Would u want to be awake during surgery?

[Muffinheart]

I get squeamish at most things like surgery shows, needles and blood. When I was at Brassards recovery centre, met a girl who requested to be awake during the surgery. Good God! I could never have been awake, and was thankful to be knocked out the entire 2.5 hours.
Funny, 1/2 hour after being wheeled back to my room, I was on Facebook.

[Dee Marshall]

That kind of surgery? Good grief, no! I WAS awake during cataract surgery. That was odd. They numb your eye, cut a small slit, insert a probe that vibrates the bad lens apart then vacuums it out, then insert a new plastic lens folded up like an umbrella that opens up, then cover the eye. When the anesthesia wears off it feels like you have something in your eye for days. I'll need to have the other one done before long.

[Mariah]

I would rather be out. Being awake for a stent removal after it is thoroughly numbed that has minimal discomfort is bad enough.Secondly, considering my medical history even though the problem hasn't occurred in several years they will have to put me out. Even though the risk is slight for me to have another seizure in the future they can't take that chance of me moving around during surgery.

[Muffinheart]

That kind of surgery? Good grief, no! I WAS awake during cataract surgery. That was odd. They numb your eye, cut a small slit, insert a probe that vibrates the bad lens apart then vacuums it out, then insert a new plastic lens folded up like an umbrella that opens up, then cover the eye. When the anesthesia wears off it feels like you have something in your eye for days. I'll need to have the other one done before long.

I was awake for the 20 minute or so tracheal shave. Felt weird  I swore they had cut me from ear to ear to do the procedure, but when the bandages came off few days later, I bet the scar was maybe 3/4 inch.

[mrs izzy]

Maybe if I had it done in my late teens early 20s I would have had it video taped.

I am hyper sensitivity to any Anastasia so just the one they normally give just to relax knocks me out cold.

[Eva]

I get squeamish at most things like surgery shows, needles and blood. When I was at Brassards recovery centre, met a girl who requested to be awake during the surgery. Good God! I could never have been awake, and was thankful to be knocked out the entire 2.5 hours.
Funny, 1/2 hour after being wheeled back to my room, I was on Facebook.

HELL NO I can hardly even handle it at the dentist/periodontist

My day in Canada is coming  My psych asked me to get Dr Brassards requirements so he can write my first letter and he's gonna get that next week

[Jenna Marie]

NO.

I made it clear to Brassard that I'd be *very* upset if I woke up during!! (Thankfully, I didn't really wake up until halfway through the recovery room time.)

[blackbriar]

I'd be bored to death over the six hours it took for mine.

I was awake though for the revision surgery and took local anesthesia shots down below. not the most fun thing for newly postop pussy

[JenJen2011]

Hells to the no. Excuse my language. 

However, Suporn will be giving me photos of my operation so it's basically the same thing, lol. I'll be able to see what he did, step by step.

[PurpleCrown]

No way. Normally I can stand watching blood, surgery, etc. but when I saw a SRS video on YouTube I couldn't handle it after the first two seconds.

[Amy85]

Nope, just no.. I'd want all the drugs and unconsciousness I could get.

[Monika1223]

Yeah. I was awake during orchiectomy since it was only local anesthesia. I didn't feel anything.

[Myarkstir]

Lol I was awake for most of my surgery (gcs) at brassard 3 month ago. I noticed they had started cause of the "burned flesh smell". Mind you i felt nothing and my brain tells me it lasted 25 minutes, not 2.5 hours 

[Jill F]

No freaking way!  Wake me up when it's over.   I was out for the orchi and wouldn't have done it any other way.

[Sunderland]

No, no, no, no, no! Oh my god, no! Just thinking about it is getting me all freaked out. I guess if there were absolutely no other way, but... *shivers*

[awilliams1701]

Even the worst curse words that I can think of (which I won't use because I'm not sure what the policy is) can't adequately express how much I do not want to be awake.

[Tessa James]

Just for a reference consider that thousands of Cesarian sections performed annually are largely done with regional anesthesia.  Either a spinal or continuous lumbar epidural can provide total anesthesia for your lower half while a bit of sedation or more can keep a person quite safe and comfortable with less overall medication and mutli-system impacts.  Of course our C section moms get a baby and often share the experience with a partner as a celebration.  And then wouldn't SRS/GCS be something to celebrate too?   Some people actually like to know what is going on during surgery with hip surgery frequently being done under "awake" plus a regional anesthetic that both patients and surgeons like.  I look forward to cracking jokes as they whack my nuts.

[awilliams1701]

No I don't' want to know. I just want to happen. If I woke up with a free magical SRS, I wouldn't care how or why it happened, just grateful that it did.

[Jayne]

Nay, nay and thrice nay.
I had a vasectomy about 7 yrs ago a desperately wanted to be asleep but it's a 5 min job so they wouldn't dream of knocking me out, I concentrated on counting the dimples on the ceiling tiles whilst listening to my girlfriends oohs and ahs of fascination, she offered to give me a blow by blow description and was warned that she'd be dumped if she uttered a word.

Long before I came out I worked in a magazine warehouse and had to be sent home with "food poisoning" one day, I didn't want to mention I'd tried to look at photos of GRS in an issue of Bizzare and lost the contents of my tummy.

[Zumbagirl]

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled I had the option of being knocked out or semi-conscious. There was no way I wanted to hear the sound of cracking teeth and tugging at my jaw, so under I went. I will admit that one of my fears in going through my transition was waking up during surgery, but thankfully I managed to stay under and never knew what hit me. Only once (in fact it was my srs surgery) I was sick and vomiting after coming out of anesthesia. After a few minutes of feeling sick I felt wonderful but tired.