What does it feel like to be put under general anesthesia? Read on plz?!
Question:
What does it feel like to be put under general anesthesia? Read on plz?
I am curious what it feels like right as your going out, is it like blacking out, fading away, etc... I am having anxeity over this and would like some answers from people who have experienced it!
Answers:
The Dr will ask you to count backwards from 100 or recite the alphabet, you don't get far in your countdown, you just go blank and then you come out of it after it is done. I have been under general about 4 times, and 2 more times with heavy doses of demerol and valium similar to general.
In order to calm your anxiety, there is nothing to worry about, having been there several times. I will say that if they say no liquids after midnight, make it 9 or 10 pm instead. Do not eat a heavy meal for you pre-op meal the day before, but make it tasty. (you will vomit if anything stays in your stomach, I saw this as a 13 year old from the kid next to me in the hospital).
Also, if you have are going to have any abdominal stitches afterward, do not watch any comedy on TV or listen to jokes as the laughing is painful.