Waking Up During Surgery

November 18, 2008 / 10:54 am • By Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Waking Up During Surgery
This happens more than it’s reported. Yikes.

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  1. 3 Responses to “Waking Up During Surgery”

  2. Viola Jaynes
    November 18 2008 / 11:29 am
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    When I was about 10 years old or so, I had to have my appendix removed. I woke up during surgery but I don’t recall feeling any pain. I do recall sitting up and a big old mama nurse slapped me in the face and I went back to sleep. I won’t ever forget that either.

  3. Trish
    November 20 2008 / 11:13 pm
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    This gives me the absolute ultimate creeps.

  4. Nico
    February 2 2009 / 10:24 pm
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    there’s a paralytic in the drug cocktail, people with anesthesia awareness can’t move.

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