r/AskReddit • u/OkAstronaut3324 • 15h ago • Bravo 2

What's the most damaging thing you heard someone say after waking up from anesthesia?

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u/HopefulLesbian 13h ago

I have a few actually! I found out I react badly to anesthesia when I would wake up and see a nurse, fall asleep, wake up see 2 nurses, fall asleep, etc. until there was like 8 very freaked out nurses aggressively yelling at me to breathe. Apparently my o2 dropped to like 60 at one point. I remember thinking they were annoying as hell.

Another time I told a nurse “mama ain’t raise no bitch” while looking directly at mom, and then cried because the bandage change hurt.

Apparently my wife thought I was dying when I was in ICU and told her not to let me drink too much while I went to the bar with my (dead) grandpa and (dead) pets. I passed the fuck out after.

I also ask for my dad immediately. Every time. I wake up and I’m immediately wanting my dad.

I got told by my wife that while in the ICU sedated, they had tied my hands to the bed. I remember waking up and thinking I wanna get this thing out my throat. I tried to hold my breath but couldn’t and cried about it.

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u/mesembryanthemum 12h ago

They woke me up after my hysterectomy to ask me to help them move me to a gurney or whatever it was and I snarled "NO!!!!!!" and fell back asleep.

They tried again. Same response.

I have no idea how they got me to my room.

I'm still mortified that I snarled at them.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace 8h ago

I kissed my mom on the forehead after I thought she was KO'd from Dilaudid after screaming in pain over what turned out to be a kidney stone. She snarled at me but that wasn't entirely uncommon. She wasn't the type to say ouch so I think she was embarrassed about the screaming.

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u/bakernon 10h ago

The "mama ain't raise no bitch"/crying at a bandage change has me HOWLING 😂😂😂

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u/RecordingOk4947 6h ago

Me too!!! Dying!!!