I would no doubt put myself through that so called "pain" as my mother puts it. There are a few things on my mind.
My fear is....um, vomiting. :embarrassed:
I have known people to be sick from types of medication given for the pain afterwards. I am terrified.
Does anyone have anything to say about this?
It's really not uncommon to end up vomiting from the morphine given *during* the operation. However, there are strong anti-nausea drugs (some are injectable) which are administered to anyone who gets sick after; it wouldn't surprise me at all if you could specifically request that you be given one before you wake or immediately thereafter, rather than waiting for you to need it. You also shouldn't be eating for about 12 hours beforehand, which at least guarantees an almost empty stomach if you do get sick (not much comfort, I suppose).
The whole point of NPO (nothing by mouth) 12 hours before surgery is to reduce the risks with narcotic pain management during anesthesia in case of emesis which can be aspirated (read: inhaled vomit) which is a very bad thing. Antiemsis drugs or sodium bicarbonate are pretty standard fare to further reduce the risk.
General anesthesia can cause vomiting, it happen to me day one after surgery.
I have unfortunately had to go under several times ... each time that I got sick I kept track of the medications I was given and the next time a different cocktail was given...just let the doctor know that is a major concern for you and s(he) is likely to go for the drugs that has the history of being less upsetting to the stomach.
Some people are just very sensitive to the medication, but if you tell your doctor before you go under, there is indeed antinausea medication that they can put into your iv before you even wake up. How well it REALLY works for everyone is debateable in my opinion. I was supposedly given it and I still got sick twice after I awoke from surgery. Hopefully you will have better luck.
Creepy. Well I guess I will have to deal with it. :'(
I also don't like vomiting (my fear of flying isn't about the flying itself, but about the fasten seat belt being on and needing to go to the bathroom to vomit if there were super bad turbulence :) ). Even when I just have sedation from a procedure like a colonoscopy I feel a little sick to my stomach after. But like others have said at least your system is totally "empty" so if you do get sick you aren't actually making any mess. Also, after my last colonosocopy a couple weeks ago I told them before that I do feel sick after sometimes and they did give me a drug which did help me. It didn't make the upset feeling go away entirely, but it helped a lot.
The thing is, that I realized it's not really too bad. Although I might wake up from my upcoming surgery sick to my stomach the feeling does go away after a bit, and the drugs do help. So I definitely share your anxiety about it, but I think after going through another procedure a couple weeks ago and getting sedated I guess it has helped calm my nerves a bit because I know the feeling isn't too bad, I won't make a big mess even if I do get sick, and the feeling goes away after a little bit. So don't be too worried. :)
I got sick despite taking meds to prevent it and not eating after midnight. But it only lasted about a minute. The benefits of surgery will last the rest of my life.