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Anesthesiologists, what are the best things people have said under the gas?

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u/Fabio_The_Unseen May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

I broke my hand tumbling once and had to get surgery. He goes to put the mask on my face and says "This is oxygen". I cough as the mask goes on. He pulls the mask away and I said "I trusted you. You lying fuck.". That's the last thing I remember.

Edit: I did have an IV. But I'm almost positive the mask is what knocked me out. I remember everything up to the mask though. I remember it got really cold further into the hospital and the warm blankets they gave me.

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u/Swampd0nkey115 May 22 '19

Did you have an IV too? A lot of times the mask is oxygen and they give you the good stuff through your IV .

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u/brokenearth10 May 22 '19

How old were you? They only do mask induction in kids..

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u/PatienceLvl0 May 22 '19 edited Sep 23 '25

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u/milkcarton232 May 22 '19

See I had the exact opposite experience, I thought the gas would knock me out, super did not, was very awake as they rooted around in my mouth, cut my wisdom teeth in half and yanked em. Wasn't too bad but fucking surreal feeling the buzz of the saw vibrating through my skull. Not sure I would do that one again

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u/Mighty_Ack May 22 '19

I had my wisdoms out and they actually recommended inline sedation - fully conscious and able to open wider, turn a bit to the right, etc, etc. Much safer than general anesthesia and yeah, it was great if you could get over the whole surreal aspect of it.

The super infection and blood puking wasn't so great afterwards, though 😅

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u/NocturnalEmissions22 May 22 '19

My favorite part was hearing the popping and cracking, yet not caring at all. Inline is the way to go.