What to do if patient wakes up in surg..
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2023
- waking up in the middle of surgery, similar to anesthesia recall or anesthesia awareness, can be challenging and traumatic. this is why we take it very seriously, and we take measures to minimize the chance and risk of it happening under anesthesia and during your surgery. fortunately, trust in the surgery team, and compassion from doctors, can go a long way towards reducing the trauma that such an awareness episode can induce in patients. being honest about your medical history is very important to minimize the risk of it occurring in the first place.
I've had ear surgery where the docs said I'd been brought to semi consciousness to check if the repair was ok & I could hear. That went ok but then I kept hearing them talk. I finally mumbled "I don't think I'm supposed to hear you now". Heard a voice say "oops someone is still with us" then lights out.
That’s funny and sad at the same time 😂😢
That line sounds straight out of a horror movie 😂😂
@@token9605fr though 😂
reminds me of the Unwind book short film that was made. It's about surgery to basically get rid of unruly teenagers by donating their organs while they're still conscious about what's going on for ethical and legal reason. The short film kn CZcams changes it slightly from the characte in the boom, but for him you see during the brain surgery random menories and the reason he was considered a bad kid was he was protecting his baby sister from his step father as well. It gets really creepy @@token9605
@@token9605just hears the doctor mumble: "ok so how much were the kidneys priced at"
My dad woke up on the table he said, “am I supposed to be awake?” And that was the last thing he remembers. So I’m guessing the answer was “no.”
Haha I kind of laughed at this but I feel terrible that I find it funny 😅
“Am I supposed to be awake for this?”
“Well no, but seeing as you are, can you hold your ribcage open for me?”
@@Whatheman28I wonder if ribs grow back
@@GewelReal “ⁿᵒ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵈᵒⁿᵗ”
@@Whatheman28god I love this 😭😭
I woke up during a cardiac catherization. I felt the pain but couldn't move or speak. Afterwards, the doc said I imagined I woke up, but it wasn't possible. So I told him what I heard "I need a 15 blade, not an 11",and he was bragging about buying a go-cart for his grandson. His face turned white. "I told ya so!"
😢😢 its really traumatic
That's fucked up...
Stuff like that is so scary, not only cause you can't move but also because of doctors denying/downplaying experiences like this. So sorry that happened and hope you recovered well ❤
Why were you under anesthesia during catherization? Here we just give patiënts local anesthesia like in the arm/ groin and they get to look at the screen at their heart and stuff
I swear anaesthesia does less for certain people, I can practically feel everything after like three times the amount they think I'd need.
I remember them having to put up a screen to stop me taking photos when I had my hand sewn back up. I could feel every time the needle went in and every scalpel slice.
I woke up while getting my wisdom teeth extracted and the lady said "oop hi there. Just got your third one out now" and wiggled it in front of me before I fell back asleep. I always remember that moment for some reason.
Damn. Did it hurt at all or anything?
I was awake for my wisdom teeth.
@@Potato_jett No I didn't feel anything while I was in surgery. But once I got home and the meds wore off.. I was in a LOT of pain. 😂
Having my wisdom teeth out was the most painful post op experience, including post birthing.
I was sedated for mine, and honestly really nervous, but it wasn’t so bad. It was the after pain that really having nervous. The painkillers helped, but it still sucked.
I woke up during stomach surgery. I heard the doctor ask where “his towel went.” I responded, “I hope it’s not inside me”… the room went quiet and then back to lala land I went. 😂
😂😂
Funny as hell 😂
THAT is funny! 😂
😂💀
Lol😂lol 😮
I woke up and couldn’t speak so I just made very intense eye contact and they were like “I know I know it hurts we’re getting you back to sleep”. Still very traumatized but they did their best to reassure me.
Jesus that's intense and horrifying, I'm sorry that happened. What were you getting surgery for?
@@genolagana No surgery! I just had to get an endoscopy/colonoscopy but could feel the tube through my stomach which was extremely painful.
@@genolagana also sick music man 🤘🏻
@Nothing-ox7jc Jesus hopefully the healing went well! I read that stuff can cause PTSD, and thank you so much for checking that out!
@@Nothing-ox7jc I got a full colonoscopy done as a 20 year old female, fully conscious. It was a really bad experience. I don't understand why in my country (in Europe), free healthcare doesn't cover anesthesia. It was so dehumanizing...
I woke up and said holy crap that hurts!! The anesthesiologist patted me on the head, and said go back to sleep, you won't remember any of this. Next time I saw him, I said remember telling me I won't remember any of this? He said omg you remember waking up for a min?? I said yes, and felt a terrible burning sensation. Thats when he said it took a lot of medicine to knock me out. Then said are you a natural redhead or something? I said as a matter of fact. I had my hair colored dark brown. He never let me wake up again. I have had a lot of surgical procedures for my back and he's a great guy.
Omg… GURL… I read that so wrong. I thought he was asking if you were a natural redhead whilst you woke up during surgery! Y’know, while you’re bucky nakey under the sterile gown! Lmfaooo and then to read “he was a great guy” at the end I FOR SURE had to go back and reread that 😂😂😂
As a natural redhead, I totally understand. After my first surgery and I woke up, they always make sure to dose me extra
wait i have a question, do redheads need more dose to be put asleep?
@@cursedstarflight according to the anesthesia people I have had it takes more. I also wake up really fast
I'm a redhead too, and I always need extra anesthetic local and general. Thankfully fentanyl makes me forget almost everything, which is nice because my last procedure was having an endoscopy and it's highly unpleasant to feel yourself choking on the massive tube shoved down your throat all the way to your stomach. I've had that procedure 3 times and I really only remember the first and last few minutes of the procedures... I do have a memory of being cognitive in the middle of the last procedure, but it's very vague. I don't remember any of my wisdom tooth extraction, but the pre opp was traumatizing, the nurse missed my vein and was injecting saline into my muscles and I got very nauseous. The doc walked into the room and I apparently looked green. I told him that the nurse didn't believe me that she'd missed her mark (which is true), he ordered her to fix it and everything was fine from there. I didn't go back to that office again though.
I woke up during my first abdominal surgery. I remember hearing machine noises and voices. I was annoyed they were waking me. I opened my eyes and saw the lights and turned my head from side to side looking at my arms strapped down and out. I tilted my head back to try and see who was behind me and then I heard "Oh! We've got a live one!" Everything went black after that.
At my follow-up appointment I told my doctor that I had the craziest dream that I woke up during surgery and I described it in detail. She looks at me and said "Oh no, that definitely happened. You're hard to keep asleep."
I've had several surgeries since, and I always warn my anesthesiologists. My experience was not traumatic, and I would prefer it if it stayed that way.
Annoyed you say?
"Who dares disturb my slumber?"
This is unimaginable. There was a movie about this called "Awake" with Hayden Christensen. Luckily it sounds like you were still heavily sedated, so the pain didn't get through. Do you think hospitals under-anesthesize these days out of fear of having someone die on their watch? They'd rather put someone through medieval torture and administer a memory loss med so they can just move on?
I woke up during my first knee replacement. I said “a hammer?” Next I knew I was in recovery. When I went to my first post op appointment when then the Dr walked he said “I prefer to call it a mallet! We both cracked up laughing!
I was awake my entire arthroscopy. The noises are horrible, feels like you are in being fixed in a workshop with all the drilling and hammering. IDK why they didn’t sedate me again.
😂😂😂 My dad had a double knee replacement & the pictures & videos were crazy. Seeing the surgeons hammering at my dad's knee gave me anxiety.
@@dreamcatcherjones8707 I spent the entire surgery screaming that it hurt. It wasn’t really hurting, what hurt me horribly was the spinal injection, that is what woke me up and the noises were scary, I was awake but druggy so was impossible to make sense of that and kept telling her it hurts. It sounds like when they are installing piles for a new construction, but in your knee. The thing is that I remember, so was awake enough, they should have given me more sedative.
I love that 😛
I got the paralyzing drug before I was unconscious and felt like I suffocated, paralyzed and unable to even blink, blacked out, woke up after surrounded by 7 nurses writing ✍️ a incident report, me...PTSD anytime I'm put to sleep.
I was awake during my unplanned c-section. After over 30 hours of labor I was exhausted and scared. There was this anesthesiologist who talked me through what was happening, reassured me and I will never, ever forget about him. Your work is important. Thank you.
You’re awake through most c-sections these days. I’ve had two. Unfortunately my first was an emergency c-section as well and I wasn’t numb, not completely. My left side never went numb. I thought I was an unusual case but I’ve since learned there are other women that have experienced the same thing. I felt everything. You feel the cutting, your baby being pulled out and the stitching up afterwards. I got my tubes tied after the second one.
I was awake as well, it was 2am and they had to call in a surgeon
The anesthesiologist leaned close to me and said "say ow when I wink at you"
Same! My anesthesiologist was so sweet, she knew I was scared so she'd squeeze my hand and just chat with me, occasionally I'd ask about what I could hear going on and she'd explain it to me. Made an overall shitty experience way less bad than it could've been.
@@dream_on_sammi yes! I felt one side of my c-section too!
Mine was great also. I was very scared and he rubbed my forehead the entire time to keep my calm.
I woke up during my quadruple wisdom tooth extraction. All i felt was the drill cutting into my jaw, all i saw was darkness because i could not open my eyes, all i heard was the whir of the drill in my bones and the voice of a nurse saying "oh shit, the IV fell out". Apparently they werent aware i had actually woken up, because after the surgery, none of the surgical team said a word about it until i woke up sobbing in the recovery room and my mom asked if something had gone wrong. "Yeah, her vein collapsed so she might have been a little conscious for a moment, but we got a new one in right away!". They were trying to brush it under the rug. I will remember that pain for the rest of my life.
Sue?
@pookleburry1103 I've thought about it and ultimately decided it's not worth the trouble. This happened several years ago with no formal record of the incident, and I turned out fine anyway so 🤷♀️
@@bonethievery understandable , glad you came out okay
I’m glad you’re ok and get why you aren’t going to Sue but I hope they don’t try something like that again 😪 I think suing is mostly just to get doctors and people to acknowledge the trauma and pay for psychological counseling after not to put them out of practice, wish there was a non complicated way to do that
Well... Your story just scare me shitless since I'll be having a quadruple wisdom teeth removal and I've told my mom I want to be as unconscious as possible
Not waking up during surgery, but during one of my regular IV treatments, the tube slipped out of my vein (very painful, would not recommend), and they had to move to my other hand. I usually used numbing cream, but it would take too long to numb my other hand, so they just had to do it.
I was FREAKING out. My mom was there but she was MIA because the whole situation was making her feel light-headed (I gave her crap for it, and then forgave her, it's all good)
One of the nurses came to me and knelt down, grabbed my hand (gently, because it hurt), and just spoke to me. She told me how strong I was, how it'd be over soon, how I could totally do it, and then it was done and she looked genuinely proud of me! It made the whole thing less scary, and she still works there to this day, many years later. She's the sweetest person I know, very good at her job, and I'll always remember her being there for me.
Nurses are saints.
That crap feels like a knife. I validate your upset over it.
@@Pateetchka It sucks, but eventually you get used to the pain.
Doesn't make it hurt any less tho lol.
I’ve had an IV before, but never had one slip out, that sounds SO bad 😬
@@georgerobins4110 It was PAINFUL. I was ALSO still pumping fluid into me so my hand was puffy for a few days, but goddamn did it hurt.
The only reason it happened was because my vein was too scarred and the nurse that did it wasn't very used to hand IVs, it's not a common thing.
When they felt my hand and said "yep, so it's slipped out of the vein" I was like "it WHAT-" aha
as someone who is oversensitive to the point that even after using local anesthetic i feel my blood moving out of my blood stream when drawing blood, holy crap that is a nightmare
i had to do blood drawing without anesthecia like once and it actually hurt so bad and kept hurting for about 5h that was in my arm, imagining this in the HAND is horrifying
Reading all these horror stories really makes me be thankful for how great my anesthesiologist was, we had a meeting a day before my surgery where he broke down exactly how everything would go for me, what he would do and what would happen it I woke up, everything went smoothly and all the doctors said that I was one of the easiest patients with that procedure they’ve ever seen.
Don’t worry, they’re all lying
@@horseconfusedyeah cause over 2K comments are all lies. Look up Anesthesia Awareness before embarrassing yourself. 💀
@@horseconfusedYou know every aenestigialogist?
I just walked in, got my appendix removed, and walked out
@@horseconfuseddude, no lol You’re literally on a video of a medical professional explaining what they do if a patient wakes up. Why is it so unbelievable that a bunch of people would speak about their stories and that the interesting ones would get a lot of likes and rise to the top?
I awoke paralyzed before the surgery started, unable to move anything - not an eyelid, not a finger, or make a sound. Knew I was on a vent. Listened to my surgeon complain about me. Couldn't figure out how to tell them I was awake. Finally the anesthesiologist noticed my heart rate had increased and put me out. Later I needed a really big surgery at a major academic center in one of the largest metro areas in the country. The anesthesiologists were horrified, asked if I was given counseling, went over what happened in detail and suggested the anesthesia gases hadn't been started. They told me it was so unusual that the doctor would have been required to do additional training. The most senior doctor, the chairman of the department, even came by after the surgery to make sure I was ok. He had never seen a case of true anesthesia awareness in all his years of practice.
Interesting, and scary
That's terrifying!!!!
@@starpeep5769 I can understand how it must seem. However, I knew where I was and what was happening. My focus was entirely on how can I communicate that I am awake; I couldn't figure that out. Once I recovered from the anesthesia post surgery, I was told that the anesthesiologist saw my increased heart rate and gave me more sedation. It seems likely I would be able to voluntarily increase my heart rate were something like that to happen again. That reassures me.
I had a friend that happened to! smth to do with her stomach or smth, and she couldn't move either. They just noticed the heart spike and gave her more gas, but it was hecka painful and terrifying. she told me she still has nightmares about it.
Riiiiiight.
These (mostly) positive stories in the comments make me so happy, I remember when I had a nose surgery at 14 (to make me breathe better) the doctor and the anesthesiologist were making plans for their evening, joking around to make me feel better and keep me distracted from the anesthesia and before I knew I was falling asleep to the doctor stroking my arm.
When I had to have another nose surgery there was no fear or discomfort either, always made me feel super safe. Thank you, kind doctors and nurses, you are doing such a great job.
My first biggest fear is I won’t wake up, second biggest fear is I wake up but can’t open my eyes or talk but feel everything else 💀
Hey there! Your biggest fear is supposed to be going to hell. Jesus Christ loves you. He is the only way to heaven. May God bless you! 😊
@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alotinvalidating an experience! Love to see it :/
@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alotyou can keep that as your biggest fear. And I’ll keep mine. Thanks but no thanks
@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alotFearing hell won't do you any good, just do what is right and paradise is a simple matter.
@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alotgood intention, wrong execution. Mabye you could phrase that a bit better…
I woke up during my TMJ surgery. Suuuuper painful. The nurse said, "Shouldn't we give her more anesthesia?" The dr said, "No, we're almost done. She can just hang on." It was excruciating and I remember every bit of it.
I really really hope you sued them.
Oh my god! That's horrible... What an awful doctor... I sincerely hope you're doing better now.
THATS PSYCHOTIC
I would've sued that scrote to bankruptcy!
That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen I really hope you pursue legal action
I woke up during emergency surgery to fix a near fatal episode of internal bleeding.
I don’t remember sharp pain, just a dull distant pain and panic. What I do remember with clarity was the kind nurse who gently stroked me face and told me I was ok, just to close my eyes and I’ll be back asleep.
Aw 🥹
Gd bless the REAL nurses.
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Lmao they just shoved me back into the bed. There were bright lights and I didn't know wtf was happening.
When I was in 4th grade, I had to be put under for an arm break, they needed to rebreak my arm because it had already began to set. I woke up a little heard a count of three heard and felt the snap. I screamed so loud opened my eyes and attempted to sit up and the wonderful anesthesiologist laid me back down and calmly talked to me told me that I was okay he knows that it hurts but they are making it better and let my head until I fell back asleep.
Jesus fucking Christ oh my god that’s horrible
I was having elbow surgery. I woke up just as they cut the skin, it burned. I couldn't move so I let out a little whimper. I heard a soft murmer, they stopped the surgery for a moment as I was put further to sleep. They really wanted me to be comfortable.
And I had trouble waking up after open heart surgery. But the anesthesiologist and my daughter helped get me awake and on the road to recovery.
A good anesthesiologist is appreciated by this lady.
My surgeon said "the patient is awake" which made me switch from looking at the screen showing my insides, too looking at him and he FREAKED OUT yelling "THE PATIENT IS VERY AWAKE" and i just remember getting really warm and dosing off while thinking i really wanted to see them remove my gallbladder 😅 After the surgery he came and apologized cuz he had damaged my pancreas, and I asked him if it was when he got scared because I looked at him - and he turned completely white as a ghost.
do you have any problems today from your pancreas?
Chillest man on earth
@@approximate1665 yep, got diabetes from it and have to be careful with my meals or it gets inflamed.
@@nicnaknoclawsuit 🙂
@@ih8526 not American
It was a minor laser surgery on my foot and the anesthesiologist said, "Oh! She felt that! Stop a minute." After I jumped from feeling something. He then did whatever he did, I think he rubbed my forehead and calmed me down. Then he told the surgeon to continue. I didn't feel anything else, he made me feel taken care of and then (at least in my memory) everything was over. I think the procedure was almost over and I came out of it faster than expected.
That’s a good anesthesiologist right there ❤
Finally a good story of how these things can happen haha
@@boop9430no lawsuits happening for that
that’s so great
My toxic trait is I would develop a crush on the anestheologist after that 😅🫶🏾
I had a surgery 2 years ago where my growth plate was being drilled out and I woke up during the surgery and I don’t really remember anything I saw but I remember hearing a lady say “go back to sleep sweetheart.” And I went back to sleep, and I had a crazy dream when I went back to sleep
Imagine waking up to your doctor filming a tiktok
My cousin woke up during her surgery. No one noticed. She said she was in absolute agony and couldn't move or speak. Completely paralyzed and felt everything. But instead of suing, she settled for a payout. 🙄 also had another family member who woke up but was able to speak and asked "are you guys done?" and they knocked her out so fast lol
She's lucky to have gotten a payout tbh, they would have just done that to avoid a lengthy legal battle they probably would have won, or at least should have. It's not the doctor's fault if someone is more resistant to anesthesia than expected. They can't be heavy handed with it because you'll die (and some people still do from a bad reaction on a lower dose)
They aren't magicians and medicine isn't a flawless art form they can reliably do. Things go wrong entirely out of their hands.
@thegatorhator6822 Never stated it was the doctors fault and I'm well aware that some people have a higher resistance to anesthesia and others have a hard time waking up from it.
@@thegatorhator6822the problem wasn’t that she woke up. The problem was that she woke up and no one was attentive enough to notice and put her back to sleep. So she experienced everything probably to the end.
@@evelynkirishko5407well the doctors have to focus on how the surgery is going, if the patient isn’t moving or speaking at all then how are they supposed to notice she’s awake?
Same thing happened to me. I tried to call one of the nurse because it was so painful, she was standing on the right side and 2 doctors were on the left, but couldn't move or speak. I always wondered was it a dream or reality.
As someone who woke up under anesthesia.... They didn't know I was awake and I couldn't move almost at all and even when I'd finally managed to get my hand to move the nurse just put it back and they didn't even check. It was so incredibly scary and I'm still terrified of ever needing to go under again...
If (pray that you won't need to) you need surgery again, tell the anesthesiologist emidiately. "Awareness" is THE most important factor to know for the team. You might be a fast metaboliser of certain anesthesia. And you will almost certainly have a high level of alertness and fear due to your terrible previous experience. That alone, would make me increase initial dosage. In any case, as an upcoming anesthetic nurse, I apologise for my fellow nurse for not speaking to you and putting you back to sleep 😟
@@ruthanna4713RIGHT?! How terrifying is that?! If I were the nurse I'd alert the anesthesiologist immediately to ANY movement, I know SOME twitching is just electricity in the muscles but better to be known as the nurse who mentions every little movement than the nurse who lets that happen.
I'd then get near the patient and tell them in a calm, gentle voice "You are okay. You have woken slightly during surgery, we are giving you more anesthetic now and will talk with you when you wake up. I'm holding your hand you are okay." Even if they don't hear ALL of that, it's IMMEDIATE reassurance that someone says "you are okay, you woke up a lil, we are giving you more sleepy meds now".
Then once they wake up and are FULLY awake with family, friend or lawyer by their bedside, I'd have a recorded conversation on both ends, telling the patient that they needed more anesthetic than most people typically do, and due to not having any way of knowing that ahead of time, you woke up slightly, enough to alert us by moving your hand, what do you remember happening today from the time you were prepped for surgery, to now?
I'd listen to them, take any notes I had, and make sure to tell them that while rare, this DOES happen sometimes. It's usually just due to the person metabolizing the anesthetic medications faster than typical (I don't like the word normal, it makes the patient feel like it's their fault or like something is wrong with them), that it is corrected by reassuring the patient and giving more anesthetic immediately while continuing to monitor even more closely than before. I'd ask them if they remembered waking up, feeling anything, hearing anything between the time we put them under to the time they woke up in recovery. Some people remember being woke up and the tube being pulled from their throats but even THAT is super rare.
I remember the surgical team telling me that after surgery they'd wake me up, and once I was fighting the tube, they'd ask me to take a deep breath and they'd pull it out after I was slightly awake. I immediately got the heebie jeebies and said I was scared of that happening, he straight up said, you won't remember it, and I don't lol. I've had a few surgeries where I was put under general anesthesia and as far as I'm aware of, I've never woken up. But I feel so bad for anyone who has.
I'm so sorry for you. I can't imagine how you felt. I hope you are able to heal from that trauma.
Isn't this a really rare occurrence? Why are there so many people commenting about this happening to them. I'm confused
@@frododododo It is rare, almost non-existent if you fit the "normal" box. But certain factors play into giving us anesthestists a run for it. Red heads are unfortunate since they often need sometimes double dosages, and sometimes we don't know they are due to greying or colouring. Alcohol, opioids and other drug usage increases the need for anesthesics dramatically. Again, if we aren't informed, that is a problem. Everyone starts out anesthetised. The problem is how deep they maintain their state when surgery is initiated.
There's a story of an American man who went in for surgery on his abdomen (something around that area).
Unfortunately the anesthesiologist got his drug mixture wrong. So the man was paralyzed but wasn't put to sleep. He was awake as they started to cut into him.
They noticed he was awake (mind you after 15 MINUTES of surgery) and gave him another drug that clouds a persons memory (forget the drug name), before properly putting him under.
The man suffered from PTSD but didn't know WHY he couldn't remember the trauma, only that something was very very wrong. He couldnt deal with it and ended up committing self-deletion.
The story later came out fully after his family hired a P.I. to look into the hospital. It's a WILD story and it's told really well here on youtube by Mr. Ballen.
I first heard if it in one of my psychology classes in uni, though.
I feel for that guy, but it’s also a sad thing when you can’t even say suicide without your post possibly being deleted by nu-CZcams
@@Anonnymouss-nu6uv Yeah I'd love to just say what I mean. But CZcams always censors so we always have to find new ways of telling our experiences.
It annoys me too, friend. But how else would my comment still be here? We can't even tall about serious issues without them censoring us despite it being for education.
If there's a petition out there to force CZcams to stop this B.S. I'll sign it. If not we seriously should be looking into it, because it's getting ridiculous.
@@EL-ISS the worst part is, it will only get worse before it gets better. But eventually it *will* get better.
My last C-section was incredibly traumatic for me. Aside from the part where I heard my daughter for the first time, I remember the anesthesiologist as being so kind to me because I was freaking out. He was the only medical professional that day that made me feel cared about at all.
I woke up during a heart catheterization and looked over to the Monitor and said wow what a pretty tree, it wasn't a tree 😂😂😂
**Edit- ty all for the likes and great conversations
How’d the surgeon react 😂
@@mineverse4591 he started yelling "more morphine, more morphine" 🤣
So, you're literally beautiful in the inside. ❤
I hope you are doing much better now.
@@pandar2040That is really scary and I’m sorry that happened to you, but he should have been yelling “more Propofol!!” I mean, yea, the Morphine will help with the pain you’d be feeling, but it is not an Anesthetic. The faster they get more Propofol in you, the faster you’d be back to sleep, not able to feel any pain to need more morphine, and the less likely you would have been to remember the horrifying incident! Not that it makes it any better, but at least you weren’t having a more serious/invasive procedure/surgery, like open heart surgery and your chest have been wide open! Yikes!!!😳😬
It happened to me. Took minutes before anyone realized I was awake. I couldn't speak or move. I was crying from pain. I wasn't reassured!
It must have felt like forever before someone added more meds for you. Even if "just" 2 minutes, that's 2 more minutes than anyone should suffer. ❤
Neither was I, it was so traumatizing that I can’t manage to force myself to go in for the surgery I need now
@Indy_Well_Indicated yes it did. Being strapped down I could not move anything but my eyes.
@@teridoster5840talk with your Dr. Mine gives me sedatives to take at home a couple days before the surgery, and heavy sedatives the day of the procedure. Being relaxed before hitting the hospital has helped a TON.
@Indy_Well_Indicated yes it seemed like forever. They were trying to do a heart cart and couldn't get it to thread, constant jabbing was horrible.
When they realized I was awake they pulled out and went up other groin. I woke up in my room screaming due to nerve pain and a football size hematoma.
i woke up ones, while getting my tumor removed on my head. i can remember everything. the sound of them removing some of my scalp bone, the smell, the feeling… wished someone would speak with me at this moment. they noticed it, ignored me and I went back to sleep… this moment still haunts me till this day…
I always wake up. I now warn everyone, I wake up. My last understanding doctor (much like you) reassured me everything was going well and I could go back to sleep. Which I did. That was the 1st time that I felt “ok” afterwards because of his reassurance that everything was going well.
Stuff like this is what i keep in mind for my 4 legged patients when theyre under anesthetic. I speak gently and reassuringly to them even when theyre "not home" 😊
I love this❤❤❤❤ My dog says thank you
Thank you❤️from all the pets and pet parents .
THERES PEOPLE WITH FOUR LEGS?!
@@brigal3026PETS NOT PEOPLE😭😭😭
@@brigal3026 It’s possible, but I think they mean they’re a vet.
I woke up mid surgery and they did nothing. I couldn't move or say anything and felt everything. Only towards they end the anesthesiologist saw my tears, said oh shit then knocked me out again. I remember it very vividly.
I'm sorry you went through that, really hope you're ok! I also woke up during both of my surgeries and couldn't move or talk. It was very traumatic!
@@Dani-Innit thank you I hope you're ok too. Gives you nightmares.
Huh that’s like the movie “awake”
@@naomihoriuchi7592 Not going to watch it @gain..nope@@@
Apparently there are ALOT of stories like this
I was sedated for 2 days for a 20 hour back surgery. At some point they lightened the anesthesia I think to check reflexes or something but they didn't tell me at the time and when they did I just about went nuts because I couldn't talk and I tried to move and then I guess I went out again but I still remember it and remember the fear that went with it. I'm glad you talked to them!
For some reason I always wake up during procedures. I mention this to all anesthesiologists before the procedure and this is true! Every time they notice that I’m awake they start to say soothing things like “you’ll go back to sleep soon,” “don’t worry, it’s almost over,” “it’s okay, I’m here,” and even sometimes a “you’re doing great, just hold on for a second.” It actually is very helpful! When you wake up from anesthesia mid-surgery, it’s very confusing and sometimes it almost feels like I’m having sleep paralysis (I can kind of groan or move only a little) which causes pretty immediate anxiety. The soothing words are very needed in those times. ❤
Whether , not weather.
@@deirdrekiely6187 lmao what?
@@jesse3390what the dork meant to say was thank you for vulnerably sharing your experience.
Is there a reason why you wake up? 😵💫 I’m scared that this can happen to me. I didn’t wake up during my endoscopy but
@@Pearlycutestprobably just a personal thing where they need more than usual
One of my surgery crew (yes I’m old and have had more than one surgery in my life) must have had the same philosophy. Luckily I’d had a ‘pain block’ on the arm surgery was being performed on before the surgery began, and a ‘screen’ had been put up between my head and my body, because I did wake up. After a minute of listening to them I decided I’d better say something, so in a humorous tone of voice, I sang/said, “Hello. Is anyone out there?” From somewhere beyond the screen, someone answered back in the same humorous tone, “Yes. Is anyone in there?” At the exact same time, there was movement at my head of someone sitting down and I was back asleep so fast! 🤣 There was no PTSD for me. But I do chuckle at the wit someone used in remaining calm and answering me, and the SPEED of that anesthesiologist getting back to his ‘post’. 🤣🤣🤣
We need more painblockers!!!
I woke up from a wrist surgery and the two docs on the other side of the screen found out because I laughed at the vacation story one of them was telling. His head popped up from behind the screen so fast it was hilarious. Before the anesthesiologist knocked me out again the doc asked me if I wanted to see what he was doing (he already knew how curious I was) so they took off the screen and I got to see the inside of my wrist and how it could move after the release they did. Sadly it was the last time I saw my wrist with the full range of motion, also ironically the last time I didn’t felt any pain moving it. Didn’t had a pain blocker that time but I didn’t felt a thing. What I did feel was the physical therapy the very next day. I have a really high pain tolerance but that was brutal. 😅
“hello… hello.. hello.. is there anybody iiin there”
Me: "Hello darkness my old friend"
What i would hope someone would respond: "I've come to talk with you again"
😂😂😂 have a full duet during surgery with a person operating on me would be hilarious.
Lmao, like the Pink Floyd song?
I had a spinal block after having my third kid for the clean up (retained placenta+ 3C tear). The anaesthesiologist told me I could take a nap if i wanted. A bit later he shook me awake with a "sorry, cant let you go that far down". Apparently i had drifted into deep sleep and my heartrate and blood pressure bottomed out.
The PTSD from that sort of thing is very real, and hard to grapple with.
I woke up during oral surgery. The nurses screamed, and yelled at me to calm down. I could tell they were horrified, and so, I was horrified. I tried to scream but I couldn’t make sounds. I started crying, thinking I was in danger, or something hd gone wrong, then I was out again. I woke up hours later than expected, soaked in sweat, and was delirious for a day. I felt awful mentally, and was severely depressed for a while.
Even though I was never actually in any danger, the abysmal response by the staff, followed by the utter terror and helplessness I experienced really messed me up for a while. That was years ago and I’m fine now, but the sound of dental equipment or the sight of scrubs still make me feel very uneasy.
I didn’t wake up during surgery but a few years ago I had to have a lumbar procedure, and for anyone who doesn’t know what that is they lay you on your stomach and stick a giant needle through your spine to suck out your spinal fluid for testing…and you’re awake the entire time. I was completely fine and not worried about the procedure at all until I finally got on the table, and that’s when it hit me how delicate this procedure is and any movement at all could severely impact my life in the worst way. I tried to stay calm but I started to cry as soon as I felt the needle to into my back, I could feel painful sensations going all the way down to my toes which I honestly could have handled a lot better if I wasn’t so scared. The doctor stopped spinning the needle thing and said “ma’am, I know it’s hard but you can’t shake like this, I’m not going to hurt you as long as you keep still” which made me feel even worse because I WAS trying to keep myself still but the shaking was almost involuntary. Just as I started to think that I was going to ruin my chances of ever walking again one of the nurses came over and kneeled down right below me so I could see his face and started to wipe my tears away with some tissues he grabbed. He told me to focus on staring at his and he promised he wouldn’t break the stare either. We didn’t break eye contact for the rest of the procedure and the entire time he kept reassuring me that everything was going perfect and explaining how much longer I had. The only thing I could spit out was “I’m sorry” and he told me that I don’t have to talk at all, just do what makes you feel the most comfortable. I literally spent the rest of the visit trying to count how many different blues I could see in his eyes which distracted me just long enough to finish the procedure. Hopefully I never have to go through anything like that again but, because of that nurse I do not consider the procedure a traumatic experience. He ended up helping me off the table and bringing me back to my room, and even though he wasn’t my recovery nurse he came by either 3 or 4 times to come back on me before I left later that day. I can’t even begin to describe the comfort I felt from him taking that extra step to reassure me everything was fine.
I really hope you and all the other medical professionals who take the time to do this know how much it really does help. I don’t even know if I can accurately put into words how grateful patients (especially chronically ill ones like myself) are for your empathy.
That made me tear up.
I'm so sorry that happened to you.
I'm still glad you fought your way thru it. You are so brave.
That nurse deserved a medal. So many nurses are heroes.
I had 3 spinal taps and man, it’s definitely terrifying. I was almost 300lbs when they did the first one and my butt was too big for the needle to get to where they needed it. I had to get in a table that stood me up in an angle. That was just fantastic 😅😅😅
@@Tezah89 that sounds horrific 😳 I couldn’t imagine being upright regardless if I’m strapped to a table or not.
I tried to keep telling myself that once it’s over I have a 3 hour recovery time and I’m good. Because that’s what I was told…I wouldn’t be able to stand or sit upright for 3-5 hours until the fluid returns….I literally could not stand for an entire week. Well…I could, but I would have about 2-3 minutes before I would get the worst headache of my life that felt like gravity was straight up pulling me to the ground. It would start in the back of my head and travel down my neck all the way through my spine. I basically could get up to use the bathroom and that was it. It was an absolute nightmare since I had a newborn baby and two other kids who just went back to school 3 days prior. No matter what I did I physically could not stand. If there was an emergency (and my husband wasn’t available to help me) I would lay on my back and do this reverse “inch worm” crawl to the kitchen or where ever I needed to go, but my entire upstairs was completely off limits.
3-5 hours my a** 😭
It must have been extremely painful how do they expect you to not move.
@@hannahreed2451are you alright know?
If I ever need a surgery and wake up on the operating table, I’d be so happy if the surgeon just looks down and goes “ah, so you’re finally awake” like that one meme. Or, alternative “good morning starshine, the earth says hello!”. Would make my whole month, maybe even year.
to be honest, i wanna become a doctor for that exact reason.
Ah, so your finally awake. You were tryna cross the border right?" Dawg I would start cracking up 😭 Best game ever.
@@that_ghostRIGHT LOL
I hope it doesn’t for you but just in case before surgery if you ever do have surgery tell them that lol
I would even tear up if they said that to me
They had to remove my gallbladder when I was 12 and the anesthesiologist is very kind. She told me to pray and I fell asleep after. One of the reasons why I wasn't so afraid that time. The nurses and my doctors were so nice.
All I remember hearing when I woke up for a few seconds was "give her a little more" 😂😂
I was having a gastrointestinal procedure (actually 2, a endoscopy AND colonoscopy) and while they were doing the second one I woke up from the sedation for a brief second and spoke to the doctor. He was great. He said are you awake. I said yep I am. He told the anesthesiologist “giver her more happy juice” “Say goodnight Janet!” I said “Goodnight Janet”. It was not scary because the Doctor DID interact with me, got confirmation I was coming awake and gave the Anesthesiologist the order for deeper sleep. Was not a problem because we did not make it one. Now they know I need more to stay asleep.
This is the funniest story I've heard so far 😂 your doctor is so funny
Being reassuring and not making it a big deal (while also not being invalidating) is absolutely the best thing you can do for PTSD prevention
I came to during my endoscopy when I was 16. I started to panic and the doctor saw it in my eyes. He just flipped the screen to show what was happening. I don't think they put me back under though because I remember the feeling of them taking the camera out of my throat.
Really I was completely awake during mine. It was so excruciating. I had to yell at them to stop three times with no sedation whatsoever. Didn’t even give me the option for sedation.
Happy juice :D
I had an appendix surgery, I woke up while people are busy on my lower half. I instantly realized what's happening and said "Fuck this, I'm out" and slip back into sleep immediately. Mind you, I'm the type who struggle with sleeping.
Omg I had my appendix removed 3 months ago and it was very easy for me, I didn’t wake up.
“busy on my lower half” is crazy
@@Karma-wg5he My surgery was easy as well, didn't feel anything. I guess my body just decided to randomly wake up.
I have trouble falling asleep but waking up is difficult. I tend to wake up and fall back asleep in an instant. So I think I understand you man 😂
i had an appendix surgery back in october but i had to wait like 3 days in pain in the hospital for my surgery 💀
I'm so glad you take the time to speak to anyone who might wake a bit in surgery. It REALLY matters and when i think of my incident, i can still hear my neurosurgeon. I woke up very soon after being intubated, but before surgery started, i think, and was instantly scared. My eyes had tape on them, I think. I was almost sitting up, which startled me, and I didn't think I could move, but I kept needing to cough. I heard my neurosurgeon say "Everyone hold. Sarah, you'll be back asleep in just a moment" and then calmly said I was too light. I remember how calm his voice was and at that moment, it felt like he was saving me, so reassuring the patient really d❤oes help later. I remember thinking i do feel very light and floaty, but something is wrong. Turns out while intubating me, the anesthesiologist accidentally dislocated my jaw and their theory was that the pain woke me (I have EDS-3 and warned them that my joints dislocate easily, but that they needed to be very careful when moving my neck and jaw). One side of my jaw was out of socket for hours during and after surgery and swelled so much that it took days to be able to get it to go back into place. The anesthesiologist came by to tell me he had no idea my jaw was out during surgery and he was sorry. He said my case taught him more about EDS. I hope he was sincere and he is more careful with future EDS patients. The brain surgery was nothing compared to the pain of my jaw! I'm so grateful for that calm voice in the middle of my panic. ❤
I’m surprised at how many people are commenting their experiences with this. When I was told I needed surgery on my arm in the ER, I told the doctor I was really scared of waking up during surgery. She told me it was « pas possible » (she was French), and I argued with her that I’d seen documentaries & heard stories. In surgery I woke up while they were either intubating me or removing the intubation, and I remember the anxious expression of one of the nurses as we made eye contact. Thankfully it was really brief and I don’t remember pain..but the entire experience has undermined my trust in doctors and given me extreme anxiety around the possibility of a future surgery.
No one believed me when I told them I woke up as a kid. I remember the docs freaking out as they were mid-cut in the back of my throat, though I don't remember pain just confusion and fear and nausea. Not to mention embarrassment and shame when my family didn't believe me, they convinced me I had imagined it or made it up. Now more than 30 years later, turns out my bro and mom are also very hard to put under...
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i went thru the same thing as a kid waking up from a tonsillectomy. i remember mid waking up in surgery my eyes were open n i was freaking out but couldnt move and the doctors were laughing. mind you i have had surgery multiple times n that was the only time i experienced that. i told my mom n she said i made it up n it didnt happen
As someone who also wasn't believed (different trauma tho)
I just wanted to say I believe you.
And it makes me sad hearing that no one believed you...
I woke up during tonsil removal and they spoke to me and said my vein had collapsed for the anesthesia and they had to find a new one. The pain from finding a new vein was a lot for my 12 yr old self. I was very upset. My throat hurt a little and I couldn't imagine why. I remembered not believing it could possibly be because they had started cutting already because that would have hurt more, right? So now I wonder if they numbed my throat. Maybe they did when they realized I had to wake up. Either way, I am still shocked and appalled that my dad was made to have that surgery as a child while awake. I need answers. It doesn't make sense.
They should test cameras and AI to monitor eye movements for patients under anesthesia. It could alert doctors if a patients awareness changes throughout the procedure. Every patient responds differently, however if their behavior shifts mid treatment it could be a sign.
No wait because you’re on to something. This is so smart because if there’s a sensor/camera of some sort placed near where the head of the patient is at and there eyes open and start to move around, AI should be able to pick up the eye movement and send some alert to the doctors monitors.
Or for any type of head or hand movement
I’ve actually been on a huge project in Adelaide with seeing sensors to monitor eye movement of truck drivers to alert the logistics companies that their truckie needs a break from driving if they start falling asleep
@@chyniajohnson3412 That's not possible. The eyes are being taped close, so that they don't dry out.
@@blackshards3415 yes I know this but your eyes can still move while taped, it’s just like when your eyes roll when you sleep and if the AI is trained to know what a closed taped eye looks like and the movement, it could still work. But I also mentioned head or hand movement during surgery
That's all the anesthesia Dr has to do 🤦🏼♀️ it's sad they can't stay focused long enough to avoid these horrible stories!!
The heart rate alone should be cause for alarm! You'd think anyhow lol
Woke up during eye surgery, the dr spoke to me in a calm voice n said he needed to put me back out. His calmness reassured me. 😊
My heart warms for surgery staff. They are so skilled, and I also think they are kind in the sense that they stay on their game BECAUSE it's needed to help people. I hear surgeons and anesthesiologists make a lot of money, but they still have to be GREAT at their job.
I awakened during the surgery, but I could not talk nor open my eyes. I heard everything the surgeon was saying, and talking to the nurse, and I tried to grab his hand because he was breaking my nose to correct a septum, and I tried to get him to stop and he was cussing and yelling at the nurse, and telling her that she needed to cut the stitches closer and such.
After the surgery, I told him that I had heard what he said, and he told me that that was not at all possible. Then I told him what he said very specifically, and what I did, because he had to put his knee up on the table to stop my hand from going up to my face, but he was swearing and not very nice to his assistants.
Yes, that was quite a few years ago and yes, I still feel traumatized by it. I think the thing that was most upsetting was his adamant attitude about there was no possibility of me awakening, but there was, and it was very distressing went on for some time.
Wow I wouldn’t want to see that doctor again
Sadly, doctor arrogance is not rare!!!
I hope you sued.
that’s so great
Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, that sounds like a case of awake paralysis. Patient’s can develop PTSD from this. More can be done for patients to prevent this, but some doctors don’t listen.
"OH NOOO WAIT DONT WAKE UP YOUR BALLS ARE MISSING!!"
injects anesthesia*
I can’t tell whether to laugh or feel bad
If that's the last thing I hear before I go back to sleep I'm waking the fuck back up. I want to know what the fuck he's talking about
Some anesthesiologists did a study recently where they voluntarily underwent paralyzation, intubation and ventilation for some time without an sedation. Some quotes from the subjects:
“You would swear that you were just not getting enough air in. Have you ever tried to breathe at below FRC with small volumes? Go down to residual volume and try taking just small breaths." (Subject 1)
"I pretended that it was me breathing, and holding my breath, and concentrating on the tourniquet pain instead of the suffocating feeling of my tongue in my mouth." (Subject 5)
“I just liked the feeling and idea of larger tidal volumes." (Subject 7)
“I felt that I wasn't getting the ventilation that I needed, even though I didn't feel particularly short of breath." (Subject 8)
“The loss of Functional respiratory capacity was horrible - it just felt like something was dre wrong inside - like all the breath was sucked out of you." (Subject 10)
I told the doctor I liked his music and asked what we were listening to. 😂
I wish you had been my anesthesiologist during the spine surgery I had. I woke up while surgical instruments were in my neck. All I remember is screaming and the whole crew physically restraining me. I also recall the surgeon swearing and yelling, "Put her out! Put her out!" Yes, I remember it, and I do have PTSD. It was terrifying.
Additional information:
I had surgery because I had early onset of DDD or degenerative disc disease.
Yes, I felt the pain inflicted by the deep incision into my spine.
It is very uncommon today for people to wake up during surgery. I have since had numerous surgeries and with advancements in patient monitoring, medication management during surgeries, and types of medications used in surgery, i think waking up during surgery is highly unlikely.
But I guess this was extremely dangerous because they were operating at your neck. I think they had no time to je nice. Nevertheless, I‘m sure this experience sucked big time, I‘m very sorry that on top of a surely difficult and frightening procedure, this shit happened to you.
As horrifying as that was, please keep in mind they were also scared shitless that you would move and cause terrible damage t your spinal nerve.
It was a moment of deep urgency and they had to ensure you did not hurt yourself.
Don0t think it was because they didn't worry about you or didn't care about you. It was just very dangerous for you to be awake and move
I hope you were offered to talk the experience through with the doctors afterwards 🙏..…..
This happened to me as well, I had spine surgery and woke up...I remember the anesthesiologist saying "uh-oh" and the whole room going still...the surgeons hands were on my spine and went still...the next thing I heard was. "Put her back down NOW!" alot more cuss words were involved...I've had several surgeries since then. But no one talked to me than either..no one reassured me...this is something that should be addressed, no one should k d go through this.
Lucky the anesthesia didn't make you unable to speak like it does for most people
i woke up during a procedure once when they were almost done. I couldn’t speak I could only cry and the nurse just held my hand and rubbed my back until I passed out again. It was the worst pain ever, but I also felt cared for and relived that she was there to hold my hand. When I woke up later I wanted to say thank you but she had gone home.
Ankle reconstruction. I distinctly remember hearing someone say "You're going back to sleep now."
Don't remember the pain, never opened my eyes. Just the voice.
The doctor just screams "NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE" as they put the anesthesia back in.
I remember absolutely everything from the moment I woke up during the surgery. I didn't feel pain, but I felt touch on the bones and muscles, tugging and stitching of the nerves. I couldn't do anything, not even blink. but the anesthesiologist realized that I was waking up, I remember how panicked he was swearing that I was much more resistant to general anesthesia than they thought.
I had a dentist doubt me when I told him that I need more anesthesia than most people, and in return almost caught a kick in the ribs when he stabbed the roof of my mouth, full-force, to check, and I in fact felt every millimeter of steel plunging into my soft-pallet and jerked.
@@iMajoraGamingWHY WAS THIS SO GRAPHIC
@@iMajoraGamingThat dude should NOT be employed ffs
@@iMajoraGamingPunch THAT BI-
@@iMajoraGaming Yeah that’s some fresh bs. Life is not a Saw film my guy.
So glad you said that. I'm an ICU nurse and like to speak to my patients as much as possible when I'm interacting with sedated and /or paralysed patients
Does this happen due to the anesthesiologist ignorance or is it like resistance to the medicine if you know cause if the doctor was not pumping meds to keep you asleep that’s a massive fuckin law case in the making
I always talked to them like that too. ❤
Yes, agree 🤘 always.
Thank you for doing that. We won’t know until it’s too late if patients are aware of what is being said. No harm done if they aren’t aware, but what a world of difference it can make if they are.
I really appreciate that. I know that when I was being drilled for traction and was heavily sedated it was the nurse calmly talking to me while it was happening that made it ok.
When I had my C-section I had the best anesthesiologist, in fact he comforted me more than the dr did, which idk if that’s normal the dr is pretty busy but I wish I knew his name so I could write him. Being awake during a C-section is so terrifying and that man made me feel so comforted, I’ll never forget that
I woke up during surgery and could feel everything (it wasn’t general anesthesia, just regular sedation bc it was dental related) but instead of doing what you describe in the video, my doctor screamed at me to shut up (I was 12 years old, the doctor was this big adult man and I was obviously losing my shit because I was in so much pain). It has been 7 years since that happened to me and i still have pretty intense trauma from it. This video almost made me cry because of how gentle this guy seems and because he addressed literally exactly what I experienced.
I'm having surgery in less than 8 hours. I hope I get an anesthesiologist like you
How was it im going in less than 24 hours its 10pm surgery is tomorrow at 7:45am
@@jayhop960 hey! It went really great. My surgery was 4 hours.
Never woke up, just remembered before the surgery and bits after it.
(I gave gone under a lot and expressed my concern that I was afraid I'd wake up since I'm on certain medications and anesthesiologist was very understanding and comforting.)
Let me know how you do!
@@brigon9 i just got back home an hour ago stayed overnight in the hospital they took from my rib to restructure my collapsed nose, so my nose is ok but my rib hurts even to stand up straight, but surgery went really well, had no nausea nothing and i was able to eat a few hours after, though being in the military and a hard head when i woke up i was confused tellling her who are you where aam i what happened i kept trying to take off my bandages she kept say no no dontt that and she was comforting told me where i was what happened and that shes there to help me i had oxygen on to help breathing she brought my ice chunks to chew help my mouth from dryness then she wheeled me to my room everything was great this time yesterday i was in surgery
@@jayhop960seems like they gave you some good meds to take home too lol
marine corps@@brigon9
I woke up during surgery when I broke my elbow at 8 years old. When I opened my eyes the surgeon calmly greeted me and said my name. I knew exactly where I was and what was going on, but fortunately I only say the ceiling and the surgeons masked face. Right then and there I decided to close my eyes because I didn't want to freak myself out, and the next thing I remember is waking up in my hospital room with some of my family and friends.
I remember that when I had my second cataract surgery. Someone said that everything was fine and I was doing great and it was almost over and then I was asleep again. No trauma at all. Very reassuring.
God bless you, sir.
It happened to me and was extremely traumatic. If someone like you had been there, what a huge difference that would have made.
This happened back in my homeland - Russia. I was five and woke up during (I believe) one of my bladder operations. It took the team SEVERAL (I don’t remember exactly how long due to all the drugs and how young I was) minutes to notice that I was awake (I lifted my head and saw my body) before they started yelling back and forth to put me back under. No one spoke to me, nevermind reassured, and I fell back asleep in terror.
It’s been two decades now, it’s still in my nightmares and flashbacks almost daily.
Anaesthesiologists like you are very important in moments of physical and mental crisis such as this. Thank you for how you approach your patients… and based on this comment section, it looks like many others had a similar experience and share the same opinion - we need more anaesthesiologists (and medical staff in general) that care that much.
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Same happened to me as a child… woke up during surgery. I remember looking at the cement block wall , but nothing else.
I had night terrors for a long time they told me. Nobody ever thought anything about night terrors. They were just one of those unexplained things that some children go through. It was the ‘60s.
As an adult , I read that children waking up during surgery can be the cause of night terrors.
Ppl r so cruel when it comes to suffering!!!
@@starpeep5769 How are they cruel?
Could you reveal the city and the year?
I once met this lady anesthesiologist, and let me tell you: she was a real knockout.
That one, I haven't heard before
I’m so thankful for you. I wish there were more of you out there.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. when I was giving birth through cesarean the nurses laughed when I was screaming in terror because I had to sit up for my spinal tap and my baby was stuck in my pelvis, they did nothing to reassure me and I’ll never forget that feeling.
Thank you for speaking to them. My waking up under surgery was a pain
ful miserable mess
Im so sorry this happened to you 😢
FIRST time in LIFE at over 70 I gone through surgery the team of Doctors I prayed with all of them TILL next day .All is well.🤣😃😂😘
Thanks Doctors for video knowledge it helps.
Oh my goodness, Ruth!! I am so sorry this happened to you!!! Like he said, they didn’t give you more Anesthesia fast enough and/or talk to you and try to keep you calm, I’m guessing! This kind of thing can absolutely cause PTSD and make the patient terrified of getting surgery again, or even to go into/near the O.R. again! In some cases, if the Anesthesiologist catches it fast enough and gives a big bolus of Propofol fast enough, sometimes the patient won’t even remember, which I’m assuming didn’t happen here since your recollection of it is painful and miserable! Hate to hear this, but I’m glad you are okay now!
I mean if it was this bad your lawsuit could be on news
I woke up when I was 12 during my tonsillectomy. I was surprised because the Drs and nurses were casually discussing a vacation my Dr had just came back from. This was 1971 and tv always depicted tense situations in the operating room with a Dr needing their sweaty brow wiped by the nurse, lol. I was surprised to see them having an average adult conversation. Someone noticed my eyes were open and they alerted the anesthesiologist who put a shot into my IV and I woke up in recovery. I told my mom about waking up and she told me I was just dreaming but when my Dr came in the room I told him about it and he was amazed I rembered and knew they were discussing his vacation. I was too curious about what was going on around me to be worried about it.
I haven’t had ANYTHING like what the comments say, but I’ve had a story happen at orthodontists’ appointments.
I have braces, I go to get a check-up and a tighten/ fasten of the wires in my mouth monthly. I know everyone who works there, they’re lovely people. When I got the braces at first, the lady kept talking to me, explaining what she was doing, warning me when something could surprise me or hurt (like snapping a piece of wire). She would ask me yes-no questions about school, life, yada yada yada, and I would answer with a thumbs up or down. I felt so comfortable, I usually have there, even though getting braces is quite scary to many. At some point, of course I got a different orthodontist change the wires, so a new person. She works differently, of course, meaning she doesn’t talk to me as much, rather asking if I’m doing ok or nothings hurting every now and again. I don’t mind that at all! Buuuut I’ve become really jumpy recently, so I twitch any time ANYONE does anything in my mouth - cutting a wire, splitting a bracket, taking broken bits and pieces out - which makes it more likely for a process to hurt because of sudden movement.
I really hope and pray if I ever need surgery for wtv reason you're my doctor. it's so rare to find a doc woth empathy and I'm so thankful people like you exist. it inspires me to do better as well
Patient: *Wakes up*
Me as a doctor: *drops the most diabolical evil laugh in existence *
no one let me become a surgeon, if my patient wakes up i'll scream "NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE"
@@torip6000this made me laugh SO HARD 😂😂
I remember waking up in the middle of a wisdom tooth surgery (luckily I didn't feel too much of it when I did) and there was a student shadowing the dentist during it. Poor guy jumped back, a bit startled. As the dentist was reassuring me, I remember reaching out in reassurance to the student with a soft pat-pat on his knee before being out again. We had a good laugh about it afterwards.
Wish it were the same for everyone for it to have that kind of ending to it, especially after reading all of these comments. Love what you do for your patients ❤
Edit: not everyone needs to be put to sleep, but in my case, all four were coming in and had to be removed, they were severely impacted, and I was allergic to their numbing medicine. Being put out was the best route in my case, but some opt for other ones if available. Everyone's case is different, but this was the best route for my particular case
LOL
That's a great story!
@@winterzealot it was an interesting day for him, to say the least! Just glad it's was a laughable one at the end of the day lol
Whatttt you get put to sleep during that?! I had a root canal and i wasnt put to sleep or on numbness... Worst pain ive ever felt my whole life.
Man I wish I was put under when I had mine out. They pulled all 4 of them and I still remember all of it!
something ive always liked about your channel, Dallasmed, is that you often keep parts of collecting resource or materials in a vid (or even making a whole vid like this one) where a lotta other people would cut stuff out to make everything seem so grand and sudden, which also makes this channel and series more grounded and whatnot :)
As a ginger and someone who’s woken up during surgery THANK YOU! For my oral surgery, I had something keeping my eyes shut and was scared, but my doctors voice was so soothing. I hugged her when I woke up :)
I do recall that happening. It was abdominal surgery. I could feel a sort of pulling sensation, and a little pain in my stomach. I could see the theatre staff and hear them, but I couldn’t speak to let them know. Finally I remember hearing someone say “this lady is almost awake”. I remember nothing after that until I was awoken in recovery. I did tell one of the nurses, but it was dismissed as dreaming. I knew this was just stop me from getting upset about it, but I was able to quote a little of some of the conversation they’d had while I was awake in surgery, which was a bit of gossip, and not about the procedure. The nurse did appear to be very shocked. Maybe it was a dream, maybe not. But it has always been a thought with me whenever I’ve had to have further surgery.
Of course you remembered it then, I mean it’s completely possible to remember stuff that’s happening. Them being shocked is just a little weird, this can happen, it’s no news :)
Maybe it’s because I am going back quite some years. I think medical staff do talk about things a little more openly now than they did over 40 years ago. Thank you for your reply. It’s really kind that you took the time to do so.
@@Askins.dt2001 Yes it’s likely that they talk more openly now. Also I just learnt that you can dream that you hear them talk, I didn’t know that, but I wouldn’t question it if you think you heard them :)
Of course, my pleasure haha :)
Number one rule of medicine: they never acknowledge fault.
I woke up during my heart surgery when I was 15. I looked up at all the monitors and saw the inside of my heart, and I guess I made a noise, and they noticed I was awake. Some man, I'm guessing the anesthesiologist, put his hand on my head and said, "You're okay, sweetheart, but I need you to go back to sleep now. Close your eyes for me." and then I was back to fully unconscious. It was pretty cool to see the inside of my heart lol.
Did anything hurt
What type of heart surgery you had ?
I volunteered at a vet clinic in the past. During one particular surgery that I was observing, a dog woke up when the veterinarian started making an incision in its belly. It was the nursing student’s fault who was in charge of the amount of anaesthesia that was given to the dog. Thankfully, no one was hurt and the vet’s knife just dropped to the ground, and the student gave the dog more anaesthesia for the surgery.
I woke up during my wisdom teeth removal surgery. I couldn't really... speak... cuz there were hands in my mouth.... so I just opened my eyes and went ".....UH" and the nurse looked looked at the doctor in horror. Then the doctor pointed to a tray. And he had to remind the nurse to get the thing from the tray. I think I scared her more than this scared me. But they then gave me a little too much anesthesia and had to have 3 nurses carry me to the recovery room and have 2 nurses hold the doors open. I woke up and fell asleep again 3 times before actually waking up and saying ".... I want a milkshake."
I had 3 surgeries for cancer last year- thankfully I didn’t have any bad experiences, but I was so nervous that the anesthesiologist might just have an off day and forget to give me Propofol after the paralytic agent that I would be awake but immobile. So I asked him after he put the oxygen over my face, and he took it off to hear my question-😅 weather he would give me Propofol or the paralytic first. He responded so kindly and said they always give the Propofol first! He also said I was the first patient to ever ask him that! But you seem like such an empathetic doctor. Thank you, we need more people who can talk to patients like you do.💛
When I had my surgery, I told the anesthesiologist just to make sure they gave me the Propofol first and then stick a needle in me to make sure I was out before they did the paralyzing stuff! He said since the Michael Jackson incident, almost everybody knows what propofol is!
I screamed and cried and begged the mnot to lobotomize me when I went under for gall bladder surgery. The traumatized child brain is fun to explain when you're an adult..... Elfucko youo, to whomever that was back in 1994 that told me that. You have forever ruined my ability to undergo medical procedures.
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Just to give some people some sense of comfort in this comment section if you’re about to go for surgery. I’ve had 6 surgeries all under general anaesthetic and I’ve never woken up and it is unlikely to happen. Not at all to lessen the experiences these people have gone through, but don’t be scared. It is very unlikely to happen. You’ve got this! I’m routing for you ❤
I'm literally waiting for a surgery in hospital right now and the possibility of waking up mid surgery isn’t the information I needed 💀
I legit teared up when you said "I talk to them to assure them"...
Honestly; hearing you go "hey, we knownyou woke up, its okay, your being taken care of, your going back to sleep" and such would help 100% more
As a kid I hallucinated after a surgery. I thought I had died and been brought back. I heard the voices of family that I thought came to see me because they thought I was gone. I was crying out and to make matters worse, I was in surgery as a victim of a crime. My own mom wasn’t even there. I would have really been reassured if someone had tried to calm me. Thanks to this anesthesiologist for his comforting words. I hope his patients are grateful.
Bless you 😚. I woke up in the ER after being assaulted at work. I had INCREDIBLE care, and a file about an inch thick. Lots of bloodwork and scans. They now know I dont do drugs. Anyway. I woke up ANGRY, and wanted to fight. Apparently I fought whoever it was, because I had scratches on my hands!!
But ever after that, when I went to the ER, the same doc treated me.
@@janejones5362 bless you too. I’m sorry you were assaulted at work. Some people suck but for every bad one, there are many more good ones.
Ah poor you as a kid! 😢 That's heartbraking to hear, that no-one thought of calming you. That is nursing 101!
On top of that you probably were anesthetised with gas (a refined version of the old ether). Children are often put to sleep with gas, since it's more effective.
But quite often, hallucinations or a kind of delerium follow when you wake from gas-anesthesia.
Now doubt a life-long memorable experience 😟
@@ruthanna4713 thank you for your kind words. I don’t know why I even shared that story- I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone. Haha Even though we don’t know each other, I just started getting teary eyed receiving some acknowledgment that all children should get empathy from medical workers especially when scared, alone, or in pain. Thank you for your kindness.
@@patientzero5685 I'm very happy if I've been of help in any way. Everybody has once been a child in need of someone, and some of us are unlucky to've experienced being left all on our own in a sticky situation. It sucks, and sticks to us forever if we never give it any after-thought. Just realised myself, that no matter how old we get, our memory of emotions/nervous system is as new as when we're born. It amazes me, that for instance 93 year olds have vivid memories of childhood feelings of fear and abandonment. And to see how relieved people can become after putting into words what they never were able to as a kid. There's something about being able to spit out your baf experiences, in word form, that kind of distances us from what happened and lets us find peace with whatever it was that hurt so long ago.
Ah sorry for the rant 😂✌️ best of times to you.
I underwent surgery and a skin graft due to a severe burn. During the procedure, I had a very disturbing dream where I felt like I was dead and I heard the sound of tools buzzing. Although I didn't experience pain, I felt a discomfort that was very intense, and it left a lasting impact. Even now, about a decade later, I still suffer from PTSD related to that experience.
Every night, before I fall asleep, I find myself gasping for air, fearing I might have a heart attack. This fear often keeps me awake for hours. Despite this nightly struggle, I manage to maintain my daily responsibilities such as work and paying taxes. However, the prospect of going to sleep remains a daunting ordeal for me.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
How other people speak to your during and after trauma can HUGELY impact whether or not you develop PTSD after the fact
I was awake for an entire pacemaker replacement surgery when I was in my 20s. It was a new cardiologist & surgeon for me (my first pacer was at 11weeks old so ive had a few surgeons). They sedated me, but I didn't go under. They covered my head/face with a paper sheet during surgery. My face was turned to the side, I was wide awake & completely paralyzed. They were chatting about golfing on their vacations. I watched a clock on the wall for 45mins, & was so terrified all I could do was say in my mind over & over "Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus...". When I felt the scalpel or knife cutting deep into my chest I was able, with all of my might, make a very slight moan. The surgeon said "Oh do you feel that Ms Williams? Sometimes it isn't numbed enough." Then I felt a looong needle slowly injected into my chest for them to numb that area. It was a nightmare. I've been diagnosed with medical PTSD. 8 pacemaker surgeries, 2 open heart surgeries, a valve replacement, & that surgery was the absolute most terrifying & intense experience in my 44yrs of life.
Wow
It does sound like one which you would be awake so idk big mistake of them still
I woke up intubated and I was terrified. Someone said “she’s awake” and then was told to relax that it would be ok and I went back to sleep. Months later I went to the Dentist and had a horrible flash back when he turned on the light to work on me!! He asked me if I had had surgery - when I said yes, he figured it out and shut off the light and let me gain my composure!
First operation, the tonsils when I was 14., only the pain meds where still working: slightly opening an eye lid, a man from my church yells at the anesthetist "the heck! She is waking up you idiot, put her back to sleep!" Absolut silence, than I went back to sleep. Made me giggly when I finally woke up
I remeber when I was a couple years younger I had a surgery on my ear, I don’t really remember seeing anything but I remeber the doctor saying “your okay you can go back to sleep, we’re taking care of you brother”
My blood pressure went real low during a procedure last year and they had to pull back on the twilight sedation. The anesthesiologist explained it to me as it was happening- I don’t have a great memory of it but I remember her telling me that I was going to be a little more awake because my blood pressure was low but that they were going to keep me as sleepy as they could while keeping me safe. I wasn’t thrilled but wasn’t traumatized either.
This should be TAUGHT as a requirement for anesthesiologists
I also had awareness under anesthesia. Was having a port & a PEG tube placed. Came to as they were doing the feeding tube. I felt them cut me & felt them put something down my throat. I managed to tell them I could feel it all. They didn’t stop or give me more anesthesia.It was terrifying!! After that ( was going to be having surgery eventually for cancer) I made sure every body knew what happened. I checked name tags & made good eye contact. Finally one doctor told me that my AUA was noted in my chart. The ordeal has made me terrified of anything requiring anesthesia. Plus it doesn’t help that I’m a retired nurse. I also had a terrible experience with ketamine with my last surgery. 😢
as someone with ptsd (not from medical issues but still, i've got the diagnosis and running through therapy) i gotta say, you caring about that is so good. its life debilitating. i can barely be in public without being afraid. i think there's 2 places in the whole ass world i feel safe at. thats barely even touching the surface.
i wish more people also took your stance. i hear too many stories that caused ptsd in patients just looking to fix whats wrong with them medically.
(note: these stories also stopped me from looking into whats wrong with me. i have arthritis at 19. found that out literally last month. i was so scared i'd be another story.)
Hi Doc, god the fact that you talk with when this happens probably saves SO MANY PATIENTS FROM MEDICAL PTSD!! Such as great thing you do, very caring and respectful….
I was overmorphined in 2004. Ive been disabled since😢This was during an ice storm