There one minute, somewhere else the next
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (367565)
Rockingham, Australia
December 19, 2025 6:17am CST
I had to undergo a gastroscopy today where a small tube is put down your throat and pictures taken with its tiny camera. All quite mind-blowing stuff. I don’t want to go into details but when they were ready to go ahead, they began giving me a partial anaesthetic.
They told me to keep my eyes open as long as possible which I did but next thing I knew I was back in the ward, just waking as if from a very pleasant sleep. I don’t recall feeling or hearing anything which I consider a good outcome.
After resting for a while and being given a bowl of chicken and sweetcorn soup, Vince came to pick me up and I’m home again. I feel a bit lethargic but otherwise well so it’s all good. I just found it strange that one minute I was keeping my eyes open and the next I was back in the ward. The wonders of modern science I guess.
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@DaddyEvil (163814)
• United States
8h
I hope things turn out well for you... When I went in for surgery, they told me to keep talking to them, so I told funny stories and then was waking up... I didn't feel well and told the male nurse that I hurt. He checked the incision and said they had caught some hair in the stitches. He cut the hair and I went back to sleep.
My niece came to take me home and said I was still telling funny stories on the car ride home. I don't remember that.
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@FourWalls (81137)
• United States
4h
The thing I find so amazing about that anesthesia is that I can go into the exam room talking about something, then wake up and pick up where I’d left off without missing a beat. You’d think I hadn’t even been asleep!
Hope everything’s okay!
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@snowy22315 (200231)
• United States
8h
You just passed right out. The time I had a colonscopy I sadly was awake for most of it, but at some point finally passed out and woke up in the recovery area.
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@sallypup (67159)
• Centralia, Washington
2h
My prayers are with you that nothing exciting will be found. I'm glad you are now home and feeling good.
@Marilynda1225 (87523)
• United States
6h
I remember once I had to have dental surgery for wisdom teeth extraction and one minute I remember being anxious about the procedure and the next them telling me it was all over.
@LooeyVille (71)
• United States
9h
Yes, the anesthesia is known as "twilighting" where you're not quite under but you're asleep and unaware.
