Tuesday, parenthetically, I underwent a hip replacement surgery. They gave me a spinal and a sedative, and stuck what felt like a nebulizer face mask over my nose and mouth. All the racket of power screwing and whacking my hip with a hammer and chisel kept waking me up, and I had to manually keep the mask from cutting into my eye, ‘cause it kept getting knocked askew by the vibrations. Both my legs, however, were completely numb throughout.
Bizarrely, this was all done by a top flight orthopedic surgeon and an equally good anesthesiologist, with a department head supervising, and I’m fine, other than the pain and stiffness. Came home Thursday. It would make a great comedy sketch.
You must live somewhere the healthcare system is still able to do “something else”. Be grateful.
If you kept waking up because of sounds...you did not have a great anesthesiologist.
My hip replacement was postponed due to the plague.
I hope my anesthesia works better. :-)
I had a similar experience with a colonoscopy a few years ago. I remember every detail of the ordeal ... including the problems they had.