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re: Anybody have memories of the recovery room after surgery?
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:21 am to cajunangelle
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:21 am to cajunangelle
I’ve only had one surgery but yea, I woke up still in the operating room I think. I remember it was damn cold in there, and there was really good music being piped in. I also remember being talkative (probably euphoria) and really needing to pee.
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Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:21 am to Wicked Pissah
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:26 am to cajunangelle
Both times I just woke up on the gurney in the recovery area(both were outpatient surgeries). First time I had no pain and apparently was VERY chatty with the nurses afterwards. Second time I woke up with horrible cramping and just stayed curled up in a ball on my side until they got me in a wheelchair and wheeled me to the bathroom to get dressed to go home. My husband had to help me get dressed I was hurting so bad. That one...I think I was awake and aware of it maybe 15-20 minutes before I was driven home by my husband.
Thankfully never had negative after effects of anesthesia (nausea, vomiting).
Thankfully never had negative after effects of anesthesia (nausea, vomiting).
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:29 am to Hangover Haven
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Kids are awesome waking up in recovery...
Not always. Sometimes they have horrible experiences with the anesthesia and basically wake up really scared and start screaming and trying to hit anyone that comes near them.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:32 am to cajunangelle
For a hand surgery, they made my entire arm dead. When I woke up, I felt fine, and went to get out of the bed. My arm was on my lap, and I leaned when I was spinning to get up. My arm slung down so fast, I cranked my forearm on a metal rail for the bed, and almost dislocated it from my shoulder. Had zero idea I couldn't move my arm
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:33 am to lsunurse
One time after I was @ what I would call recovery two room I was wide awake and the nurse was gibber jabbin blah blah side affects. Yabba yabba stuff. She just got to the I could feel nauseated part. In the instant afterwards... I told my husband to grab me a bathpan I saw QUICKLY. I puked so bad and felt so much better afterwards but while I was puking I thought I was going to die.
I have had too many surgeries. No more.
I have had too many surgeries. No more.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:47 am to cajunangelle
I do. Before my surgery I was curious to see if the time would pass instantaneously for me or if it felt like going to sleep and then waking up a time later. So once they put me under, I (it felt like)instantly sat up, and was in the recovery room with the curtains pulled. I sat up, said, "Cool." to myself, and passed back out. Definitely post-worthy.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:48 am to cajunangelle
Yes, in the middle of surgery. 
Hear the doctor say something that he is awake. 2 seconds later I was out again.
Hear the doctor say something that he is awake. 2 seconds later I was out again. 
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:49 am to cajunangelle
I was all alone and had cottonmouth. Took 20 minutes before nurse came by. Apparently I had been out of surgery for 3 hours before coming to.
Surgery amnesia is real and freaky. Started remembering bits and pieces of the doctor chatting with me before surgery a few months months after
Surgery amnesia is real and freaky. Started remembering bits and pieces of the doctor chatting with me before surgery a few months months after
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:52 am to jcaz
i think of this stuff when i see one of those old westerns where they give the guy a bottle of whiskey and something to bite down on.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 8:58 am to cajunangelle
Yes, as a teen I woke up and punched a punched nurse in the chest and had to be knocked back out with a stick in the leg.
More recently as an adult, my doctor made a joke about the girl across the room getting a boob job thinking he was being coy, I proceeded to yell "Let me see those new titties" across the room to my wife and families delight.
More recently as an adult, my doctor made a joke about the girl across the room getting a boob job thinking he was being coy, I proceeded to yell "Let me see those new titties" across the room to my wife and families delight.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:04 am to cajunangelle
yea I remember coming to after my knee surgery and my dad telling me that they had to amputate my leg because I couldn't feel them and freaking out a bit.
My next knee surgery I remember the nurse bringing me a sprite and some crackers while my parents were coming back from grabbing something to eat because they though I would be in recovery longer than I was. They had me get dressed and I fell down trying to put my shorts on. The nurse stood me back up and squatted down to help me but I remember making some off color sexual joke but don't remember exactly what I said.
My next knee surgery I remember the nurse bringing me a sprite and some crackers while my parents were coming back from grabbing something to eat because they though I would be in recovery longer than I was. They had me get dressed and I fell down trying to put my shorts on. The nurse stood me back up and squatted down to help me but I remember making some off color sexual joke but don't remember exactly what I said.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:10 am to cajunangelle
After my knee surgery I remember asking if they found anything to explain the pain and being told "NO" -- I broke into tears and I remember my husband asking them what was wrong.
Next knee surgery, I remember telling the nurse in the recovery area that the ice chips she gave me were the "best ever".
Next knee surgery, I remember telling the nurse in the recovery area that the ice chips she gave me were the "best ever".
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:13 am to cajunangelle
I remember waking up and still being on the operating room table for my heart surgery. That was interesting
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:14 am to cajunangelle
Versed is a wonderful drug, lol
I haven’t been under personally, but work in the OR... some people wake up as if from a peaceful sleep, others as from a violent nightmare with limbs thrashing and trying to fight! (Mostly kids, young adults and drug abusers)
Interesting to hear what people remember or don’t remember. A side effect of versed (what most places give to you just prior to heading to the OR) is short term memory loss, so many people don’t remember anything about being in the actual OR.
I haven’t been under personally, but work in the OR... some people wake up as if from a peaceful sleep, others as from a violent nightmare with limbs thrashing and trying to fight! (Mostly kids, young adults and drug abusers)
Interesting to hear what people remember or don’t remember. A side effect of versed (what most places give to you just prior to heading to the OR) is short term memory loss, so many people don’t remember anything about being in the actual OR.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:16 am to cajunangelle
When I was around 10 or 11 (maybe younger) I had the vent tubes put in my ear drums, tonsils removed, etc.
I felt so messed up. It was like I wanted to wake up but I couldn’t. I was conscious and it felt horrible. Nothing like having taken too much benedryl or being drunk. It was hideous. Back then they laid you up in the hospital.
When my daughter was between 1 and 2 she had tubes put in. When coming out from anesthesia she was like a Tasmanian devil. I thought she was gonna kill me. It was so cute.
I felt so messed up. It was like I wanted to wake up but I couldn’t. I was conscious and it felt horrible. Nothing like having taken too much benedryl or being drunk. It was hideous. Back then they laid you up in the hospital.
When my daughter was between 1 and 2 she had tubes put in. When coming out from anesthesia she was like a Tasmanian devil. I thought she was gonna kill me. It was so cute.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:16 am to nahtanojc
I had versed or was it fentanyl? Either way it was glorious. I do remember being wheeled into the OR and saying how bright the light was, how freaking cold I was and that my nose itched.
My son was 16 and had wrist surgery -- the PA for the surgeon was a friend of ours and later told us that when he woke up, he was swinging and they had to hold him down. Apparently that's common with teen boys?? Definitely not his normal personality.
My son was 16 and had wrist surgery -- the PA for the surgeon was a friend of ours and later told us that when he woke up, he was swinging and they had to hold him down. Apparently that's common with teen boys?? Definitely not his normal personality.
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Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:19 am to cajunangelle
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Anybody have memories of the recovery room after surgery?
I've had multiple surgeries over the course of my life, so maybe I've trained myself to enjoy waking up in recovery. The feeling is always the same. It always feels like waking up from the kind of sleep I got as a child. That deep, restful sleep that you got when you took a nap in some cool thick grass in the shade of a big tree on a nice spring day. A little stream of slobber running down your cheek. No worries to cloud your mind. Totally rejuvenated.
I always tell the anesthetist how it makes me feel before they put me under and I thank them for the experience in advance because I know I probably won't get the chance afterwards. It's a bummer when the RR nurse finally forces me to wake up and remember I'm not a kid anymore and I have to go back to the worries and stress of adult life.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:22 am to lsunurse
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Not always. Sometimes they have horrible experiences with the anesthesia and basically wake up really scared and start screaming and trying to hit anyone that comes near them.
When my son got out of putting tubes in his ears when he was 2, we sat there a good 40 minutes trying to console the poor guy. Crying, asking for mommy and daddy when we were right there holding him. Flopped around like a fish in our arms a good bit too. There were 2-3 other kids around his age doing the same thing. It was so bizarre.
I know a toddler isn't a kid, but it still wasn't fun at all. The doctor/nurses involved told us up front what would happen.. still didn't help.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 9:23 am to nahtanojc
Versed is unreal. It was why I wondered how I remembered anything. Maybe I didn't get it for certain surgeries? I know I got it my last surgery and I don't remember anything.
I do remember being wheeled in a wheelchair into surgery with a crap ton of people in full surg gear/masks. And I got up on the table and they said move your head up and DONE nothing else...I think it is lousy that you have to request your doc/surgeon if you want something ahead to take the edge off.
I do remember being wheeled in a wheelchair into surgery with a crap ton of people in full surg gear/masks. And I got up on the table and they said move your head up and DONE nothing else...I think it is lousy that you have to request your doc/surgeon if you want something ahead to take the edge off.
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