Awake during Surgey, an Anesthesia Scandal?
@revellanotvanella (4033)
United States
July 6, 2009 9:09pm CST
What if the reason your hearing the stories of people going into surgery and coming out in horror claiming they were still aware of the surgery, were giving less Anesthesia then they should of gotten?
Now that we know Anesthesia is addictive, that addiction even in the practice of Anesthesiology (espcially young practitioners) is common, are these doctors skimping their patients just to put more on the side for themselves?
How awful, I know these victims are suffering from some serious Post Traumatic Stress.
I wonder if this will be called into question and finally get the attention it needs..
Now that we know Anesthesia is addictive, that addiction even in the practice of Anesthesiology (espcially young practitioners) is common, are these doctors skimping their patients just to put more on the side for themselves?
How awful, I know these victims are suffering from some serious Post Traumatic Stress.
I wonder if this will be called into question and finally get the attention it needs..2 people like this
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
7 Jul 09
This happened to me one time, but I could not move or speak to tell anyone I was awake!! Afterward, when I told the doctor, he went over my medical charts carefully. I was taking a medication that counter-acted the anesthesia to a certain extent and should have been more to assure I was asleep. He felt horrid, but it was all after the fact by then. Ack!
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
7 Jul 09
Hello to both of you. I HAD told the doctor of all medications. It is mandatory on the form we all fill out before surgery. It was also listed in the forms my family doctor sent, as that is done in the US, since the surgeon is a specialist. It was his mistake. As I said, he admitted such and apologized profusely, but again, by then, it was after the fact. I do agree, one must always provide complete and accurate information, but even that is not an iron-clad guarantee that medical mistakes will not happen.
@lacusGavril (106)
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7 Jul 09
Yeah I heard one, it was our neighbor who is giving birth with her second baby. she was cesarean, and she said while the operation is on going, she actually feels the pain when her uterus was cut by the knife,, ouch i said.. it is really horrible!!!
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@revellanotvanella (4033)
• United States
8 Jul 09
omg, i thank my lucky stars, Only thing I felt when getting my C-section was like I was flying, I felt like I was lying in mid-air!!
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
8 Jul 09
this is a pertinent issue revella. I wouldn't be surprise if doctors do that purposefully just to retain their job. But that would be a sad thing for the society. Anesthesiologists are in great demands for not only they are less in numbers but also a good professional is hard to be found.
