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[*] Hi

When getting the surgery it seems my half of my body will be numb.

Did anyone get anxious or nervous that they were kept still or couldn’t move.

I wish I will be knocked out so I don’t know what’s going on. By seeing or hearing


Thanks

You will do fine. Ot exactly how he does it but my Dr did a block and light sedation. No pain at all.

They have put me to sleep every time and I’m glad they did. I watched a doctor do work on my foreskin once under a block and I wish I hadn’t. Blood don’t bother me much until it’s mine !!!

Havahtequila wrote:[*] Hi

When getting the surgery it seems my half of my body will be numb.

Did anyone get anxious or nervous that they were kept still or couldn’t move.

I wish I will be knocked out so I don’t know what’s going on. By seeing or hearing


Thanks

I have trouble with general. I hate it and most sedation even. For my repair I just had a spinal block. I was awake for the whole thing. Well mostly as I caught a little nap or 3. I am really sensitive as they almost even over did the spinal block. That would have stopped my heart. I could not feel anything or move anything from my ribcage down. Not bad at all. Just had to wait a long time for my body to wake up enough to move and be able to pee. After I was able to pee, they kicked me out fast. Kept doing an ultrasound of my bladder to make sure it was not in danger of being too full. The 2.5-hour (3 hour if you include lunch stop) ride home was not a lot of fun. But after I was home, I was fine. Much better than the fog and sickness from general for me. I have hearing loss and could not understand anything they were saying. Makes it easy to catch a nap that way.

I'm also a little scared about general anesthesia. I talked about it with the doctor and he told me that if I want he can do the one that puts me to sleep from the torso down, but I don't know at this point whether it's better to have total anesthesia and sleep or stay awake and maybe have a few panic attacks. .

Just share your concern with your anesthesia provider. It’s a common fear and they typically give some sedation medication even if you aren’t “asleep”. They can likely make it so even if you are aware of what is happening in the room you don’t care.

Sorry, but for me there is no way I want to be awake during an implant. When I had my implant done it was the first time I had been put to sleep via anesthesia as an adult. Didn't know how my body was going to react.
If they only numb your lower torso they will probably put a curtain up. When my MIL had hand surgery they numbed her arm and set up a curtain. She asked if she could watch, they said no.

Will speak to the anesthesiologist and the dr. My dr. Dr Eid does a spinal tap. And to my understanding you are awake and conscious to some degree.