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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I'd really like hearing people's experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what's it like coming back.

Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.

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[-] amio@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I had general anesthesia, some kind of pretty strong opioid. "10... 9... 8...", then the room felt like it was spinning very briefly before everything went black. Only thing I remember about coming out of it was a sore throat due to intubation.

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, I also remember having a sore throat after, but I don’t recall them telling me beforehand that they would intubate me.

[-] amio@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think you can have general without intubation. To protect against aspiration or something, if not actually to breathe for you.

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah that makes sense. It wasn’t something I had considered before the op.

[-] vashti@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't it because they paralyse you and your lungs stop working?

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t know the answer to that.

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