Has anyone wakened up during the operation?

I hesitated to post this question due to the fact that I do not want to scare anyone that is about to have gastric bypass surgery. I need some feedback, however from those of you that have "gone before me"....(surgery). I spoke to a friend that had the surgery 2 months ago. She said that she actually woke up during the middle of surgery but could not talk to let anyone know that. She also said that the same thing happened to her when she had a D & C. This really frightened me cause I too woke up during surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome. I asked her what the doctor said was the reason for that happening. She was told that some people are just very tolerant of the anesthesia and that it does not affect them as much as it does most of the people undergoing surgery. She said that she was told that they did a "test" to see if she was indeed "under.".. prior to starting surgery. The test consisted of "touching her eyelashes"..she said that just maybe they better come up w/ another more sophisticated type of "test" from now on!! Please let me know if anyone has experienced this during their own surgery. How can I prevent this from happening to me, too?? My surgery is scheduled for mid July. I will be nervous enough w/o thinking that this may happen too!!

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