Wow! Years ago I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled. They couldn't knock me out because I'm real sensitive to that stuff & it would have interfered with medication, so they just gave me valium. Well, about halfway through, I could feel everything! Then, to make matters worse, they were supposed to take me off the valium very slowly, but just stopped it cold -- I ended up going into shock right there in the chair. I remember hurting, and shaking, but not much else. I couldn't talk either, ugh - at least I never have to go through that again! So sorry that heppened to you!!

My dh could feel his entire hernia repair but wasn't able to let anyone know.:eek:

OMG!!!! :eek: You poor thing!!! This is such a HUGE fear of mine!!! :eek: :cry: I had major eye surgery (I had a Detached Retina) back in Nov. of 2006 and I was TERRIFIED of waking up during surgery! Granted that was my very FIRST surgery ever, but OMG was I ever SCARED. I actually CRIED right before they wheeled me back there because I was absolutely mortified - I seriously thought I was going to wake up and feel something and it scared the tar out of me!! I think they actually have to remove your eyeball during this surgery (UGH!!!! YUCK!!) and all I kept imagining was waking up :eek: :eek: :eek: That alone probably would have killed me lol. I kept telling the anesthesiologist to give me as many meds as he possibly could without killing me LOL!!! He so laughed at that :p I swear I told him that a million times :rolleyes: He kept telling me jokes to try and make me laugh and get me to relax. Gosh they were all so totally wonderful up there. However, I was just scared out of my mind I cannot even tell you. Thank God all went well and I didn't wake up (actually, they had a hard time GETTING me to wake up because I was so darn out of it LOL - I guess he really DID give me as much medication as he possibly could LOL!!!)...I never felt a thing though, praise God! :eek:

Me Too Darlin
 

During oral surgury, a c section , during a broken arm, also during carpal sssstunnel surgury! Nightmamares,all of them!:D

My mom woke up while getting her breast removed (She had breast cnacer) And she cries about it when she tries to talk about it.. They had it cut right down and were just about to accually remove it when she woke up... She mostly freaked about the tube that was stuck down her throught and then she felt the awful pain.. It gives me the chills and i am afraid to ever get surgery because of it!

I have had so many surgeries I quit counting.. lol... I have never woke up during any of them, but when I did wake up I wished I didn't! haha...
lets see... 3 knee replacements, gallbladder, hysterectomy, Ovaries removed that they didnt take out for the 1st hysterectyomy, both wrist for carpal tunnel, Breast cancer (Left breast) appendicitis, left foot pin put in 5th metarsal break, Pins put in right ankle.. broken... cyst removed from back of ear, cyst removed from wrist, colonoscopy, 4 sinus surgeries, ACL reconstruction on my left knee.. many other scopes on both knees, 4 back surgeries, Spinal implant surgery, mmmmm can I go on? lol... I am known as Bionic woman now.. hehe:p But.. I am still alive and going!!

i had my tonsils out last wednesday and was so afraid i was going to wake up because of this thread. thank god i didnt... they put me out good lol.

I so agree with your whole story. My brother in law, who in the 80's was a big drug user and alchoholic. It takes a lot of drugs to put him out. He awoke during a hernia repair. But his body is very tolerant to drugs, even though he's been clean for MANY years! Great information!

I saw a report on this subject when the movie "Awake" was coming out and one of the ways they can make sure you are not awake is have you hooked up to a EEG machine. This machine measures brain waves, your brain should be at rest. The report said they didn't do it because of the cost.:mad:

Wow, you must have been in major pain. I recently had 3 hernias repaired and a mesh put in and it is a painful operation to recuperate from. I now have pain on and off because of the mesh.

I had cosmetic surgery done (my nose) twice and I woke up (but felt no pain) for the first operation. I remember waking up for about 15 seconds and seeing out of the corner of my eye BLOOD, a big REEEEED glob of blood siling down my cheek but before I had time to FREAK OUT (lol), the anesthesiologist saw that my eyes were open and gave me more "cocktails" as he called it lol I also remember having my eyes closed but hearing the radio (they had on Z100) during my operation.

I also had foot surgery (twice) and I remember waking up for the second foot procedure but thank goodness I didn't feel any pain. Freaky!

OMG, I would be really terrified if anything like that would happen to me, but I have heard of quite a few people this has happened to...