[jasone]

Around 1993 I had my tonsils out, which involved general anesthesia. Back then they administered a prep drug that put the patient in a weird dissociated awake state that I would describe as not realizing you're awake. This being my third time through the process (knee surgery, wisdom teeth, now tonsils), I tried really hard to maintain self awareness.

We'll, it sorta worked. In this state I somehow recognized that the device placed on my fingertip must be a blood sensor of some sort, and that squeezing my finger might mess with the readings. I made it through two rounds of setting off alarms before the nurses caught me. I was immensely pleased with myself!