Canyou tell me how you feel after a light general anaesthetic?

[Twiglett]

I can read up on the side effects through googling but really want to know how you feel afterwards please (have never had one)

thanks

Abit dizzy for a few seconds, thats all I had.

I was sedated for dental work when I was 17. I felt totally drunk afterwards, then sleepy. Not bad - and very glad I'd not been awake for the dentistry!

Definitely need someone with you for afterwards.

you will feel groggy when you first wake up, which may persist for a little while, then you may feel a little lightheaded and tired.

A bit giddy and very very hungry

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Spacey, you're describing my average morning.

lol bakedpotatoe!!!!! yes you will be starving after being nil by mouth!

bubble, i think im describing my own day actually!

Twiglett. Are you talking about a 'Twilight' anaesthetic where you're conscious but groggy during a procedure? Or a daycare general anaesthetic where you're unconscious but recover quickly?

I dunno .. he said 'a general anaesthetic for 10 or 20 minutes'.. suppose I should have asked really

Hi Bubble

Twiglett - depends what is being done as to how you will feel TBH.

definitely a daytime procedure though (no overnight stays)

I've also had a day ward in and out anaesthetic - and if they'd given me painkillers before I'd came round, I might not have felt so rough afterwards!

Hi mears haven't bumped posts for a while

..its a loop diathermy (and he's going to do a local as well as the general he said) .. just wandering whether GA is excessive .. though am quite tempted at the concept of being unconscious

Er... I actually changed that to read "came"... Early night for this Hunker!

GA will be fine. You will feel as though you have just fallen asleep when you wake back up again. I actually liked the sensation of dropping off to sleep. You will wake up quickly but will feel sleepy throughout the rest of the day.

And you won't puke, as long as you're a good girl and follow the nil-by-mouth instructions.

I had a GA for wisdom teeth extraction. Tbh, I felt like utter s**t afterwards for a couple of days - really unwell.

However, I've had about another 5 GA and been completely fine after it.

I had a bad cold just before the wisdom tooth one so I don't know if that contributed to the bad recovery.

You should be fine!

like you've eaten a drawer full of forks

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I felt fine after my last short anaesthetic (20 mins), came round telling everyone I'd had a lovely dream about holidays! Was out of bed about 10 minutes after waking up and having a sarnie.

Yes, to be fair, one of the anaesthetists I've worked with gives an anti-emetic with every GA. A few unfortunate people will get sick with a daycare GA even if they have followed the nil-by-mouth instructions. Many, however, will swear blind when they're being admitted that they haven't eaten or drunk. I, however, have been the recovery nurse holding a vomit bowl with very recently partially-digested MacDonalds in it!

i always have to have an anti-emetic, i can remember after a leg operation, i was an in patient and a few hours later was served dinner which i promptly started scoffing, only to be hideously sick..i can still remember the nurses disgusted expression though when i started eating again, saying"i feel great now"!!!

so if after my 2nd spinal block I needed an anti-emetic, does it follow that I might need an anti-emetic with the GA?

I had the anti-emetic. Two thumbs up! I have not had a short-acting GA, so I did have a sore throat for a few days after, like I'd smoked too much, from the breathing tube. I had a drug in the IV that knocked me out rather than any sort of mask. The doc just told me to start counting backwards from 100. I got to 97.