Recovery from general anaesthetic.........

[TVC]

Good luck. Hallucinations like mine are not common, I believe most people just wake feeling a bit hung over.

When I woke up it was just like waking up in the morning except there was a very, very attractive young woman gently stroking my hair. I could wake up like that every morning, just don't tell the wife.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I tend to wake up quite quickly & am keen to get some food in me.

Everyone is different tho, don't preconceive how you will react as you may well worry yourself if you then don't.

I don't know why it bothers me or what other people think about it, but the thing that gets at me with GA is the instantaneous sleep/wake moment for me but hours passing for everyone else.

 

[Lullabelle]

When I woke up it was just like waking up in the morning except there was a very, very attractive young woman gently stroking my hair. I could wake up like that every morning, just don't tell the wife.

 

[dan_bo]

I was left to convalesce (?) From an LA op on me hand in a room of GA patients. Wasnt very pleasant for them- moaning, crying,spaced out people. Like a bloody war film.


Just so you know.

 

[Dave 123]

Good luck @betty swollocks

Might I enquire as to how this occurred, and will the compensation eventually be bike shaped?

 

[dan_bo]

Oh yeah-good luck Betty.

 

[Cubist]

When I had my leg mended I was under for quite a while. I spent a fortnight in hospital waiting until I could go home. As I was being wheeled to the exit the porter asked if I was going to hit him today? Puzzled, I looked up and saw he had colourful black eye, mostly faded now. Apparently as he was bringing me out of the theatre I sat up and sparked him.

 

[postman]

Good luck Betty..

 

[Saluki]

Hope it all goes well. GWS.

For the record, I don't do well with a GA. I come round fine but feel hung-over for a good 48 hours afterwards. One of those things but it's quite rare to feel like I do for 48 hours. 12 hours of feeling a bit groggy is the norm, I'm told.

 

[vernon]

Thanks all for your input.
My lift is to the hospital is arriving at any moment,
See you all on the other side..........

But we aren't dead.

Are we?

Tell me we're not dead!

 

[Vertego]

...
After being head butted by a local ne'er-do-well...

Where was that Betty? You're a little too 'local'!

I have to be admitted to hospital in a few hours to get my fractured zygomatic arch fixed...

How is the 'repair' being done? Wires/pins?

The general anaesthetic isn't what will keep you off the bike, it is the recovery from surgery & the 'advice' from the surgeon (and whether you take it).

I suppose I felt back to 'normal' within 12 hours of coming round from general anaesthetic but it was at least 2 weeks before I got back on the bike. But my surgery was to my nether regions and sitting on a saddle was not at the top of my 'to do' list.

I want to be back on my bike asap
Thank you.

Of course. That goes without saying.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

[midlife]

Best of luck, uncomplicated fractured zygoma is by a Gillies lift so a short GA with quick recovery. Hopefully may not need screwing together with plates. Ask them if they can make you a mask to protect the site.

They will shave one side of your head and hopefully hide the scar in your hairline

Shaun

 

[vickster]

He's getting a face lift and a haircut on the NHS? Tut!

 

[summerdays]

I've not had a general anaesthetic but just sedation. I did ride the following day but I found that my decision making was a bit wobbly and I was not my normal self even though I'd thought I was fine when I woke the day following the procedure. I'd take it easy, I hope it all goes well!

 

[lesley_x]

Had a general anaesthetic 3 weeks ago, nothing to write home about. Quite pleasant going under and when I woke up I felt lucid pretty quickly. Just tired. Honestly nothing to worry about!