good care of me and that was it. Next thing I knew I was waking up but my vision was blurry. I could hear someone talking to my right so I turned my head and saw a chocolate blur with lots of white in the middle of the blur- it was my mom smiling at me. I fell asleep again. Then I felt something inflating underneath me and started surrounding me and I could hear activity around me. They used an inflatable device to move you from the recovery bed to your regular bed. Again asleep. Then I remember being asked to wake up to get up and walk. I was handed a small kid-sized Water bottle to start sipping and away I went!

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[Disabledaccount 154]

Thanks everyone. This has been helping in letting me know what to expect and feel more calm. Hopefully its a smooth experience