To ask you what general anaesthetic is actually like?

You usually get your phone back once you leave recovery and go back to the day case unit/ward and your property will be returned. How long that is can vary due to many factors such as how long it takes you to wake up and be comfortable, able to sip water etc. Also can be affected by spaces in the day case unit to accept you back. If you know your dad's number to call you can ask the recovery nurses if you can use their phone to call him- I help patients call relatives all the time.

Once you wake up your pretty with it too op

but you aren't doing research - you're doing google searches which are throwing up unfiltered (slightly random) ideas that (completely understandably) you're not able to evaluate properly yourself. Quite a lot of what you've read on this thread so far is nonsense/irrelevant to you and unless you know quite a bit about anaesthetics/surgery it's really hard to tell what's useful to you and what's not (so this thread also doesn't really count as research). You may also have spotted that at least two of three anaesthetists who've posted on the thread so far have slightly different approaches to some things, both of which will be completely safe and routine and which will work well in our own hands and but just emphasises how much individual assessment and speaking to the people who'll actually be looking you after is important.

I would really just try and relax. Follow the fasting guidelines they've given you. Take your normal meds unless they've told you to omit anything. Pack a simple bag (maybe including some basic overnight things just in case). Write your questions down if you're worried about forgetting something. They will give you any other advice that's useful to you, based on your history and the exact operation they're planning for you.

They put a needle in, said count back from 10 and I think I got to about 8 then woke up later and was so convinced the surgery hadn't happened, it felt so quick I told the surgeon he was a liar 😂😂😂😂😂 you don't remember a thing and it's so quick

100% I'll happily go borrow it from the children's ward for any patient

Gas inductions are risky and needle phobia isn't a indication. If that's the case cream can be put on on the ward, we have cold numbing spray we can top it up with before doing the drip too.

Yes you can ask for numbing cream, but it really doesn’t hurt. I faint at needles and didn’t faint at either insertion for my general. I’ve once had them gas me with a mask so I’m out for the needle too.

Also I’ve never felt nauseous, shaken or forgetful after. When I’ve woken up I’ve always been instantly wide awake and chatting away.

I am terrified of needles and requested a gas induction on the booking in appt and again as I was admitted. I have no contraindications for it but was refused. They did use numbing cream on me which helped and all I can say was it was quickly over.

For me it was like a black shutter coming down in front of my eyes.

I don't remember anything else until I woke up in the recovery room. I did feel a bit sick but the nurses were on top of that instantly with another drug via the cannula.

I was left with a very sore throat and oddly the side of my tongue was numb for a few days.

You can step away, you are choosing to do this. You do have agency.

Ask the surgeons before theyll explain everything when doing your consent form

You need to talk to your preop nurses on what to do with your mounjaro as the last 3 hospitals I've worked at have different rules

Mate I really think you need to stop googling. What if I say yes it is and someone else says no it’s not, that’s not getting you any further forward is it?

I’ve had it 3 times. It’s lovely tbh like a brilliant nap.

The worst bit is getting a cannula or picc line - it doesn’t hurt it just makes me squeamish.

Then before surgery they tell you they’re putting you to sleep and to count to 10. You may notice your arm feeling cold like it’s being filled with ice water. Then you wake up after surgery. I’ve never got to 10 when counting I’m usually out by 3!

Honestly it’s just a gap in time. You’re going into surgery and then BLINK you’re out of surgery.

Honeslty you have nothing to worry about about.

I’ve never felt woozy or counted down, you’re awake one second and asleep the next.

It’s a brilliant sleep.

@RainSoakedNights Maybe it's an idea to step away from researching all of this and wondering about it all, and do something completely different as a distraction for a while?

National guidelines now say continue it

https://anaesthetists.org/Portals/0/Images/Page%20content/GLP-1%20RAs%20and%20GIPs%20infographic.jpg?ver=2025-03-11-152624-830

(If it was me personally I'd stop it at least a dose, but that's not the official rules

no. They have told you not to stop taking it. I linked the consensus guidelines on one of your other threads and those also say not to stop taking it. We are anaesthetising people frequently on mounjaro/alternatives and not routinely killing them - anaesthetists are sensible and good at weighing up the pros and cons of different anaesthetic techniques to keep patients safe.