Hi everyone,

I just stopped crying after getting a little emotional over my sister insulting one of the cats. My problem is that I feel she only hates that cat(Blacky) because she (the cat) isn't as pretty as she used to be. I feel very emotional when she insults Blacky and complements Pinty (our other cat who I often have to clean up after, who's four times as large and cute).

I took it personally and told her ugliness can be fixed before going into my room.

I started thinking about the surgeries I want. FFS, SRS, BA and a butt lift. Those are my intended surgeries what worries me is that I struggle with sleep paralyze.

If you've ever experienced it before you know how terrifying it can be. Basically you've either just fallen asleep or are about to wake up. You get this lifelike dream like your strapped to your bed but your muscles are still asleep so you can't move. All you can do is look around. For me this is usually accompanied by blood curdling screaming which my guess is a result of the fans and air conditioner I have by my bed (a small portable one... I live in FL). Either way it's a horrifying experience and sometimes I wake up in my room at our old house. Some people see an old lady come into their rooms, I've seen black forms and my cat Meowy shortly after he died.

What does any of this have to do with the title? It's very rare but some unlucky people who go under the knife can experience anesthesia awareness. Where they are completely conscious but can't move because their muscles are put asleep by the medicine. THEY FEEL EVERYTHING, but are unable to respond and pass out because of the pain. They can't say anything but they can listen, in one article a lady heard the doctor ask the nurse for a scalpel.

This is really scary for me. I can deal with sleep paralyze but Anesthesia Awareness is terrifying. Can anyone relate. Can the doctor do something about this, I'm hoping I'm just being overly paranoid.

This post is awesome. My favorite was the bit about the cats.

Maybe get a dr to put you under and see if it works... if you're that worried about it?

Also, I looked it up..
"an incidence of 0.0068% after review of their data from a patient population of 211,842 patients"

It's pretty rare... I think you might just be a little worried over nothing..

The prospect of surgery is damn scary even if you've been going under the knife since you were a preschooler and know what to expect. Despite having undergone multiple surgeries using general anesthetic (some lasting 8 hours), I too have a laundry list of rational and not-so-rational fears when I think about surgeries I will have.

I've worried about what you describe as well, but then I remind myself that it is incredibly rare.

You're probably better off worrying about Sharknado.

Quote from: MaidofOrleans on September 04, 2013, 04:54:04 PM
You're probably better off worrying about Sharknado.

Seconded. I've worked in an operating room doing the before, during and after x-rays on hundreds of patients. I have yet to meet one who could recount with any accuracy anything that happened from the time they were given the anesthesia to the 30minutes following waking up.

About as close as they get is it happened/work complete and it was cold.

Even with moderate sedation most of my patients while aware simply don't care and have trouble recalling anything that happened. And for most of it they felt no pain except perhaps the numbing agent that we stuck them with. And I have been in hundreds of those procedures as well.

Any other burning anesthesia questions? I will see my anesthesia group and fellow operating room buddies next Monday so I can ask for you then if you like.

Quote from: Isabelle on September 04, 2013, 03:23:30 PM
Also, I looked it up..
"an incidence of 0.0068% after review of their data from a patient population of 211,842 patients"

It's pretty rare... I think you might just be a little worried over nothing..

wouldn't it be horrifying that the number is actually 100%, but only 0.0068% of the people remember it?

scary..


the only scary sleep thing I've had was sleep paralysis.  One night in 2011, I would continuously wake up and not be able to move, just breathe.  Happened 3 or 4 times over the course of the night. I didn't have any visions, was just so scary. 

"wouldn't it be horrifying that the number is actually 100%, but only 0.0068% of the people remember it?"

Looooooooool. What if Zelda was a girl?

I've been under the knife 3 times and had no problems.i know there are people who wake up from anesthesia but I believe it is extremely rare.

Being paralyzed in ones sleep is normal. The brain triggers the release of chemicals that keep us sleeping and still so that we don't act out our dreams in real life. What I understand is that sometimes when we wake up, the brain doesn't unlock the paralysis functioning right away so there is a momentary feeling of complete paralysis. I've experienced it a few times in my life as well. From hat I understand it's normal.

Well, when I had the only surgery that I have ever had, I had those same exact thoughts. Too many Stephen King and Dean Koontz books read. Believe me, the medicine thay shot into the IV before going into the operating room quelled all fears. Not just about the surgery either. After that they could have cut me into pieces while I was awake and could not have cared less. I'm not sure but I think they do a nerve block injection around the area they are operating on so even if you were awake you shouldn't feel anything. They did with me anyway.