Anesthesia

Okay. So, I was talking with Luis, my nurse anesthetist who assisted the anesthesiologist during my day surgery yesterday. Before you go into surgery with general anesthesia, they give you something to relax you. Then when you are in the OR, and have moved yourself onto the table and everything, they get you prepped and put you out.

I told him that for some reason, the last surgery I had I fell asleep from the initial medicine before I even got out of the pre-op area. I figured maybe I was more sensitive to the meds now or something.

He laughed. He told me that they used to use Valium and now they use Versed in that pre-med. Versed has "amazing amnesia properties." He said that all that stuff still happens, with the moving yourself to the table and talking with the staff, etc., but you just have absolutely no recollection of it.

I said, "Get. Out."

"Really!" He laughed again. "You are talking and interacting and moving around and not asleep until they count you backwards from 10, just like before."

I cannot believe it. And of course it happened the same way yesterday! SO weird! I wonder what the heck I said and did for ten minutes before surgery. That stuff could easily be used for nefarious purposes. lol.

p.s. Zero recovery time is a myth, thankyouverymuch.