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What's an amusing thing to say before going under general anesthesia? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Window_Error_Noises@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Last time, I used: "Anybody need anything while I'm out?" and that went over well. May not make it through this surgery on Friday, so I turn to Lemmy for top-notch suggestions for my potential last words!

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[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

my buddy pretended to not wake back up and then scared the nurse

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

He's not going to be level-headed enough to do that

[-] treesapx@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do not try to deceive or scare the Post Op nurse. They have powers you'd happily avoid.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That’s not how anesthesia works. It’s not like waking up from a light sleep and keeping your eyes closed.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

its impossible to close your eyes again after initially waking up

[-] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I've been with a number of people as they came out of anesthesia and they were "awake" and talking before they were really conscious of it. Same experience with my own surgeries; I have no recollection of eating a popsicle but apparently I did and tried to share it with the whole nursing staff.

I think your friend is full of shit.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You’d be lucky to even have the consciousness of knowing the surgery was already done let alone what just happened to even plan such a prank.

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

maybe if youre simple. however, some possess knowledge beyond your feeble comprehension 🍷🧐

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