onetrack Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 I've just come out of hospital after an eyelid operation, and I can tell you, my experience with hospital anaesthetic this time around, is not good! No-one told me Fentanyl makes you throw up endlessly after you come around! The recovery section nurse says, "Oh you must be very sensitive to anaesthetic! The anaesthetist should have given you an anti-nausea injection with the Fentanyl!" Well, thanks for letting me know after the event! I got my anti-nausea injection after I'd thrown up twice, plus two huge syringes of dispersant to go with it, and I was still throwing up in the car on the way home! Not much fun, enduring that, as well as enduring the op! 2
old man emu Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 Thanks for the heads-up. I'm going under sometime this month for a face transplant. However it turns out, the scarring will have to be an improvement. 1 1
onetrack Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 I had a previous, similar operation in April last year - by the same Doc, but with a different anaesthestist. That op, they knocked me right out. I woke up and it was all over, and recovered much better and faster that time. I went into the recovery room, had a chicken sandwich and a cup of tea (pretty enjoyable after an 18 hr fast) - then they walked me out 1/2 hr later, and the ride home was more enjoyable. This time, the anaesthetist was a woman, rather than the bloke I had last year, and she only put me under "twilight" sedation. I could hear all the staff conversing during the op, and feel a lot of action around my eye, and I felt him taking skin from my shoulder for the skin graft. I'd much rather be right out of it, and I don't really understand how they claim there's benefit with twilight sedation. I certainly didn't come out of it any faster or with less problems, so I'll take the GA anytime, now.
red750 Posted October 7, 2023 Author Posted October 7, 2023 No knock-out for the tube up the nose. Just "Keep swallowing, swallow, swallow." Just as unpleasant coming out. 1
spacesailor Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 That " knock-out " anaesthesia ! . I told everybody '' that I'm hard to wake up " . It took Four days to get out of ' post op ' ward , usually only four hours . They kept waking me up shouting " breath " . As my O 2 was very low . spacesailor 1
old man emu Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 12 hours ago, spacesailor said: They kept waking me up shouting " breath " . As my O 2 was very low . Always knew you were too stingy to breathe out. 1
facthunter Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 They can't call you an Oxygen Thief then. Be a deep breather and live longer. Nev 1
red750 Posted October 8, 2023 Author Posted October 8, 2023 They kept slipping that peg-like thing on my finger to check my blood/oxygen concentration. It was usually low, at 90 %. I had to deep breathe till I got it up to 96%. 1
onetrack Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 Yeah, I got the same treatment on admission. The nurse was concerned because my reading was sitting around 93% and wasn't budging. When I asked what the problem was, she said, "your blood oxygen level is low, it needs to be a minimum of 95%!" I'd just walked a kilometre trying to find the eye hospital, after SWMBO had dropped me off at the main hospital, because the eye hospital had moved since last year - so I couldn't understand why it would be low. However, after a couple of minutes, it started going up, and it got to 97% pretty quickly, so she was relieved.
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old man emu Posted October 25, 2023 Posted October 25, 2023 I had the same problem with a Pietenpol. 1
spacesailor Posted October 26, 2023 Posted October 26, 2023 Or buy an ' open top ' sport touring car . AND A big stong unberella for the rainy season. spacesailor
facthunter Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 Good timing for the good times. How to get the ball to land there in the first place is the Hard part. A My tee effort Nev 1 1
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