Apparently teh mutated gene responsible for red hair also inhibits the function of anaesthetics.
The degree that it does it somewhat varies from person to person.
Thanks for that data ,Darks.
This explains waking up in the recovery room and terrifying the daylights out of the nurse.
Sat-up like a zombie and said in a loud voice: Painkiller!
During my dental work for removal of wisdom teeth, the anesthesiologist looked at my eyes, asked me a question and then in a very surprised voice said “He’s lucid!”
That was more or less after she’d already had me “mainline” the entire contents of the 20cc syringe of goo.
Said goo supposedly puts most people out quickly from a normal dose, which I shrugged off like it was nothing.
So there I am quite lucid, but no pain thankfully, and very interested in what the dentist is doing and the nosey anesthesiologist notices that I am paying too much attention.
*sigh*
She cranked the air nitro mix to a little less air and a little more of the nitro and that made me a little loopy.
But still darn aware of what was going on in my face.