Anesthesia

OK, so this is probably a stupid question but I'm kinda freaked out...

So, I was watching this episode of "Big Medicine" and this patient that was getting the RNY was getting prepared for the surgery. The anesthesiologist used the mask to semi-sedate him and then started to put the breathing tube in while he was still awake!!! The doctors were explaining how it's much easier to put the tube in while the patient is still conscious. I have a terribly bad gag-reflex and even jus****ching this episode was making me nauseated! 

So what was your experience with this part of the surgery? Were you out when they put the breathing tube in? Did they numb your throat while you were still awake or anything??

ehh the davis did my RNY and i can tell u i wasn`t nearly awake when they put the breathing tube in.  so calm down. they wont do such thing. so relax.
maybe they place it when ur not compleatly asleep but u won`t remember it so don`t worry.
hugs!

Breathing tube? What breathing tube?!!??  Haha just kidding, i dont rember them putting one in so i wouldnt really worry about it.  Goodluck!

-tori

 I know that they put a breathing tube in during my surgery but I definitely wasn't awake for it, nor do I remember it. Hopefully it won't be an issue for you. 

 I agree with everyone else. I think there was one, but I never saw it. All I remember was the friendly dr smiling and then waking up in recovery. 

Well that makes me feel A LOT better.
Watching that episode totally freaked me out. I was thinking no way, no how are they ever going to stick a tube down my throat while I'm awake. I had to go to the OR to get my EGD because of how combative I got when they tried to do the scope under the conscious sedation. Stupid crazy tv shows... lol  

 For things like breathing tubes, colonoscopies, upper GI's they put you in what's called a twilight sleep.  You will technically be awake but you won't feel or remember anything.  The reason is because when you are totally out, the muscle control is gone and they need that to perform whatever procedure they are doing at the time.  

I totally get you though, I have seen WAY too much Discovery Health Channel and have bawled my eyes out before every surgical procedure I've ever had (all 4 of them).  I kept thinking they would forget to give me the stuff that makes you not feel pain and I'd be asleep but feel everything and there'd be nothing I could do about it.  Fortunately for me, that didn't happen!  I still think the worst part of any surgery is the time leading up to it, we work ourselves up so much...but rightfully so because it is a big deal.  I try to tell myself not to worry about things that aren't real, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt.   I know you'll be fine!

~Emily~

 The last thing I remember was being in the OR and one of my doctor's assistants/students/whatever introducing herself to me, saying "you won't remember this, but hi I'm ______" That's the last thing I actually do remember. 

Of course, later I learned that they had trouble intubating me and basically had to force a tube down. They called in the Nose/Throat specialist because of it. Everything turned out fine, except that my throat hurt for days. But no, I wasn't conscious for any of it. 

I have a problem watching the medical reality type shows.  I love to watch them but then sometimes they totally freak me out.  Before I had my daughter I could watch/do just about anything and not have a problem.  Now I can feel myself getting kinda queezy when I watch some things.  I guess I never got back to "normal."  

Sometimes watching shows like that will teach you things but other times it puts ideas into your head that don't need to be there.  I've never seen Big Medicine, though I've wanted to. 

When I had my upper GI they put me under sedation.  The last thing I remember was him saying "here, open your mouth."  Then I woke up and he said "Okay we are done."  Maybe I'm weird but I thought that was really cool.  It was like falling asleep and just waking up.  I was totally alert and felt great.  I wish they could do something like that for regular surgery, it would be nice to just wake up rather than have to come out of anesthesia.  (I know that isn't an option though)

I guess the reason it worries me so much is because I never DID get knocked out for the EGD. There are parts of it that I don't remember but for the most part, I was conscious during the whole "attempt". When they wheeled me out of the room it was like I was in some kind of fog... I knew that they didn't get the EGD done and I knew that I was fighting them but there was no control over what I was doing. The doctor had to reschedule the EGD to be done in same-day surgery because they had maxed me out of sedatives while attempting the first EGD. Now I'm just paranoid the same thing is going to happen. I'm going to get slightly sedated and then freak out and remember it later. I just need to quit worrying and ask the anesthesiologist how it's going to work. And if they have to try to put it in while I'm still awake.. I sure feel sorry for them