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General Anesthetic
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I'm sure loads of you will have had them - so please, share your experiences as I'm petrified! :nervous:
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Really nothing to worry about.
:nervous: x lots
Least you get one. I got novacaine.
General anasthetic is nothing. Slight scratch on the back of your hand (you don`t care, you`ve already had pre-meds), they ask you to count to ten, you say, "One, two, three,fou..... A couple of seconds later you open your eyes and it`s all over. You feel a bit groggy for a bit but you can just sleep that off.
yeah, that would be worse. but it's not just a simple extraction, they're all embedded in places they shouldn't be. so they have to hack bits out of my jaw to get at them
i had one of my molars out last year with only local anaesthetic and gas and air, and that wasn't the most fun, but at least i could chew on the other side...
and the things that worry me are having to swallow pills, and it making me throw up. i'm such a dunce
Tranquillisers, as far as I know. I`m sure it was Diazepam last time I had one.
Well I won`t pretend I envy you. But it won`t be unbearable either. Just make sure you follow all the aftercare instructions, they really do help. And take ibuprofen.
No, you`re not. Right, let me tell you, the only pill I`ve ever had to swallow was that premed and it`s tiny. If you really can`t swallow tablets I know at least some tranquillisers come in a syrup. I`ve never been sick after a general - just make SURE you have nil by mouth for the required time before and you should be ok.
Forgot to say - it should only be the bottom ones where they`ll have to remove bone, the top ones usually come out as easy as shelling peas.
They use cream to numb the skin on the back of your hand, and then they put a kind of drip device in, then they push the anaesthetic down through that, you count back from 10 and thats it! Zzzzz
I had general anaesthetic for my caesarean and I felt really really rough and tearful after that one, but I'm not sure if that was the shock of what had just happened or the after-effects of the anaesthetic. When I came round I didn't know where I was or what had happened and there where drips and tubes all over me. Pretty scary.
My son who is 5 had a general anaesthetic to have some teeth out - bless him - he is an "unco-operative patient" hehe. Watching and holding him as they knocked him out was one of the most upsetting things I have seen. He was fine though, he woke up and the first thing he did was to stuff his fingers into the holes in his gums!!eeeee!!!
I seem to remember them giving me an injection about half an hour before they took me to theatre but that may have just been specific to my condition.
Anyway when it came to it i was in the theatre, the guy told me what was gonna happen and wafted the gas thingy infront of me so i could see what it smelt like (don't think it smelt of anything actually) then they asked me to count backwords from 10, i think i got to 7 you just go out like a light and the next thing i knew i woke up in intensive care and was violently sick, but i had been under the anashtetic for something like 8 hours so they said it was to be expected.
Other than that they are fine, you won't even notice that your asleep until you wake up after your op
Yeah, you tend to feel a bit groggy and tired after having a baby anyway. Actually tired isn`t the word.
Its likely to be either ketamine (for elderly or children) or fentynanil (sp?) which is a massively powerful opiate.
In which case I`m probably wrong. I bow to your (far) superior knowledge.
Miffy; I'm really not sure, not having had one I wouldnt want to guess to be honest. A small dose of valium and then a knock out dose of either of the drugs I mentioned probably wouldnt be dangerous in the right hands, but mixing downers is always a bad idea.
I do know a few things but it is more black market based, I dont have any medical training.
They use ketamine, like I said on children because it has a very minor if any effect on the CNS yet knocks you out.
Well I daresay you still have more idea than me. You seem to know about a lot of stuff.
I think she means they won't knock you out at the dentists anymore with the gas and air type stuff ( don't know the name ) and that you have to go to hospital for it!
HOw you feel afterwards will all depend on what you're having the op for i guess