Surgeon's report

Hear Again said:
jillio, clearsky and etalton,

thanks! :)

i'm really interested in knowing what the reports say particularly because i'm concerned about anethesia that was used for both surgeries that caused a manic episode. anethesia induces mania in people with bipolar, so it's not surprising that this happened to me.

however, i'd still like to know what types of anethesia were used so that i can avoid them in the future if possible.

speaking of which, two different types of anethesia were used for each of my surgeries. the first one made me extremely tired while the second one didn't.

there were also differences in the way i was put to sleep. for my first surgery, i was given an iv with a sedative that put me to sleep before being wheeled to the or (at my request since i have fears about or's given my childhood surgeries). for my second surgery the surgeon placed a mask over my nose and asked me to breathe deeply while counting backwards from 100. also, for my second surgery (for whatever reason) i was not put to sleep before i was wheeled into the or.
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Welcome! You should have had my little cocktail. I remember the old way with the mask and counting backwards and you wake up groggy and kind of out of it. Yuck. This surgery, the mask was only for oxygen, though I never saw it. A quick shot of that cocktail into my IV and I was out before we ever got to the OR and I woke up alert and coherent, actually, quite happy.
 
etalton said:
Welcome! You should have had my little cocktail. I remember the old way with the mask and counting backwards and you wake up groggy and kind of out of it. Yuck. This surgery, the mask was only for oxygen, though I never saw it. A quick shot of that cocktail into my IV and I was out before we ever got to the OR and I woke up alert and coherent, actually, quite happy.
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i remember the first time when they gave me a sedative in my iv. my tactile terp signed, "this will help you fall asleep in..." and that was all i remember her communicating to me before i closed my eyes and fell asleep. :giggle:
 
i didn't wake up happy after either of my surgeries. :lol: the first time i was extremely groggy, had neck stiffness/pain and severe tinnitus. the second time i was less groggy, but also had a migraine, neck stiffness/pain, severe tinnitus and my entire body felt as if it had been run over by a truck. after my second surgery i remember waking up in recovery with the nurse telling me it was time to wake up and then placing my finger on my tellatouch (a communication device for the deafblind). she typed something to me, but i have no clue what it was because i felt so awful and couldn't concentrate on anything else but my migraine pain. the funny thing was that i didn't realize i had a migraine until later in the day after 2 tylenol did nothing to stop the pain. once i was given my prescription for imitrex, the migraine was gone within 15 minutes.
 
It surprised me too. I hadn't had any type of surgery in over 30 years and remember being groggy and unsteady and miserable. But to wake up, totally alert, feeling good and actually having no tinnitus was awesome. Too bad that part didn't last.
 
etalton said:
It surprised me too. I hadn't had any type of surgery in over 30 years and remember being groggy and unsteady and miserable. But to wake up, totally alert, feeling good and actually having no tinnitus was awesome. Too bad that part didn't last.
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i know. after i woke up in recovery following my first surgery, i was a little rebellious because i didn't understand what was going on and had completely forgotten about the fact that i had surgery. :lol:
 
Hear Again said:
i know. after i woke up in recovery following my first surgery, i was a little rebellious because i didn't understand what was going on and had completely forgotten about the fact that i had surgery. :lol:
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rebellious, huh?? You didn't come out swinging like Nick did after his surgery did you? :laugh2:
 
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