Anesthesia

[yessy1016 3]

I started my process was soon n I have a question how did you all handle the anesthesia! And waking up

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[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

For me that was the easiest part of the whole process. One minute I was shifting onto the operating table and the next minute I was waking up in recovery.

[Valentina 2,642]

"Just let it go".

Leave all the anesthesia concerns to the folks who are well educated within the field. They know how to sedate and how to "wake up".

Rest easy, my friend.

[txtemperance 15]

Just trust your anesthesiologist & your body! You'll be tired and you'll need the rest so sleep when your tired, you'll feel a little spacey. Just focus on getting well. You'll need to be up and walking as soon as possible to help prevent blood clots & that also helps speed the healing process. The nurses, doctors & therapists will help you with that part. That will also help get the anesthesia out of your system & get your bowels working faster

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[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

I handled it with some slight sounds of "Go 'way, lemme be" at being awakened from a deep, delicious sleep.

What are you afraid of?

[nervousnelly719 67]

I had/have reservations, concerns, worries myself... I just like to think that it's not in our control anyway and like the above sleevers said leave it to the professionals

[Ruth1ess 494]

It's not bad, this will be my second surgery. Seriously, the worst part of anesthesia is the dry mouth when you wake up. Sometimes a little nausea, but they'll give you something for that and the pain. You'll also get something to relax you as soon as they start working you up, so no worries!

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[MollyF22 62]

I had my surgery the 12th and I was so scared of anesthesia. I remember them giving me a drunk shot before hand and it hit me before we went through the OR doors. I remember them having me get to the table, asking if I liked country music then made me take like 3 breathes from the mask n I was out. Woke up in recovery with what felt like heartburn.

[Spinderella 9]

I just posted about this in a different thread/forum, but I'll bring it here since this is a more current thread.

I am BEYOND anxious and nervous about the anesthesia in general. Of course, I'm naturally nervous about the surgery as a whole, but I have a massive fear about the general anesthesia part.

If someone here could really help lessen or give me some guidance on this, I would be so thankful.

In a nutshell, my family gave a very personal fear to anesthesia and until now, I've been free from ever going under. But now, after a sleep study said I had "mild apena", my surgeon felt that it wasn't a big deal from a treatment standpoint.

The people at the sleep study HARASSED me and said that if I didn't get the CPAP machine, that the anesthesiologist would forgo my surgery and/or would do it and I wouldn't wake up. (!!!!!!) I was so upset and crying at this point because no one had told me that having apena in any form would hinder from me having my surgery.

After I purchased the machine, I just couldn't use it. I tried and tried, but with a chronic pain condition that I suffer with, this only made things more uncomfortable with the little sleep I get as it is.

When I told my surgeon and his assistant, they were very upset at what was said by the sleep study people and they said that it won't be an issue. HOWEVER, I see a pain management doctor and she also has specialties in anesthesia and post-operative pain and she tells me (even without being my doctor for WLS or PCP), "What? You have sleep apena? You can't take that lightly and if you have your surgery and don't do the CPAP machine, you'll DIE and never wake up from the surgery."

I mean, she said that IN FRONT OF MY DAUGHTER last week. I was in tears.

This is truly making me afraid that I may leave my just 3-year-old daughter and husband behind and I'm just so worried I'm making a horrible mistake and heading to my doom. It's hard enough having to deal with pre-op and getting prepared for this life change.

Help!

[yessy1016 3]

I just posted about this in a different thread/forum, but I'll bring it here since this is a more current thread.

I am BEYOND anxious and nervous about the anesthesia in general. Of course, I'm naturally nervous about the surgery as a whole, but I have a massive fear about the general anesthesia part.

If someone here could really help lessen or give me some guidance on this, I would be so thankful.

In a nutshell, my family gave a very personal fear to anesthesia and until now, I've been free from ever going under. But now, after a sleep study said I had "mild apena", my surgeon felt that it wasn't a big deal from a treatment standpoint.

The people at the sleep study HARASSED me and said that if I didn't get the CPAP machine, that the anesthesiologist would forgo my surgery and/or would do it and I wouldn't wake up. (!!!!!!) I was so upset and crying at this point because no one had told me that having apena in any form would hinder from me having my surgery.

After I purchased the machine, I just couldn't use it. I tried and tried, but with a chronic pain condition that I suffer with, this only made things more uncomfortable with the little sleep I get as it is.

When I told my surgeon and his assistant, they were very upset at what was said by the sleep study people and they said that it won't be an issue. HOWEVER, I see a pain management doctor and she also has specialties in anesthesia and post-operative pain and she tells me (even without being my doctor for WLS or PCP), "What? You have sleep apena? You can't take that lightly and if you have your surgery and don't do the CPAP machine, you'll DIE and never wake up from the surgery."

I mean, she said that IN FRONT OF MY DAUGHTER last week. I was in tears.

This is truly making me afraid that I may leave my just 3-year-old daughter and husband behind and I'm just so worried I'm making a horrible mistake and heading to my doom. It's hard enough having to deal with pre-op and getting prepared for this life change.

Help!

Hi. Look maybe this helps you. I was doing some research and you can ask the specialist.. The meds you are given slow down the breathing that's is why they have to intubeate .. But alot of the over weight population suffer from sleep apnea and they do it.. I think so your study and ask the anesthesiologist when u see them..

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[Susan66 128]

I have not had a problem with waking up from any of my surgeries. I honestly just "woke up" just as I would from a good nights sleep. I opened my eyes and there was my nurse saying "Hello"

I had no nausea or dry mouth issues. Relax and let the anesthesiologist do their job.

After your surgery you'll be thinking

"That wasn't bad after all"

[txtemperance 15]

I had mid range sleep apnea & had the gastric bypass this past Oct 2015; my doctor is very serious about sleep apnea but also acknowledged that MINOR aka mild sleep apnea is not a big concern. Your sleep clinic just wants the $ and your pain mgt Doctor is highly over reacting; simply tell your anesthesiologist about the mild sleep apnea - they have the tools & training to know how to deal with it. They will be watching you very carefully the whole time. These anesthesiologists know what they are doing! It's highly unlikely you'll die due to a mild sleep apnea.

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Edited February 24, 2016 by txtemperance

[Valentina 2,642]

"Oh, for crying out loud"--that's what my mother would say after reading some of these posts.

Really, now do you think that your anesthesiologist is a grammar school drop out? The level of their educational requirements humble the most of us. Ask for their educational credentials when you meet with yours, if you have any concerns.

Sure, there is risk anytime you have surgery--of any nature. I remember having a toenail bed removed once and just before the surgery began, my surgeon came in, placed his hand on my shoulder and prayed for God to guide his hands. --for a toenail bed!!! He was a family friend and I asked him about his praying. He told me, "The extra help never hurts".

"Let it go"!

Show some confidence. These highly educated and trained professionals know what they're doing. Relax--they got this.

Concentrate on fulfilling your end of the bargain---drinking enough, reaching your Protein level, exercising and getting on with, "The Best Part of Your Life"!

[nervousnelly719 67]

@@Valentina amen!

[Valentina 2,642]

@@Valentina amen!

You know what this thread reminds me of??

Ever go to a baby shower where sooner or later the "my labor was the worst in history" stories start? Every woman there for whatever self absorbed reason feels that it is her gift to womanhood to tell--in explicit detail just how her labor and deliver should be listed in the Guinness Book of Records as being the longest, most painful in all of mankind's history--"like pulling a rabid Rottweiler through a knothole". That's just what every pregnant woman wants and needs to hear just before delivering her first baby.

Why, and for what reason do some of us feel that we must share the negative.

Aren't we here for support and spirit building?

Thought of the day:

I'm think that general anesthesia can't be all that bad or none of us would be able to post about our experience with it...