First, I need to say that I love my mother very much. She is one of my best friends and we laugh like crazy together all the time.
But she's freakin' me out, people!
I'm facing something in a week and a half that is fairly scary to me (up there with skydiving and going back to college). I am pretty sure there's enough going through my mind to send me into a substantial panic if I didn't have work and blogging to distract me. My mom has volunteered to let me know that "our family has a history of having issues with anesthesia."
This means that if I or the anesthesiologist are not careful, I can expect one or several of the following things to happen:
- suffocation
- being awake but paralyzed while my body is dissected
- throwing up for a week
- heart attack
Yay!
Apparently she and my aunt have had some issues with anesthesia. For the record, I think my Aunt is on about 20 different kinds of medication for diabetes and blood pressure issues, not to mention glaucoma and arthritis. I don't know if I fall into the same ballpark with my once a day gummi vitamins.
However, she was very adamant that I at LEAST have someone in the recovery room with me so that they can notify the staff if I wake up with panic in my eyes. Although I am happy that she's volunteering for the position, I'm almost afraid to wake up with her looming over me with a mirror under my nose, checking for signs of life.
On the other hand, my Aunt is telling my mother that having a total hip replacement is a piece of cake! I should be up and running around in just a few days, no problem. Only babies lay around whining for weeks on end. Apparently, this hinges on whether or not I made it alive out of the anesthesia.
Personally, I'm counting on the fact that I have done lots of drugs in my life and have come out alive. Heh. Also I'm hoping to do some relaxing and guided meditation that will help me relax into the surgery and out the other side. Oops, maybe that was the wrong turn of phrase. But really, I love sleeping and am usually irritated when I'm woken up from any kind of sleep, drug induced or not.
Just communicate the family history to the anesthesiologist before your surgery. Write it down so you don't forget. They can definately give you something for the nausea at the same time as the anethesia...and they'll keep a closer eye on you if there's a history of awareness during anethesia or heart attack. Tell your mom to stop freaking you out....all will be well.
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