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Have you ever been under general anesthesia? What was it like? Did anything strange happen? (sopuli.xyz)

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Was a dental nurse once upon a time. Assisted with many an extraction. Yes if conditions are good (the jaw is large, the tooth is straight, there's no tangling or bone issues) then not a problem. But I did not enjoy putting some people with poor neck strength in headlocks. Or the post extraction vomiting. Or the way the patient cringed as they heard the tooth snap in their skull. Or the complete look of trauma on their face after.

Just because they couldn't feel pain didn't mean the experience wasn't harrowing. I needed to go under because all 4 were badly impacted. But having insider knowledge on the process, I would've chosen to be knocked out regardless.