The Morning After (Surgery)

[rose_in_shadow]

So I don't think I was quite as lucid in my previous post as I thought I was. Reading over it, I don't really remember it that well. I remember writing it, but it's a little fuzzy. But that pretty much sums up yesterday: fuzzy

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[arysani]

I am terrified of going under. I will have to, because getting my wisdom teeth pulled will otherwise not be manageable. But I have an intense and serious fear of anesthesia. And no one to help me stumble back to the car etc, so I don't relish the after part too much either. BUT YOU SURVIVED. So maybe someday I'll work up to it.

[rose_in_shadow]

I will say that the worst thing about the whole experience was my own anxiety, after that, it was a breeze.

That was my first time being put under too, and I was scared of what might happen. I have a friend who's a physician's assistant for open-heart surgery and she kept telling me that side effects from anesthesia are very rare. That helped a little - because she's done hundreds of surgeries - but of course, it's different when it's happening to *you*. But it was fine for me. It was literally like I blinked and it was over. That's how I wanted it to happen.

I don't know that they would have gone through with the surgery if I didn't have someone to drive me home. As loopy as I was, I probably would have crashed the car. But perhaps if you don't have anyone, you just stay in the post-op room longer until you're more alert.

I did survive! I may even eat pizza today. So if I can do it - one of the biggest wimps when it comes to *anything* (I was super nervous about getting my *ears* pierced) - then you can do it too. :)

[arysani]

I'm not so much worried about side-effects. I have...control issues. The anxiety is all about not knowing what's happening to me and not being able to have someone with me to protect me when I can't protect myself amidst strangers. STRANGER DANGER. Trust issues, I has them. The only reason I didn't freak out more than I did when I had to get stitches in my head was because my dad sat there with me the whole time, talking to me. (I was also like, 12, but still.)

[sisterjune]

I would have freaked out when they tried to put a needle in me and before the surgery if i hadnt been drugged, they gave me two valium that morning. that stuff makes you looooopy. i was falling all over the place and giggling lol. but i was fine until they tried to stick a needle in me then i got nervous again but promptly calmed down after they put it in. i dont remember drooling blood but i probably did, the whole thing after was kind of gross and i had to take so many different pills if i my dad hadnt been reminding me half the time i would have probably forgot some! I'm glad I had someone with me though, its really not the sort of thing i'd wanna do alone. glad you came out okay too :)

[rose_in_shadow]

Oddly enough, I'm fine with needles - as long as I'm not watching them go in. lol

But yeah, I'm glad my mom was there to help out. Not sure what I would have done if she wasn't there to make sure I didn't fall all over the place. lol