What happened was called anesthesia awareness. It is a rare occurrence where the person is aware after being administered anesthesia because of a few possible factors such as: a mistake in the dosage or the reaction to the medication to an individual. In some cases, such as mine, the dose given does nothing but paralyze you it does not numb your senses. I cannot stress enough that this is a very rare thing so it won't happen to you in all likelihood as if memory serves it happens in less than 0.02% of all surgeries.
I needed joint surgery as I had done considerable damage to my ankle thanks to a certain dog which shall remain nameless. They put me under. I was motionless but I was aware. I felt them cutting into my flesh, prying it open. I heard the cutting into my bone and felt the reverberations of the tool. I smelt the sickening smell of burning bone as they drilled and cut. I felt their hands and tools in my exposed flesh. I felt them put me back together. All my senses were alive. I was screaming without a sound trying desperately to make the slightest move . I could not pass out. I felt everything. There was no real cogent thoughts only panic and pain, blinding pain. I can remember what happened in the operating theater for the several hours of the operation. When the drugs wore off and I regained the ability to speak and move. I apparently told the doctors what happened rather bluntly. They were horrified to say the least.
I don't talk about it much because it still makes my skin crawl. Admittedly I did use it when a friend of mine claimed that childbirth was the worst pain anyone can endure. I simply smiled at her and said ever been vivisected?
Vivisections are like dissections. The difference is that you vivisect something living and dissect something that is dead for those that don't know. I define terms because I'm dealing with a diverse group of people and there are a lot of unknowns. Please don't take it as an insult to your intelligence.
Anaesthetic Awareness is the proper term. Not to downplay op's horrifying experience or anything. But with a term like vivisected, I was expecting some sort of a pow story or something.
That is horrifying. Will this always happen to you, or are there alternative drugs to use. I mean really, facing the possibility of another operation must be gut wrenching.
I hate to be rude but curiosity is getting to me so, at the risk of sounding like a callous asshole, can I ask you a few questions that relate to your experience? Please feel free to say no.
Holy shit, man. That's fucked on a whole 'nother level.
Years back I got stupid and managed to need 7 stitches in my lower lip. They numbed me up pretty good, but the local anesthetic didn't really affect one side. So, the last 4 stitches went through completely un-numbed lip. Refused to give me more local, so I had to hold still while the nurse finished the job. Wasn't easy.
I woke up in the middle of wisdom tooth surgery. I was completely paralyzed except for my eyes, and I woke up right as they were sawing a piece of my jaw out. I could feel the saw in my mouth. And they had sunglasses on me, so they couldn't see my eyes. Luckily, a nurse must have seen my eyes, because I remember her saying "he is awake" and giving me more anesthetic. Luckily though, unlike you, I didn't feel any pain, just the pressure. But even that small experience has given me some really bad doctor anxiety.
being vivisected.
It was the worse because I couldn't scream, I couldn't stop it and it lasted several hours.
The anesthesia only paralysed me.
I was wide awake during surgery and felt everything.
WTH! Backstory?
Well alright
What happened was called anesthesia awareness. It is a rare occurrence where the person is aware after being administered anesthesia because of a few possible factors such as: a mistake in the dosage or the reaction to the medication to an individual. In some cases, such as mine, the dose given does nothing but paralyze you it does not numb your senses. I cannot stress enough that this is a very rare thing so it won't happen to you in all likelihood as if memory serves it happens in less than 0.02% of all surgeries.
I needed joint surgery as I had done considerable damage to my ankle thanks to a certain dog which shall remain nameless. They put me under. I was motionless but I was aware. I felt them cutting into my flesh, prying it open. I heard the cutting into my bone and felt the reverberations of the tool. I smelt the sickening smell of burning bone as they drilled and cut. I felt their hands and tools in my exposed flesh. I felt them put me back together. All my senses were alive. I was screaming without a sound trying desperately to make the slightest move . I could not pass out. I felt everything. There was no real cogent thoughts only panic and pain, blinding pain. I can remember what happened in the operating theater for the several hours of the operation. When the drugs wore off and I regained the ability to speak and move. I apparently told the doctors what happened rather bluntly. They were horrified to say the least.
I don't talk about it much because it still makes my skin crawl. Admittedly I did use it when a friend of mine claimed that childbirth was the worst pain anyone can endure. I simply smiled at her and said ever been vivisected?
Vivisections are like dissections. The difference is that you vivisect something living and dissect something that is dead for those that don't know. I define terms because I'm dealing with a diverse group of people and there are a lot of unknowns. Please don't take it as an insult to your intelligence.
I thought a vivisection was an experiment?
It is.
Anaesthetic Awareness is the proper term. Not to downplay op's horrifying experience or anything. But with a term like vivisected, I was expecting some sort of a pow story or something.
Yeah, you won this thread. I doubt anyone would top that, and they'd come across as whining if they did try.
<shivers>
That is horrifying. Will this always happen to you, or are there alternative drugs to use. I mean really, facing the possibility of another operation must be gut wrenching.
Wow! Thank you for giving us the backstory!
I hate to be rude but curiosity is getting to me so, at the risk of sounding like a callous asshole, can I ask you a few questions that relate to your experience? Please feel free to say no.
Holy shit, man. That's fucked on a whole 'nother level.
Years back I got stupid and managed to need 7 stitches in my lower lip. They numbed me up pretty good, but the local anesthetic didn't really affect one side. So, the last 4 stitches went through completely un-numbed lip. Refused to give me more local, so I had to hold still while the nurse finished the job. Wasn't easy.
I woke up in the middle of wisdom tooth surgery. I was completely paralyzed except for my eyes, and I woke up right as they were sawing a piece of my jaw out. I could feel the saw in my mouth. And they had sunglasses on me, so they couldn't see my eyes. Luckily, a nurse must have seen my eyes, because I remember her saying "he is awake" and giving me more anesthetic. Luckily though, unlike you, I didn't feel any pain, just the pressure. But even that small experience has given me some really bad doctor anxiety.
You poor soul