Simon
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 07:18 PM |
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General Anesthetic q:D
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
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zilspeed
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 07:34 PM |
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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.
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AndyW
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 07:41 PM |
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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
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daniel mason
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 07:47 PM |
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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]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 07:49 PM |
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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.
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Simon
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 08:14 PM |
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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
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BenB
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 09:51 PM |
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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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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 10:27 PM |
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quote:
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 Didnt help having to swap my mothers mondeo engine
the next day.
Ok put us out of our misery, what did you manage to swap your mothers mondeo engine for and does she run any better for it?????.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 11:04 PM |
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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.
Ben, you are 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"....
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Alan B
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 11:04 PM |
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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.
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]
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 11/5/11 at 11:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
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.
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]
Well that's better than the bloke who sat next to me on a 747, halfway down the runway as we were taking off he turned to me and said
"we're not going to make it" 
We did make it obviously
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morcus
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| posted on 12/5/11 at 12:44 AM |
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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
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 12/5/11 at 01:55 AM |
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I know a few aircraft design engineers, 2/3 of them refuse to fly anywhere. Worrying eh!
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