I’ve been under general anaesthetic 3 times in my life…
The first time was at a teaching hospital - I know the patient before me had created a bit of a bloody mess. One of the juniors was struggling to fit the bracket that would keep my cannulated arm from flopping off the table - a senior came over and fixed it, then asked the junior
“Have you changed your gloves?”
“uhhh …no?”
“CHANGE YOUR GLOVES!”
The last time I went under, I was chatting with the anaesthetist as he was prepping to put me under - seemed like a nice guy, but a bit of a loose cannon. As he put me under, he said something along the lines of
“We’ll take care of you - this was the stuff that Michael Jackson was on.”
I’ve gone under five times in my life for minor surgeries. Nothing ever happened … but on the fifth on, it was about the same time I got to know a few long time nurses and a doctor friend of mine. They gave me a huge insight into the medical profession. That was when I realized that one of the things that can happen when you go under is … you just never wake up.
When you go unconscious, you aren’t going to sleep or going into some dream world … you’re more or less dead for a while.
I went into a my fifth surgery to fix a tendon in my arm and it was probably the most scared I’d been as the world went black. As soon as the anaesthetist injected me and told me to count … the only thing I could think of was that this was the last thing I would ever experience.
“We’ll take care of you - this was the stuff that Michael Jackson was on.”
“…wait what?”
Reminds me of that time in 1989 when I was a little girl, going under general anesthesia, the last thing the doctor asked me was “Do you like Bill Cosby?”
Yes read into it all you want. I do. This really happened.
I’ve been under general anaesthetic 3 times in my life…
The first time was at a teaching hospital - I know the patient before me had created a bit of a bloody mess. One of the juniors was struggling to fit the bracket that would keep my cannulated arm from flopping off the table - a senior came over and fixed it, then asked the junior
“Have you changed your gloves?”
“uhhh …no?”
“CHANGE YOUR GLOVES!”
The last time I went under, I was chatting with the anaesthetist as he was prepping to put me under - seemed like a nice guy, but a bit of a loose cannon. As he put me under, he said something along the lines of
“We’ll take care of you - this was the stuff that Michael Jackson was on.”
“…wait what?”
I’ve gone under five times in my life for minor surgeries. Nothing ever happened … but on the fifth on, it was about the same time I got to know a few long time nurses and a doctor friend of mine. They gave me a huge insight into the medical profession. That was when I realized that one of the things that can happen when you go under is … you just never wake up.
When you go unconscious, you aren’t going to sleep or going into some dream world … you’re more or less dead for a while.
I went into a my fifth surgery to fix a tendon in my arm and it was probably the most scared I’d been as the world went black. As soon as the anaesthetist injected me and told me to count … the only thing I could think of was that this was the last thing I would ever experience.
Thank you for sharing that fact with the rest of us 👍
It’s why local anesthesia is preferred if that is possible, I believe.
I get that, but we’re all destined to die. Better to die to anaesthetic than to a bear right? It seems about the most peaceful way to go
“count backwards from 100”
I got to 95 and some dude comes out in a clown outfit.
Reminds me of that time in 1989 when I was a little girl, going under general anesthesia, the last thing the doctor asked me was “Do you like Bill Cosby?”
Yes read into it all you want. I do. This really happened.
That did not age well.
The English equivalent would be "You’ll be fine son, but if it doesn’t work out, Jim’ll Fix It "
Ive been under once and they said the exact same thing about Michael Jackson.