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[–] [email protected] 86 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I've been under general anaesthetic 3 times in my life...

The first time was at a teaching hospital - I know the patient before me had created a bit of a bloody mess. One of the juniors was struggling to fit the bracket that would keep my cannulated arm from flopping off the table - a senior came over and fixed it, then asked the junior

"Have you changed your gloves?"

"uhhh ...no?"

"CHANGE YOUR GLOVES!"

The last time I went under, I was chatting with the anaesthetist as he was prepping to put me under - seemed like a nice guy, but a bit of a loose cannon. As he put me under, he said something along the lines of

"We'll take care of you - this was the stuff that Michael Jackson was on."

"...wait what?"

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I've gone under five times in my life for minor surgeries. Nothing ever happened ... but on the fifth on, it was about the same time I got to know a few long time nurses and a doctor friend of mine. They gave me a huge insight into the medical profession. That was when I realized that one of the things that can happen when you go under is .... you just never wake up.

When you go unconscious, you aren't going to sleep or going into some dream world ... you're more or less dead for a while.

I went into a my fifth surgery to fix a tendon in my arm and it was probably the most scared I'd been as the world went black. As soon as the anaesthetist injected me and told me to count ... the only thing I could think of was that this was the last thing I would ever experience.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

Thank you for sharing that fact with the rest of us 👍

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

It's why local anesthesia is preferred if that is possible, I believe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I get that, but we're all destined to die. Better to die to anaesthetic than to a bear right? It seems about the most peaceful way to go

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

"count backwards from 100"

I got to 95 and some dude comes out in a clown outfit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"We'll take care of you - this was the stuff that Michael Jackson was on."

"...wait what?"

Reminds me of that time in 1989 when I was a little girl, going under general anesthesia, the last thing the doctor asked me was "Do you like Bill Cosby?"

Yes read into it all you want. I do. This really happened.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That did not age well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Well yeah but here's the thing. In 1989 The Cosby show was at its peak popularity and in 1989 very few people if anyone knew that Bill Cosby had been sedating & raping women in his free time. I was a little girl & watched the cosby show every week on TV, it was a great show portraying a great family, bill seemed like a model father and model citizen, he portrayed a doctor on the show.

My surgical procedure at the time took place in Long Beach California which isn't far from Hollywood, and in retrospect, based on that weird question my anesthesiologist asked me just as I was going under,

I have a feeling that he may have known what Bill Cosby had going on behind the scenes. Because WHY ELSE WOULD HE HAVE ASKED ME SUCH A CREEPY QUESTION AT SUCH A SPOOKY VULNERABLE MOMENT

And the only reason I vividly remember him asking me that was because I only had a brief moment to contemplate his question and formulate my thoughts and response, and my first thought was "that's a weird question but yeah I guess Bill Cosby is a great guy, good TV show" MY DAD EVEN HAD A BILL COSBY BOOK ON HIS BOOKSHELF 🤦‍♀️But all those thoughts took a fraction of a second and I had no time to reply to his question before I went unconscious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The English equivalent would be "You'll be fine son, but if it doesn't work out, Jim'll Fix It "

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Ive been under once and they said the exact same thing about Michael Jackson.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The last thing you hear: "What's up guys! Welcome back to another open heart surgery tutorial! Today's video is brought to you by NordVPN!"

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Smash that like button and don't forget to subscribe if you like the content. It really helps the channel get new patients.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It really helps the channel get new patients.

Sounds very dahmer-esque

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You joke but a doctor recently got her license revoked for it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/13/tiktok-plastic-surgeon-dr-roxy-license/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

12ft.io/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/13/tiktok-plastic-surgeon-dr-roxy-license/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

This is how the punchline panel of this comic should have been written

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe not during the surgery, but it's pretty normal to do some review before a surgery that hasn't been done recently.

In the past they'd skim the books, but videos provide additional insight nowadays. A lot of those videos are published on YouTube

So it feels weird, but it's not. You're (most likely) in great hands

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

(most likely)

I'd be worried if the video was "Heart surgery for dummies'

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

True story, just before my open heart surgery, I had the top two surgeons arguing over who was going to do it. LOL. I'm like "guys, guys, I'm sure you're both great, I'm just the guy on the table... flip a coin, do rock paper scissors..."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Source: Relax, I'm a doctor : funny

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I’d probably crack up when I came to. That shit’s funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Plot twist: That's not an eyelid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Simpsons did it.

Homer passing out for surgery.

Dr Nick: what the hell is that?