re: Are you awake for surgeries?

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I had a colonoscopy

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Pics?

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I had a colonoscopy one time wide awake.

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Had several. Prep is no fun at all. I'm actually due for one now. Had multiple surgeries in my life. Two back surgeries. Eye lens replacement surgery is pretty scary on the first eye. Most recent was an angiogram. Semi awake for that one.

when i had surgery to reconnect my bicept tendon i was completely awake. they had my shoulder down on nerve blockers but the rest of me was awake

they had the my left arm on the other side of the "tent" they had set up to do the surgery. i was able to talk to the doctor, and towards the end he asked if i wanted to watch, so he lowered the tent and i was able to see the tendon and bone before the started to re-attach

before the surgery i wanted a video of the procedure

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They sent me home withs two picture had them hanging inside my kitchen cabinet for years. Anybody ask what they were i said a real a-hole.

I’ve had two elderly female relatives have orthopedic surgeries. One knee replacement and one hip replacement. Both had memory loss issues after the surgery. Not over time, but immediately after surgery. It only got worse from there. I’ve had friends that have had the same experience in their family. They may not want to put her under because of that. If it was my mom, and she was okay with it, I’m encouraging it.

She will receive spinal anesthesia which will make her entire leg numb. They will also give her sedation during the procedure so she will probably nap through the entire case and won't remember anything about it. Spinal anesthesia is safe and effective and is preferable in many types of orthopedic cases for older patients. Many surgeons also prefer spinal anesthesia for knee replacement as there may be less blood loss during the case. There is no reason to avoid this type of anesthesia in her situation.

So much bad information in this thread. I would say far and away the majority of hip and knee replacement surgeries are done under spinal anesthesia with sedation, not full general anesthesia. Getting a tube shoved down your throat and getting general anesthesia isn’t some benign thing. The sedating drugs they give make it to where you most likely won’t remember any of the surgery.

My grandfather was put under general anesthesia for a surgery in his late 80s. Before the procedure he was fairly active and had a sharp mind. When he woke up in the recovery room he was a complete dementia patient from that point on - drooling, confused, didn't remember his grandkids. Very sad but that's a risk when you get older, although I think there have been advancements since those days and it's less of a risk with drugs and practices now.

Woke up during hand surgery. The pressure was immense but no real pain, just serious discomfort. Morphine after.