Peeps,
Had my first ever general anesthetic on Monday for minor surgery (radial nerve decompression) on my right arm.
Thing is that was now 60ish hours ago and I still have a numb tip to my tongue. According to google it's quite common, so have any of you
suffered from it and how long did it take you to get over it
Ta V much
ATB
Simon
Takes me a few days to get over a general anaesthetic.
My late mother would wake up in the recovery room on cue and be given tea and toast.
That was it, job done, right as rain.
We're all different, I suppose.
I doze for about an hour afterwards then Im over it. Guess Im lucky then. although I do have to have surgery every 5 years so not so lucky now I think
about it
i can literally wake up, tea and toast,get up and walk out. but i have onle ever had fairly minor surgery. knee ligamnents/cartliage etc
[Edited on 11/5/11 by daniel mason]
Took me a week to get over the last one. Mind you I aint small so the dose must have been high 
Didnt help having to swap my mothers mondeo engine
the next day.
Tingly tongue is the only prob, after I woke I just wanted to go back to sleep - which I do every morning, so that was perfectly normal
ATB
Simon
Numb tip of the tongue is probably cos they've walloped your lingual nerve when they put the trachy tube down. GAs are alright in my book but they make me chuck like I'm pashing the porcelain princess like a good'un.
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Originally posted by big_wasa
Took me a week to get over the last one. Mind you I aint small so the dose must have been high
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Originally posted by BenB
Numb tip of the tongue is probably cos they've walloped your lingual nerve when they put the trachy tube down. GAs are alright in my book but they make me chuck like I'm pashing the porcelain princess like a good'un.
quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Numb tip of the tongue is probably cos they've walloped your lingual nerve when they put the trachy tube down. GAs are alright in my book but they make me chuck like I'm pashing the porcelain princess like a good'un.
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Originally posted by Alan B
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Originally posted by BenB
Numb tip of the tongue is probably cos they've walloped your lingual nerve when they put the trachy tube down. GAs are alright in my book but they make me chuck like I'm pashing the porcelain princess like a good'un.
Ben, you are a doctor right?
I love informal descriptions from pros........reminds me of a pilot I sat next to on an atlantic flight..."we'll make good time cos' we've got a stonking great tail wind up our chuff"....
[Edited on 11/5/11 by Alan B]
Planes are great for that, you never know who your gonna get. I had a guy once buy two brandies, then just passed me one and said He'd thought
I'd needed one since we got on (About 15mins earlier as we going from London to Glasgow). He was a right Hoot though but I was a little scared so
I sort of hid for abit so I wouldn't end up on a bus with him.
My Ma takes a few days to recover, well thats what she says
I know a few aircraft design engineers, 2/3 of them refuse to fly anywhere. Worrying eh!