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Hi! My surgery is tomorrow and I'm a bundle of nerves today. I'm worried about being put under. Can anyone help me with that? Just let me know how it goes, the process and such? Thanks :)

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Yay! Well as far as my case they wheeled me in the OR said Hi, then bam out! No warning no nothing just out and Back awake...simple as that. Odd kinda!

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Yeah, they just wheeled me into the operating room and told me to put my ars in a certain spot and don't even remember putting my head down. When I woke up, it was over... piece of cake.

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Did they tell u what drugs they were using?? Any of that? Did u get to see your cut stomach? Could a friend or relative video tape from the opposite side???

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No. Didn't know, didn't see... I was sleepin'

Doubt if they would allow videos for legal reasons, I imagine.

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Was you husband(or whoever) allowed with you up until they wheeled you back? And did they give you anything before being sent back?

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My husband was with me until they took me away for surgery. The IVs with the pain meds were in.

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And do they put the tube in after you get into the OR? Sorry for so many questions. I'm already an over analyzer, have anxiety and now I'm just scared lol!

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I really don't know.

Just relax and go with the flow.

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The last thing I remember before going out was the anesthesiologist. He said he was going to use the same medicine that Michael Jackson died of to put me out. Then I woke up in a state of confusion. I pulled the oxygen tubes from my nose and was trying to yank my IV out. It took me a minute to remember where I was and why.

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I've not had my WLS yet, but I have had more than my share of surgeries, and you are not awake when they insert the tube down your throat. That would be aweful! Just relax, and enjoy the nap.

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