OT: Awarness during anesthesia during surgery - GoFuckYourself.com

polish_aristocrat · 09-11-2008, 06:02 AM

Did it happen to you or anyone you know?

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Awareness occurs in 20,000-40,000 patients out of every 20 million US annual surgeries every year[1] when patients have anesthesia that is inadequate to keep them unconscious during an operation. In this situation, the patient may feel the pain or pressure of surgery, hear conversations, or feel as if they cannot breathe. The patient may be unable to communicate any distress because they have been given a paralytic/muscle relaxant. If anesthesia awareness does occur about 42% feel the pain of the operation, 94% experience panic/anxiety and 70% experience lasting psychological symptoms.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthesia_awareness

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Anesthesia Awareness is probably the most helpless and terrifying feeling in the world. It occurs when one is supposed to be completely asleep under full general anesthesia, but the brain is not asleep at all. Your body is almost always fully paralyzed; you have a tube down your throat; and you can't speak, breathe, or move or do anything to alert the doctors that you are awake. If you do manage to move, as I did, a disastrously common response from the anesthesia provider is to simply administer one or more doses of paralytic drug; not considering the possibility that the patient is awake; i.e. experiencing Anesthesia Awareness. A paralytic drug administered while the patient is conscious feels like ignited jet fuel coursing through your veins

http://www.anesthesiaawareness.com/what-is-AA.html

I've had surgery in general anesthesia twice already, without any problems, but I was a child so I wasn't aware of any such risk... Sounds scary though

MrAwesome · 09-11-2008, 06:03 AM

the movie surrounding this topic was intense

polish_aristocrat · 09-11-2008, 08:06 AM

haven't seen it yet...

CaptainHowdy · 09-11-2008, 08:23 AM

Scary stuff, is that Jessica Alba movie?

mrwilson · 09-11-2008, 08:26 AM

That has never happened to me, i would hate it.

The movie is called "Awake" i think and if it is the one i am thinking of it does have Jessica Alba

PenetratinP · 09-11-2008, 08:34 AM

When I had my wisdom teeth taken out, I remember hearing the dentist & his assistant talking the whole time.

But I didn't feel any pain, so I didn't think much of it at the time.

Now it's scary to think that I could have been feeling intense pain with no way to tell the doctor.

Marcus Aurelius · 09-11-2008, 09:05 AM

When I had my gall bladder removed I woke up in the operating room and was conscious and aware of the doctors gathering around me, everyone already had surgical gear on and I remember hearing someone say "he's awake", someone looked down at me, I heard a hissing noise, and the next time I woke up I was in recovery feeling like I had been filleted like a fish.

O MARINA · 09-11-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

haven't seen it yet...

make sure you watch it

rowan · 09-11-2008, 11:31 AM

Last general I had they gave me some oral liquid which made me drowsy about 30 seconds later, next thing I know I'm asking a guy typing into a computer near me if it's over yet.

I can't begin to imagine the pain that would be felt if the anaesthetic is non functional... the pain afterwards is bad enough.

jakethedog · 09-11-2008, 11:32 AM

had the movie figured out by 20 min .. disappointing

polish_aristocrat · 09-12-2008, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MDCQ

When I had my gall bladder removed I woke up in the operating room and was conscious and aware of the doctors gathering around me, everyone already had surgical gear on and I remember hearing someone say "he's awake"...

bah, I hope it won't happen to me

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CaptainHowdy Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Happy in the dark. Posts: 93,575	Scary stuff, is that Jessica Alba movie?

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mrwilson mrwilson 2.0 Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ICQ: 465406783 Posts: 5,122	That has never happened to me, i would hate it. The movie is called "Awake" i think and if it is the one i am thinking of it does have Jessica Alba

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PenetratinP Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,689	When I had my wisdom teeth taken out, I remember hearing the dentist & his assistant talking the whole time. But I didn't feel any pain, so I didn't think much of it at the time. Now it's scary to think that I could have been feeling intense pain with no way to tell the doctor.

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Marcus Aurelius No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14,809	When I had my gall bladder removed I woke up in the operating room and was conscious and aware of the doctors gathering around me, everyone already had surgical gear on and I remember hearing someone say "he's awake", someone looked down at me, I heard a hissing noise, and the next time I woke up I was in recovery feeling like I had been filleted like a fish.

09-11-2008, 11:31 AM	#9
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Last general I had they gave me some oral liquid which made me drowsy about 30 seconds later, next thing I know I'm asking a guy typing into a computer near me if it's over yet. I can't begin to imagine the pain that would be felt if the anaesthetic is non functional... the pain afterwards is bad enough.