[anigbrowl]

I've woken up during surgery (for appendix removal). It was uncomfortable but not especially painful. I didn't feel panicky or disoriented, but then I've always been OK with medical situations. The anaesthetist looked pretty horrified though.

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

I’ve also woken up during surgery to remove a hematoma. I was so high off the anesthesia that it was less fear/pain and more of a disassociation/dreamlike state. I was comprehending what was going on around me but didn’t have full control over my faculties.

I expect that kind of thing happens pretty regularly because once the anesthesiologist realized it they re-dosed me pretty quickly and I was back out again. They didn’t seem alarmed at all. The whole situation, while it felt like a decent amount of time, probably lasted less than 30 seconds and only felt more stretched because of the drugs.

Tangentially I do remember the doctors and nurses having some sort of conversation that seemed ridiculously mismatched to the current situation but I am guessing more mundane talk happens during people’s surgeries than a normal person would expect.

[silencio]

My spinal analgesia for an unplanned c-section utterly failed. My anesthesiologist thankfully kept it together and immediately went to our discussed plan B, but I felt so bad about it that I sent her a gift basket. I wonder how common that all is.

[pmiller2]

Are you a redhead by any chance? Red hair is linked to anesthesia resistance, requiring about a 20% higher dose to get the same effect as other people.