Do you remember getting the breathing tube out after surgery?

(deactivated member)
on 1/9/09 1:04 pm - Downingtown, PA

Do you remember the breathing tube? I think my Dr said that most people don't remember it?

Andrea D.
on 1/9/09 1:08 pm - Hampton, VA
VSG on 02/26/08 with
No Thank God!
~Andrea~

Kathleen145
on 1/9/09 1:08 pm
I remember waking up with a shock to see my anesthesiologist's face and my first thought was, "Oh my God, they've done it!" I was not 100% happy about that either. I think it will take me a long time to accept the fact that I've done this. Once I get thinner, I think I will be able to accept that it was a good decision.

I think I felt him take the tube out and that's when I woke up, but I can't be sure. It was very hazy. But I don't remember being traumatized by anything except the realization that it was done!
Kathleen -- Had VSG on January 6, 2009


Teresa V.
on 1/9/09 1:15 pm - Forney, TX
They do it when you're still out. I remember being woke up in recovery, just to make sure I could wake up I guess. Once I woke up and answered them, I went right back to sleep. No tube was in me then.

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BrookeK
on 1/9/09 1:29 pm - Arlington, TX
I have had several surgeries and NEVER do I remember them taking the tube out..

Brooke k
 I am 5'4" tall

mrsedaddy
on 1/9/09 1:32 pm - Spring, TX
The first thing I remember was waking up in my room.  The last thing I remember was being moved to the table. 
Tough times don't build character, they reveal character.

SW (12.1.08):  310
CW: 210
GW (whenever God gets me there):  160ish

Orange12
on 1/9/09 1:41 pm - CA
Nope, first think I remember is seeing my husband in my room.
JodieBlonde
on 1/9/09 2:00 pm - Mesquite, TX
Nope, all I remember is getting wheeled to my room after recovery!!!
                      
  
Former Elizabeth
on 1/9/09 2:21 pm
No.   They try to do things so that you don't.   For one thing, you're very deep "asleep" during the surgery.   They let you come up a bit, so you can attampt to breathe on your own.   Then they remove the tube and start yelling at you whilst you're finishing coming out of anesthesia.   Some of the anesthesias they use now, or drugs that they mix with the anesthesic agents cause you to not remember.

I remember a bit of a struggle to wake up.   I may have been struggling with a doctor or nurse, I don't know.   I was in recovery for a couple of hours; I don't remember any of that, although I was obviously not anesthetized at that point.

Most people don't remember it at all.

Dennie


 "It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ~Julia Child"

Leah H.
on 1/9/09 3:11 pm - TX
I don't remember it and was even scoped due to a minor complication.


Extended Tummy Tuck & Breast Lift W/Dr. Sauceda 12/30/2009

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