What do they use to put you asleep for sugery?

I have never had surgery before & I keep having worries and thoughts about not being knocked out good for my surgery or waking up during. I have these worries because im a super light sleeper that can never seem to get deeply asleep. I know this is just crazy but can someone ease my mind about it...

Hey Joe Hi there! I wanted you to know that I have never had too little anesthesia. I have sleeping issue like I don't sleep much as I am an insomniac so don't worry about not having enough stuff to put you to sleep and keep you that way! The people that put you out are professional and know what they are doing! So just relax, okay! Good luck after your surgery! Michelle

Joe,
I can sympathize, I woke up while having my wisdom teeth removed and that is one of my major fears for this surgery.  I don't know what they use to put you to sleep, but I am going to notify my doc to make sure I stay that way. I'm sure that they will give you enough to knock you out for the entire surgery and a lil while after.

I promise you the Dr.s dont want you to wake during surgery... tell them your fears. and THEY WILL put you deep enough...

Linda kay

Being "under" was my major concern before I had the surgery ... the anesthesiologist explained to me about the combination of drugs that she uses ... it was something like 3 or 4 to keep me "asleep" and just as many to prevent me from feeling nauseated. I was out like a light in the OR and the next thing I remember, I was in recovery. I woke up easily and wasn't sick. It was no big deal!

Hi Ms .Catherine you are progessing gurl

Because I actually did awake, although very briefly, during a surgery years ago, I made my fears known to my surgeon and anesthesiologist the day of surgery.  Because my prior surgery was also at St. V's, they were able to quickly pull my records to see what drugs they used then, to make sure they used something different.  They also used a device that was stuck to my forehead, it actually monitors brainwaves during surgery to make sure you stay in a sleep phase, so if your brain even tries to wake up, they know before you reach consciousness and put you under deeper.  I remember counting "10, 9, 8 ... boy I feel funny" ... and then I was in the recovery unit.

Jessica,

Would that forehead devise thing be what they consider 'monitored anasthesia'? I got my paperwork yesterday for the little minor repair that Dr. Gupta will be doing a week from tomorrow to close up those two holes on my incision line. I was curious when it had 'monitored anasthesia' check-marked of what that was. I think all of my other surgeries have always been 'general ansthesia'.

Sherri

Edited:
I just Googled 'monitored anasthesia'. Part of the responses were about the brain monitoring but the rest indicated that 'monitored anasthesia' was pretty much like the stuff they use for endoscopies..but may use locals along with it to numb the area being operated on. Sound right? It's considered monitored since you don't go into the deep sleep that general anasthesia puts you into & you don't have to have assistance with your respiration.

I think you're right, general is when you're all the way under and they're breathing for you, monitored is when you're in a reduced consciousness state but breathing on your own.  I don't know the name of the forehead device.

I have a problem with waking up in a panic attack. It is a terrible feeling and one that I hate having. I mentioned this to the anesthesiolgist and told her that they usually gave me verset before hand. Well, she told me that she would take care of it. In the o.r. she told me that instead of verset she was going to give me a dose of morphine and boy I was out. I think that is why I woke up and didn't have a lot of pain either. I was able to get up and walk quite a distance that night with no pain and also I was able to sleep on my side and was able to move myself from side to side without assistance. I didn't use a lot of the morphine pump either. I think the morphine before helped but I also have a very high tolerance of pain. Make sure you tell your anesthesiologist your fears. They will come in to talk to you before surgery. Make your fears known and they will take care of it.