To be a little bit pissed of re general anaesthetic

[Singlebutmarried]

Had a procedure today, had a GA, usually sleep like a baby after a GA

I’m wide a bloody wake!!!

So unfair.

So AIBU and the drugs should work!

Given the backlog of people desperate for procedures that were delayed by Covid, I think YABVU

Whaat?! The post GA sleep is the best part! YANBU AT ALL.

Well I'm guessing that the drugs are working just a little bit .

@Blondie1984, ah come on now. I'm one of the people who have had fairly important medical appointments and procedures postponed indefinitely. That doesn't mean that the OP can't have a wee moan. Coming around from GA is often a disorientating and bizzare experience.

YANBU at all. Love the post anaesthetic sleep. Usually a good three nights for me.

Hope you manage to get some sleep.

@Blondie1984

Given the backlog of people desperate for procedures that were delayed by Covid, I think YABVU

Only on MN.

@Blondie1984 U ok hun?

I had a GA on Monday, and had a nightmare that I was being harassed by an annoying colleague of mine from work. I was really glad to wake up !

I hope you're feeling better soon.

@Blondie1984

Given the backlog of people desperate for procedures that were delayed by Covid, I think YABVU

Mine being one of them!

I didn’t just rock up and ask for a GA

Sadly still bloody awake.

I always wake up sobbing, which is pretty embarrassing really.

I had a lovely relaxing massage for an hour last night after a very long day at work and I honestly thought I'd be z'zzing til much later than 4.30am, which was what time I woke up....Aaarrrgghhhh

Highly unlikely. The anaesthetist would have noticed that they were unable to put a tube in your airway as you would have a gag reflex if you were awake. And then they would have anaesthetised you.

More likely you had sedation.

@gabbygabbygabby - you're missing the point.

I'm always awake bright and early - regardless of 12 hour shifts worked and constantly knackered. I could try a GA but you're telling me that don't work either.

We'll just have to crack on...

YANBU

@gabbygabbygabby

Highly unlikely. The anaesthetist would have noticed that they were unable to put a tube in your airway as you would have a gag reflex if you were awake. And then they would have anaesthetised you.

More likely you had sedation.

Uok hun?

With you OP! I had emergency surgery under GA at midnight on the Saturday night of the BH weekend, then didn’t sleep at all from waking up in recovery at about 1.30 until around 8pm that night, and even that was only for a couple of hours. My sleep pattern is still screwed and I’m knackered!

Hahaha I totally misread the whole thing sorry. Too early for me. Where's the coffee.

I’m another that loves the sleep following a GA. it’s that cosy comfortable feeling. I’d be very miffed too if I didn’t get that.

Blimey I feel robbed I've had 5 operations in the last 10 years and I'm always awake all night post GA. I do have a serious nap every day for about 6 weeks after though

Next time ask them to put electrodes on your forehead so you’re not semi conscious by accident. And ask the anaesthetist for midazolam before they put you under, so if you accidentally become conscious you won’t remember.

I'm one of the people who are kept awake by any morphine adjacent drugs, right down to co-codamol. Maybe you were given a drug you haven't previously had during the procedure?

Agree it's very unfair anyway!

@SpindleWhorl

I always wake up sobbing, which is pretty embarrassing really.

I do too! Like really really wet and snotty loud sobbing.

I look waking up from a general anaesthetic as I just always feel grateful to be alive.

That should have been love waking up.

@SpindleWhorl

I always wake up sobbing, which is pretty embarrassing really.

Me too!

Are you saying they operated on you and you were conscious rather than out? That is a thing and the thought of it terrifies me