I am going to need general anesthesia for a surgery, and am unfortunately aware of the fact that a significant percentage of people experience pain and conscious paralysis under it. What do I do? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Before someone questions me, this is a phenomenon that has been documented. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/05/24/during-general-anaesthesia-1-in-10-people-may-be-conscious-follo.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/12/surgical-patients-may-be-feeling-painand-mostly-forgetting-it/547439/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190313-what-happens-when-anaesthesia-fails

Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post; c/mutualaid feels like it would draw attention away from people with more urgent issues, and c/mentalhealth is very inactive and rarely anyone ever sees it.

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[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Not gonna tell you what to do and I don't want to scare you out of doing it but the only time I had general anesthesia for oral surgery that is basically what happened to me

I woke up during the surgery but couldn't move anything other than my eyes and I couldn't hear anything either, plus I was in pretty severe pain

I'm not sure how many minutes it took but eventually one of the doctors saw my eyes moving in my attempt to use them to scream and while I still couldn't hear I definitely read his lips saying "oh shit" before giving me more anesthesia and putting me back under

[-] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

i mean that sounds like a supremely careless oral surgeon. i don't know what the average is but if they're not checking for signs of the anesthesia just not working than they're probably doing stuff that isn't particularly on-procedure