windchymes -> RE: Another attempt at trolling (7/24/2007 7:44:56 AM)
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I'm embarrassed to say I did. I've always had a phobia about anesthesia and was convinced I'd either wake up during the procedure or would never wake up at all. So, when I had my wisdom teeth out in the office many years ago, with IV anesthesia, I had a last second panic attack and resisted going to sleep, even though my head was swimming. They kept looking at me funny and said I really should lie back. The dentist finally decided my IV line must be blocked so he jiggled and tapped it and then gave me another syringe full of the juice. Of course, I passed right out then, and, of course, had a hard time waking up when they wanted me to. Last year, when back surgery was a necessity, I agonized for weeks over the prospect of general anesthesia. I was again convinced I was going to wake up while they were drilling screws into my spine. Fortunately, I work in a hospital and had a heart-to-heart chat with the nurse anesthetist and he briefed me on the modern day monitoring techniques that they now use, and how nearly impossible it is to wake up prematurely, and it did put my mind somewhat at ease. Still, I would have been just dandy with the idea of doing the back surgery in the office with a local. Turns out, the "milk of amnesia" IV juice was awesome. They were rolling me out of pre-op, chattering away at how afraid I was that I wasn't going to wake up. They gave me a shot of it to shut me up, I presume, and next thing I knew, they were waking me up. Piece of cake.
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