To ask you what general anaesthetic is actually like?

It bloody hurts when they stick the thick liquid through the cannula - I can tell you that. Also whatever mood you go under in you will wake up the same, it’s like a state of suspended animation. So when I went under excited to have some cosmetic work sorted I woke up talking ten to the dozen. When I went under because of something traumatic I woke up sobbing.

But it doesn't actually know. It is gathering information from what is published on the internet, and not always interpreting it correctly (you won't have scars on your face after FESS so that's irrelevant). ChatGPT (and indeed most of Mumsnet) does not know your hospital, your surgeon or your anaesthetist. Write down your questions as you think of them, and then ask when you are at the hospital. Follow any instructions you are given, but for stuff like wearing a bra etc, hospitals know that not everyone knows what to do, and they will tell you if/when needed.

Some people take St John’s Wort and that interferes with the drugs they give you in surgery.

Cough medicine was banned in my country for a while because a couple of people died on the table because it interacted with the drugs they give you in surgery.

I'm sure it will all go fine. I had a GA a couple of years for gallbladder removal. Previously I had two as a child.

I personally always feel very, very nauseous when recovering from a GA. Not everyone does, but please be aware they can give you drugs to control that. So do tell the nurse if you feel sick afterwards.

Please stop asking ChatGPT for medical advice.

Then you may as well just trust them to know what they are doing with regards to your surgery and anaesthesia and follow their instructions, rather than asking an AI who definitely never has had a GA.

no they don't. There are very clear guidelines for the perioperative management of patient's on mounjaro.

Why don’t you save all the aftercare questions for after the surgery? Then you can get the hospital to tell you. they will send you home with instructions.

It would seem not.

I'm surprised they are going ahead with you on Mounjaro. Many surgeons are reporting food still in the stomach undigested days after eating in patients on these drugs and an increased risk of pulmonary aspiration. They usually get people to stop injecting at least two weeks before the scheduled surgery.

I would stay off ChatGPT - it won't tell you what your hospital's protocols are and it's not in any case a reliable source of information.

You don't need to add another six hours of fasting. If it wasn't safe to fast from midnight they would have asked you to fast for longer.

That’s a really good point about you not realising time has passed, in that way it’s not like falling asleep. They always talk to you op, I don’t think you’ll get the one set of staff who doesn’t!

OP chatGPT is not a useful resource for this sort of thing. The anaesthetist will decide the safest way to do the anaesthetic when they've seen you/ looked at your medical history. Wear pants. Bras are generally off in theatre to allow for proper monitoring... of course you can wear whatever you want when you're not in theatre. It's fairly unstimulating surgery and not usually particularly painful. Don't fast for longer than they tell you - it won't reduce the risk of aspirating and will probably just mean you feel worse. You're getting a slightly random scattering of answers based on very different types of anaesthetics and procedures on here...we tailor things to the patient and procedure in front of so not everything you're reading here is relevant. (DOI: anaesthetist)

It depends on what drugs your anaesthesiologist gives you.

I’ve had surgery where the last thing I remember was waiting in the waiting room to be called in. The next thing I remember I’ve woken up in recovery and I’m in shock, I was freezing and shaking. It’s never happened since and I have had a lot of surgeries.

I’ve had emergency surgery multiple times remember being wheeled into the operating room and waiting.

I’ve had a lot of elective surgery. There was never ever a time I felt out of control or whoozy. I think I’ve only ever been given a sedative before a surgery and remember the anaesthesiologist’s assistant giving me a foot massage. I was told it was because he was looking for a vein. It’s never ever happened any other time. But it was pleasant.

When they ask you to count down you don’t feel like you’re out of it. It’s not like being drunk or falling asleep - it’s instant. One moment you’re there and the next moment you’re in recovery.

Don’t worry about it. Just make sure you don’t take any supplements or any cough medicine anywhere near your surgery date and tell your anaesthesiologist if you do. Also, don’t wear any nail polish. The anaesthesiologists need to check your nail beds during surgery to ensure you’re receiving enough oxygen.