Hi
Do Surgeons actually listen to patients?
There is a good reason for this, here is my best effort.
anaesthetic has different effects on my family to most people. for a start, my one sister and mom have heart attacks if given the normal stuff. for two us it barely works at max dose, and one they recover from it insanely fast.
Second, whenever i am given local anaesthetic for teeth removal or injury treatment its never enough.. it still hurts, even when given the max dose.. the two times i was under Genial anaesthetic i woke up during both surgeries.. the first instance was when i was having my tonsils removed, i recall opening my eyes and the doc says "->-bleeped-<- his awake, quick give him more" and afterwards instead being out for a couple of hours at the end i was awake in 30min after the surgery. the doc was amazed never seen anyone wake up during GA, esp without his heart rate increasing by more than 5 beats per min to 60. he had to go beyond max to keep me asleep. then years later i had to get my wisdom teeth removed, i told the doc there too i wake up during GA. he laughed it off.. so i told him if i wake and feel stuff more than one persons gonna hurt (he had to cut in my jaw bone and i am terrified of waking to that pain).. and i remember clearly being in the chair and opening my eyes and looking right at him, took him a couple of moments to realize i was awake. he swore and dosed me up good. he was blown away too and noted it in my file, the fact my heart beat barely rises and i wake.
i went to one dentist a couple of years ago and i told him this and he was like nah its the max u cant feel a thing.. i screamed and cried and was in tears.. when he was done i told him straight he was cruel and that hurt like hell. he was unapologetic. then went to another dentist, a specialist and she listened and dosed me too the max and i could still feel pain, even the prick test she did.. then she went one dose and half above and the pain was gone.. had to stay there for a couple of hours after and by that time my face was back to normal. she had never seen anyone recover that fast or need that much to feel no pain. i thanked her soo much for listening its been the first time in my life someone actually listened.. getting fillings is torture.
I am terrified of going to get FFS/VFS and eventually GRS and waking up during the procedures, if they dont listen this will occur. the two times i woke under GA were terrifying.. esp the wisdom teeth one and hearing them working on your jaw bone. my heart is incredibly strong, my average resting rate (sitting down) is around 55 beats per min and standing it notches to around 70, excessive running (sprinting all out) it peaks at 110. i am not super fit, just work fit and walk alot. its been that way for years..unless stressed out to the max, my blood pressure barely moves it changes a small bit, so the tell tale signs of heart/blood pressure increases they look for are missed on me.
had my liver count checked and it was lower than normal (still in the range), had a liver test and it stayed the same didnt budge. and 3 of my siblings have the same level so its been foudn to be normal for me. in my family, both sides, there are alcholics going back generations.. people who drink like fish till they day in their 80s or 90s, one gran who drank like that for 60years who liver was in great condition for a 90 year old, the mortician who performed the autopsy refuse to believe she drank like a fish daily for 60+ years. growing up known alcholics and seeing it, i refuse to drink and still dont touch it, i may have one socially but thats it only one.. in the last year i have had 2 alcholic drinks.
back to my question do they actually listen when you tell them your history or ignore you..
