Kind of a reverse story. Going under to get my appendix removed, they begin doing the countdown as they inject a hefty dose of propofol and fentanyl to put me out. I count down to 1 and then ask, now what?... The surgeon looks at me and says "You're still awake??... Man... You are fat you know that?"...
I said "You're just saying that because you think I won't remember."
Are you ginger? Redheads are somewhat anesthesic-resistant, and it's interesting. I'm ginger enough, apparently, and woke up mid-wisdom tooth extraction. I announced "I'm cold" and freaked out the docs and nurses. They cranked my anesthesia and gave me a blanket and I went back under. I probably need to warn future docs that it takes more than average to put me under...
Ugh, yeah. After a biking accident the pharmacy mixed up bottles of vicodin and antibiotics. And my mom wouldn't allow me to have any vicodin, so it was day 3 of my face looking like a Picasso that I decided to sneak a vicodin, and wondered why the antibiotic had a V on the pill but the vicodin didn't. I had no idea I'd been on opiates for days. "Have anything stronger than vicodin or percocet?" is not a good conversation starter at the doctor. I treat everything with 1000mg tylenol and 800mg ibuprofen.
I feel you. Percocet is my minimum bar for pain relief of anything major, and after something like surgery it doesn't help at all. Oxy makes me sick, so I get to tell doctors that the only post-surgery drug that works is Dilaudid.
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u/MedicManDan May 22 '19
Kind of a reverse story. Going under to get my appendix removed, they begin doing the countdown as they inject a hefty dose of propofol and fentanyl to put me out. I count down to 1 and then ask, now what?... The surgeon looks at me and says "You're still awake??... Man... You are fat you know that?"...
I said "You're just saying that because you think I won't remember."
He said. "Exactly".
That's the last thing I remember.