Posted by Dan Perkins on January 2, 2005, at 15:07:25
In reply to Anesthetic_HELP!, posted by EERRIICC on January 2, 2005, at 14:12:09
I have to admit that I don't know much about this topic, but I have heard of people being awake under anesthisia and feeling all the pain of the procedure but not being able to communicate with the doctors. I hadn't heard that this was related to any particular medications- especially ones that you are not currently taking, but again I'm not well versed in this topic.
It would seem to me that waking up under anesthesia would most likely be the result of a miscalculation by the anesthesiologist. There is a chance that you are particularly susceptible to waking up, so you should really discuss this with the anesthesiologist before your procedure and let him know what you went through.
And I can't imagine that this would be the case here, but doctors often ignore or discount patient experiences, and I could just picture an anesthesiologist saying that people never wake up under anesthesia, but I know that this has happened to many people, so make sure he gives you an adequate response to your inquiries.
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