Gonna add my experience too if thatâs okay. Last February I had my appendix taken out
⢠when they were wheeling me to the operating room I was just yapping, I was talking about my nail polish and how I liked that I had accidentally matched colours with the IV
⢠when we got there I moved to the table myself and they were directing me on were to put my arms
⢠I knew that during surgery your strapped to the table, but what I wasnât expecting was that theyâd start doing that while I was awake
⢠for a little context anatomy and medicine is my main special interest, and mainly because that I wasnât really worried at all
⢠but then I started feeling it a bit and I said âoh, Iâm scaredâ and the anesthesiologist said âI can help with thatâ and he injected something into my IV
⢠I asked what it was âoh, just a mix of thingsâ I was asking mainly out of curiosity so that wasnât a helpful answer
⢠then I ask how long it takes to work, and the anesthesiologist says ânot too longâ and not a very helpful answer
⢠I remember lifting my head to see what someone was doing and then I felt it âoh not long at allâ I said. And I remember laying my head back and the anesthesiologist putting the mask of my face, I fell asleep pretty instantly after that
⢠when I was waking up the first thing I was aware of was that I was laying on my side, that was nice I thought I like laying on my side, then I noticed my tummy hurt which wasnât nice. And third I noticed I was holding an ice pack, and I remember thinking that it was nice of them to give me one
⢠whenever a nurse would check on me I would say I was dizzy, and they gave me some meds for that but said they might make me nauseous, which didnât end up happening so yay
⢠as they were wheeling my to an area where my family could see me they asked if I wanted Apple juice or cranberry juice, I chose cranberry, it was delicious