Feeling so embarrassed after anaesthesia. Please tell me this has happened to others?

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A week ago, I had a surgery. I was extremely nervous before being put to sleep.

When I came round, I was in a lot of pain but my throat was so dry I couldn’t say “hey, I’m in pain” , so I just started whining “ouch “ “ouch “.

Then I kept taking off the oxygen mask because it was annoying me. I also asked multiple times where my car was and had to be reminded I was in hospital at least twice. I also kept waving to thin air. The nurse was nice enough but I could tell I wasn’t her favourite patient 😳.

Now I remember it, I’m so embarrassed and feel like I was probably a real pain in the arse. Coincidentally, I had to be kept in post op because I was groggier and woozier than expected.

Reassure me please!

Don't worry. Friend thought he was 007 for a while after major surgery and tried to act accordingly! Nobody minded or was at all surprised. Staff said they see and hear all sorts. This variant was quite entertaining, but they are all well aware of what happens after anaesthesia.

You're the one and only person that remembers this, so no need to be embarrassed, I'm 100% sure that the nurses had forgotten your comments and actions by the time the next victim was being wheeled in from surgery.

My MIL, now sadly departed, could
not abide any sort of swearing (she was a genuinely lovely lady). Unless she was coming round from an anaesthetic, in which case she swore like a sailor! 😂

I kept asking where Jeff Goldblum was....

I've never had a GA but I may need foot surgery in the coming months and I'm half hoping that I do just so I can see what I do.

My grandma had a pretty major surgery on her back and when she first came round she was mostly ok but later on she accused the nurse of trying to murder her and she was going to call the police.

I kept complaining that I had a dislocated shoulder and was in so much pain because of it. They tried to explain I’d had complications and nearly died and had been in surgery for 7.5 hours and it was probably just a stiff neck from being on the trolley. I told them they were useless and for them to sort out my dislocated shoulder. I also complained the morphine didn’t work. I have no idea what they gave me, but I didn’t come round for another 24 hours after that, in HDU, with, of course, no dislocated shoulder!!

when I woke up in HDU I then “get me off my back now and I want to go for a walk.” The nurse tried to reassure me and advised that I couldn’t go for a walk, the consultant was in HDU and he said “If you want to walk that’s fine, you won’t be able to but if that what you want to do then we will help you!

I could barely stand but was determined that I was walking!! I walked past 4 beds and said that was enough, the nurse offered to get a wheelchair for me and I said “I’m full of anaesthetic so I apologise now for anything I may do or say, but I’m going to bloody well prove to you that I know best!!

I walked back to the bed and have never been so relieved to get into bed, which suddenly felt like big fluffy pillows.

I awoke 5 hours later, the nurse was nearly at the end of her shift, she was so lovely and kind and compassionate and considerate and said “How are you feeling? Anything you would like?” I replied to apologise for thinking I know best, clearly I don’t.

she laughed said “Don’t worry we see and hear everything, but whilst you were sleeping we obviously have to monitor you, you weren’t happy with the consultant so you urinated when he examined you, you then kicked him in the balls and then after that projectile vomited in him. I got away lightly!”

The grin on her face was amazing….

The next day I didn’t dare ask the consultant if it was true or not, but I’m sure the nurse had the last laugh!! 😂😂😂😂😂

I fell out of bed on one occasion, I vomited bright red blood over a nurse and then started an argument because she took my pillows. I've watched a woman insist that they'd "burnt her winkle off", and another tell jokes so blue that they'd make the bluest comedian blush. I've had a lot of surgery BTW and at least another 4 to go!

I was in recovery after having a small op on my lower back.
The nurse caring for me asked to see the dressing, so she carefully and slowly moved me on to my side.
With that, I farted practically right in her face. 😳
I'm trying to apologise to her in a groggy voice, but she was so nice about it.
This was more than 10 years ago and I have never forgotten it.
As everyone says, they really have seen (and heard!) everything.
☺️

I asked the nurse when I came round if the surgeon had said I had a nice vagina ?!!!?

I woke up mid procedure and pulled all the tubes out much to the panic of staff once. Luckily they where just doing a fairly non invasive biopsy not something like open heart surgery etc...

Still I bet they loved me.

Anaesthesia makes you funny, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I went under in a huge panic, I had to be sedated, and in my dedication high I told a nurse I needed a cuddle and could he give me one because he was massive so must give good hugs! I felt very embarrassed when I woke up. A few hours later I was waiting for someone to remove my cannula and it took ages for someone to come. When he eventually showed up, I told him I’d done it myself. He fully believed me (not surprised, I was very rude!) and I had to shout at him as he was already back in the corridor.

Lol.
I am a Children's Nurse and worked on day surgery years ago. Yes have seen it all.
Teenager high as a kite on morphine and then crashing and total low.
Teenager had to have a circumcision. After the surgery was in a huge amount of pain, keep swearing and shouting out my d* hurts. I had to tell him to stop shouting and swearing as there were young children on the ward too with a straight face! He was so embarrassed and kept saying sorry! He was so sweet and just in pain.
I cry after GA'S and get emotional.

I used to be a nurse. I had one patient, in Recovery, who sat up, looked at me and said “It was the dog!” they lay back down and went back to sleep.

Another person had a bad reaction to sedation, and slept for over 72 hours, without peeing - which was worrying as they were a renal patient. They eventually woke up, and did the world’s longest wee!

When I was recovering from anaesthesia, I wet myself. The staff were very kind and told me not to worry - it wasn’t unusual.

I wet myself and cried whilst the nurses took my pants off me 🤣🤣

I kept demanding for my paper knickers back.. I woke up without them.

I must of drove them mad.

Please don’t worry, we’ve all been there and this is probably mild compared to some things they’ve seen. When I had my appendix out (I was 30), for some reason the anaesthetic didn’t knock me straight out so had to be topped up, so when I woke up I was really groggy. When I came round properly the nurse told me I had been crying for my appendix 😂 apparently I wanted someone to put it in a bottle so I could take it home with me and wouldn’t take no for an answer. In the end the theatre nurse showed it to me so I knew ‘it was ok’. I can vaguely remember her stood over me with it in a silver dish. I’m still mortified

I can definitely reassure you that they would have seen and heard worse.
that nurse was a bit of a miserable so and so. Everyone reacts differently to anaesthesia, and certainly a sore throat where the breathing tube was will make it sore too. They’ll be used to that, and likely have forgotten it as quick as it happened. They don’t have time to think about anything else than monitoring you and immediate aftercare. I hope you’re healing well 🌻

It’s one of the perks of being a recovery nurse - you get to hear the funniest things, and everyone says something funny!

A couple of years ago I was very unwell and ended up in hospital having all kinds of tests done.
During an arterial blood gas test, the pain made me pass out and when I woke up, they'd pressed the button on the wall and the crash team had come running in.
A nurse put an oxygen mask on me and said "Just look at me and no one else. Try to stay calm". I was so out of it that I spent the next few minutes staring at her eyes and telling her how beautiful her eyelashes were and asking her where she got them done! 😂

As a teenager I once woke up early, pulled the tube out of my nose/throat and then sobbed whilst my nose was bleeding.

Last month I woke up after an operation and projectile vomited, luckily the nurse caught it with a bowl. She was doing something and I said I felt sick, as soon as I finished I vomited into both my hands again - bless her, all I remember is her running off to get a bowl. Unfortunately a man in the opposite bay (mixed ward) had also just woke up and in his groggy state locked eyes with me and watched me be sick 🤕

I had light sedation at dentist before being put under - I went to the loo where I sat singing loudly 'I am the Walrus' by The Beatles - god knows why !! Then got in the chair announcing 'give it to me' !!. Don't give it a second thought just giggle xx

Don’t worry OP. I had a general anaesthetic for an emergency caesarean and when I was in recovery they asked if I wanted to see my baby and I just shouted for them to order a Chinese takeaway. I was going on and on about how I was starving and craving Chinese food. So embarrassing.

Vomited a lot. Swore a lot. And sobbed.

Unfortunately I'm a teacher and the nurse in charge of looking after me was a parent at my school.
He was lovely and looked after me wonderfully.

At parents evening I could hardly look him in the eye.

I told the dr I was off to Dubai to be a nanny and everyone at home could f*ck themselves. Then I asked him if he liked wham. He just patted my hand and smiled.

While in labour with DS1 I was given pethidine. I told my DH that the gas and air was really good and that I'd cause a scene so he could give it a go thensaid something about he would need to try it before the mexican cartel took it away.

I yelled this. I could hear other people laughing at me in the hallway. It still makes me cringe and DS1 is 15.