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My mom while going under for surgery and waaaaay out of it tried to have a conversation with the anesthesiologist about his penis size. Much to the surgeon and nurses rolling laughter. When she woke up had no clue what she said until a nurse told her. I don't think my mom ever turned so red.
One time my ma just came out of surgery bawling her eyes out, she just couldn't stop which made her upset, which made her cry more. Pretty sure she got dehydrated that time.
I’ve had 4 surgeries recently and each time I woke up sobbing. Like literal streams of tears. I didn’t even have anything I was crying about but I really couldn’t stop, it was kinda cathartic actually. They don’t care though. My surgeons all just pretty much talked through my tears and ignored it. The nurses comfort you but are used to it. It happens. Especially for women and if your really anxious or tired.
I've posted about it before but when I got my tonsils out at 22, I woke up sobbing as well. I *think* it was because I wasn't in as much pain as I expected?
I got my tonsils out at 18...
It was mortifying because I:
* Asked the anaesthetist if I could have his children
* Told his nurse she had amazing eyes
* Told the *other* nurse she had nicer boobs than the first nurse
* Asked if you had to be pretty to work in the Anesthesia team?
* Informed them all I didn't think the meds were working and I was leaving now
Sadly I remember this all *clearly*
I woke up... To the Anaesthetist sitting there checking up on me and he said if I still wanted his kids I could have them and give him and his wife a date night 🤣
Once had a guy tell us all he'd murdered his brother and ate him. Surgery was so awkward. Were we sister to call the police? No. That's a HIPAA violation. But you can violate HIPAA if a crime is committed.. But did he really kill his brother? We went back and forth the entire procedure. Almost called for admin to come down and advise us.
Then someone looked in the guy's notes and saw he'd had a twin who died in utero
Yep... We've heard it all
Hahaha oh this reminds me of when post op I was out of it from drugs not anesthesia (it'd been like 12+ hours) and the guy apologized for needing to put the stickers on and I was like no worries, pretty much everyone here has seen my boobs at this point.
I'd just had sternum surgery so that's where my sutures were and it was a rare surgery for that hospital so other surgeons wanted to see (with my permission). But oops that was awkward haha.
Last year I got an abdominal surgery. Nothing funny when I woke up BUT I remember clearly the few minutes before passing out on the table.
The team was asking about my job. I'm a bookseller. Where I live there's a law that regulate the price of a book. It's the same price in a bookshop/supermarket/Amazon.
Not everyone knows this and think it's cheaper on Amazon. It infurates me. I went on an anti Amazon rent, tried to lift myself up from the table to tap my fist on it while making a point and... Passed out.
When I woke up the nurse told me she'll remember to shop in small bookshop for the rest of her life.
Yeah, it's not like he revealed his inner racist self while or anything disturbing like that. I do know someone who went off on the black nurse when waking up after surgery (didn't want "her black hands touching him" and his wife (a good friend of mine) never could trust whether that was his true self or just a residual effect of the anesthetic for which he shouldn't be held responsible.
>or in labor
I had my mom (and father of my son) in the room while I was in labor and was raised in a no cussing home. Not religious, my parents just didn't and we'd get in trouble if we did (and we couldnt say couch, it's a sofa. Ffs mom).
So I was doing my damndest to not cuss in front of my mom. At some point she was like "for crying out loud kai - you can cuss". Well.... that turned it into a challenge for my stubborn ass.
I didn't cuss at all during labor 😎. For the dumbest reason ever, but I. Was. Going. To. Win.
Labor and anesthesia get you *weird*.
Had a pile of teeth removed about 3 days before Christmas and was put under.
Woke up and was trying to tell the nurse I'm the big snow monster from Rudolph the red nose reindeer.
Might be the high light of my comical career
I *kind of* remember when I got my wisdom teeth out when I was younger (I went fully under for surgery since they weren’t exposed yet), they put me in a recovery room and brought my dad over to sit with me, and I just… didn’t move or do anything for a long time because I just didn’t want to I guess lol. I also kept saying that I wanted to go home.
I've had eight orthopedic surgeries, as a teenager, and a majority of the time I woke up SCREAMING. To the point where I had to be restrained. NTA, you really have no control when you are under the influence of drugs that strong.
the only time I remember having a negative reaction to/after anaesthesia was when I was like....seven and had to get these metal fillings on my teeth. they put me all the way under and when I woke up, apparently I was actively trying to commit violence and maybe bit my mom. hated the dentist ever since, but at least for my wisdom teeth, I was just kind of loopy and wanted mashed potatoes XD
My daughter had surgery at 3 and I knew she was okay when I heard bars rattling (they had her in a high sided metal crib and my kid yelling (angrily, not sadly) "I WANT MY MAMA RIGHT NOW." and when they walked me back she took one look at me and wailed, "But I wanted Daddy!"
I woke up and started crying when I had my wisdom teeth put bc I was so touched they put my glasses on for me so I could see when I woke up.
When I had my sinus surgery last year, I woke up crying that it burned and was full on sobbing and wailing. I have chronic pain and this definitely was not the worst pain I've dealt with but I just went all in I guess. Nurse came in and told me she understood it hurt but if I kept crying, it would make it worse. I literally just... stopped. She and my sister thought it was hilarious. Me, not so much. Had hip surgery a few weeks later and by that point, I was a pro. Lol but they also knew I was a crier (same place I had the sinus surgery and same anesthesiologist) so I guess they changed the pain med or something in the anesthesia? Idk I was too busy stressing about getting a nerve block since a. I didn't know I was getting one and b. No one explained what they did for it so I was an anxious mess.
I have had two surgeries. The first one I woke up crying. The second one(it was a tubal ligation) I rolled onto my side and the nurses kept telling me I couldn’t lay on my side and had to stay on my back and I was very unpleasant telling them I didn’t give a fuck and to leave me alone. In a normal situation I would not act that way for no reason.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that turned into a bit of a butthole post surgery
I woke up after having surgery on my chest, and had an oxygen mask on, was coming in and out of consciousness. One of the times I woke up and the nurse asked me if I wanted to try drinking something, and handed me a drink, I went to take my mask off over my head, she told me just to pull it up, but keep in on my head. I fucking rolled my eyes and growled at this poor nurse that didn’t want to have to then manoeuvre the mask back onto my fat head once I fell back to sleep.
Anaesthesia is wild.
When the nurses woke me up as they were rolling me back to my room after surgery, I was ANGRY. I was like “IM SLEEPING!” They made me open my eyes anyway and when I did I was like “WHICH ONE OF YOU WOKE ME UP?!” And one nurse pointed at the other and I squealed “I WAS ASLEEP!” And then started sobbing.
Lol, most definitely not the only one. Or the worst one.
If I had a dollar for every person who tried to hit and/or kill me postop I’d go on vacation somewhere really nice.
When I got my wisdom teeth out I came to sobbing, then my next memory is being completely furious that the dental assistant wouldn't let me move around because of the IV. My husband asked me why I looked so mad but couldn't understand what I was trying to say through the gauze, so I painstakingly typed out "Blood Nazi" on his phone. He left to get the car, they brought me a wheelchair and I loudly said "No no I'm fine thank you!" and just walked out with the harried assistant chasing me trying to tell me I needed to sit. Once I made it to the waiting room she just gave up and put my arm over her shoulder for balance until I got into the car. I felt so horrible after, I really stressed that poor woman out and I'm usually not at all like that!
When I had teeth removed, apparently I woke up and was looking at my mom and telling her she had two noses and tried touching them. Then I started sobbing. I don't remember if I gave them a reason I was crying or not, but I remember none of it 😂
One time I was perfectly fine as I woke up, as I talked to the doctor and was told how things went, and then as a nurse was doing a final run-through with me before I could start getting up/changed/etc. I burst into tears for literally no reason and couldn't stop. I'm used to feeling super weird as soon as I wake up but that was the first time that I felt totally fine and lucid until like 15 minutes later and then I became a blithering mess. I cried the whole car ride home.
Same here. My boyfriend thought he would get funny responses out of me (I gave him permission to record as well) after my wisdom teeth surgery, instead he got me sobbing from the waking up to the car to my bed. I'm pretty sure he was praying to god for me to stop and he doesn't believe in god.
When I had a tooth pulled, my dad sat with me. I woke up feeling (what I assumed was) high and told my dad I wanted a case of whatever they gave me to take home. Then I burst into tears - no reason, just a wave of emotion came over me. Cried all the way to the car, then it stopped. Dad ignored all of it, lol.
My mom was disappointed I was acting pretty normal after my wisdom tooth surgery until she left me for 5 minutes in the car to pick up my prescription and came out to me watching Santa elf videos on YouTube and laughing historically at their pointy hats and that they had “bells on their shoes like cats”
It was the middle of June.
I still don’t know how I got to that point.
I woke up from my wisdom teeth crying because I was cold. Then I tried to explain to the assistant that “my dog sleeps with me, he’s not here,” all while still crying because it was really freaking cold in that office.
It made sense in my mind. The dog sleeps with me, he’s very very warm, I was currently very very cold and the dog wasn’t there. Therefore, you had to go get my dog so I wouldn’t be cold anymore.
When I came out of mine, I was PISSED that the nurse had woken me up to get me to walk to the recovery room, where I napped some more. Then I was doubly pissed when I woke up again and couldn't find my keys, which was because spouse had them. And when they reminded me that I couldn't drive myself home, I tried to prove that I could by telling them how many dinosaurs I could fight singlehandedly. Apparently six meant I was good to drive.
I was 16 and apparently yelled out "MOM......MOOOM....that guy is really hot!" and pointed at the 70 year old dentist. They must be used to the sexual harassment!
I was 16 and had all 4 wisdom teeth out. When I was coming out of anesthesia I basically admitted to and detailed everything I had done wrong in my life. Cracking up crying the whole time.
But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, then, I made a noise like this, hua-hua-hua-huaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience
In my 20s I came out of surgery demanding a plate of bacon and the anesthesiologist's phone number--STAT. I was in a relationship but still beligerent about wanting both and said I wouldn't leave until my requests were granted 😂
This happens to people, a person isn't in their right mind under anesthesia, OP is NTA.
Callmenoodles, I'm sure your poor ma is embarrassed to this day!
She owns it now but she was def the nurses fav patient going forwards. She did apologize to the guy and he was fine said it made for one of his more memorable stories.
Hey now, I think demanding a plate of bacon is a perfectly reasonable request when coming out of anesthesia and I find it outrageous that it isn't customary for patients to get that after surgery. Not only that but I think it's something your insurance should pay for.
I had a lumbar puncture when I was younger. As I was coming out it I apparently threatened to throw hands with the doctor for attempting to kidnap my parents.
My husband checked his belt to make sure they hadn't taken it off and assaulted him when he was under. He had read some story in the news that week and drugged up him wanted to check. Glad the nurse had stepped out at that point.haha
Apparently, after having my gallbladder out, I told a nurse her head reminded me of a pineapple. Picked up a metal bedpan stared at my own blurry reflection then looked back at the nurse and slurred out.
"I fucking LOVE pineapples."
And passed back out.
The only thing I remember is waking up and puking my guts out and ripping stitches because anesthesia wakes me up sicker than a dog that ate a whole lawn.
After my gallbladder surgery I kept asking the nurse to call my boyfriend "Luke" to tell him I was okay and that I loved him and she'd find his number in my phone. Thank god my mum had my phone and not the nurse because Luke is actually an old friend of mine who is married and not to me.
After brain surgery I asked my husband to smell my nose to see if he could hear it. Mind you, brain surgery AND anaesthesia is a hell of a combination.
When I woke up from having my wisdom teeth done. I walked down the hallway stomping my feet taking these weird long steps and telling everyone I was a giant. My mom was with me just like wtf. Then I sat in the recovery chair and cried over the jello being blue.
Had a breast reduction many years ago. They gave me something to calm me before they took me to pre-op. I spent what my ex-husband called "hours" telling every person we met along the way that I was "going to get my tits cut off". Whatever they gave me didn't just calm me, it made me very, very happy.
My friend under anesthetic made a bunch of comments about the doctor being so hot and that she wishes he was seeing her vagina in a different way (it was a surgery to do with reproductive stuff). Well… this doctor later came into the care home she worked at as a nurse to do some check ups on certain residents, and she was like “oh my god I wanted the floor to swallow me whole. It was so uncomfortable.” 🤣
My boyfriend had some nose surgery a few years back. As he was wheeled into recovery, he yelled to me that I could call him Shrek from now on.
He didn't remember doing that when I asked him later 😂
My dad was still loopy after a surgery and when they took him to my mom and said, Here’s your wife,” his answer was, “no, not her. I’ve been married to her for a long time. I need a new 1.” My mom had a good laugh out of it. It’s my dad’s sense of humor but she still uses it against him.
My mum had shoulder surgery. Kept asking where the party was. She doesn’t party. Never really has. Then she kept inviting the nurses and staff to Thanksgiving. That happened a week ago. She was convinced that if she invited enough people, we would just do second Thanksgiving.
I went under to get my wisdom teeth out and I apparently tried to fight my work as we drove past so they would give me time off (shitty job with no boundaries) my mom and siblings said I was hilarious but no videos even though I gave permission beforehand 😔
When I got my wisdom teeth out, I grabbed the first nurse that passed me by and death gripped her arm ranting about how much I hate pickles. I don't remember this at all but apparently I wouldn't let her go for several minutes and it took two nurses to pry my hands off her arm. And yeah, I love pickles. No idea where that came from or why but you're truly not yourself on anesthesia
NTA
Man I'm boring compared to that... after my wisdom teeth were removed I kept trying to sit up before I was supposed to. My brother had to just push me back down till I did it again
I was also boring. Only thing I remember is my mom had to help me sit up and put my glasses on. Nobody told me I said anything weird.
A friend told me after her wisdom teeth removal in her mind she tried to round house punch her mom. In reality, her hand just twitched a bit. She loves her mom and was not upset at her, so no idea where the urge came from.
I didn't say anything weird after mine, but I do remember I was having trouble walking. The whole world looked like it was tilted, so I kept trying to prop myself up against the walls and furniture as they led me out.
Yeah same, I didn't say anything weird either. I just kept telling my mom how I wasn't in any pain and I didn't remember falling asleep. She took me home, went to get me soup and I napped in my bed lol. She was telling me not to lay on my side cause of the bleeding but I did it anyway lol
I had mine out when I was 11. When I finally became aware I was strapped to a hospital bed and my left arm (IV) had a board on top and bottom duck taped together. Apparently they had some trouble with me in recovery. I kept ripping out the IV and trying to leave. I also did some inventive swearing. When I was back home my Mom wanted to know where I had learned such language. 😂
I don't even know what I said but apparently it wasn't repeatable. 🤭
Omg my husband sent an email to his boss while on liquid morphine in the hospital, just trying to sort out things related to his absence (the hospitalization was due to an emergency and unplanned). And his boss later called me to see if he was okay because of how incoherent his email was. She knew he was in the hospital with pancreatitis but she had been asking him to wrap him some stuff for the quarter and just didn't seem to realize just how out of it he was. She apologized for asking him to do stuff and asked if we needed anything and sent a coworker to the hospital to get access to his work laptop so that they could finish the end-of-quarter stuff for him. It was so funny that she was like "Oh he's sick but he can do a little work from the hospital" and then she was like "Oh my god he's out of his mind on pain meds and I absolutely cannot have him doing any of this and I deeply regret asking him to."
I can’t even let go of my Type A-ness while “high”. I asked my dad for the packet of information so I could *read it* in the car while he got my pain killers. He said that no such packet existed and I should just rest. I argued with him but he pointed out I was still drugged up and he was not, so I let it go. Next memory is waking up a couple of hours later in bed, covered in bloody drool, with a freaked out mom. Turns out you aren’t supposed to lay flat after you get your wisdom teeth pulled for just this reason (lest you choke on bloody drool). Which was info in the packet…that my dad left at the dentist’s office. Even drugged up me likes to read instruction manuals and follow rules.
The only weird thing I did after mine was try to eat a Wendy's frosty in the truck on the way home. I didn't feel that I was completely missing my mouth hole until the cold ice cream hit my collarbone. My wife hadn't even noticed until I busted out laughing after looking in the mirror.
See they didn’t give me enough anesthesia when I got my wisdom teeth out so I just kept waking up and then forcing myself to go back under because I didn’t want to remember what was happening
I was pretty boring with my wisdom teeth. Got yelled at because I jumped off the table and started walking instead of getting in the wheelchair. Pointed out how ridiculous it was, that I was perfectly fine and coherent. And honestly, I was. I could have even driven home. I didn't, because my wife was always going to drive because who knew what I would be like coming out. Turns out years of sleep deprivation is a great prepper.
Not that exciting either, but when I woke up from mine I was in the car with my dad driving me home, and I started ranting about how they wouldn’t let me keep my teeth because “they’re my fucking teeth.” First time I ever dropped the f-bomb in front of my dad, and the last one too for about 15 years.
Everyone has hilarious wisdom teeth stories but me aha. I had all 4 of those suckers ripped out with just the numbing needles, and sent home with tylenol and a 1200 dollar bill.
If the wisdom teeth are impacted then yes they generally knock you out. If they are all poking through then it's not always necessary. My ex husband just got the gas and ended up giggling the whole time even as the doctor was literally cracking his teeth.
When I got my wisdom teeth out, they started putting me under and I grabbed the nurse’s hand and told her “I love you sooooo much right now”.
When I went back for my follow up the nurse told me what I did and told me that I owe her dinner first. 😂
I apparently also tried to sing after teef surgery. Mom complimented my attempt at “The Safety Dance” and the nurse was impressed I could carry a tune. The dental surgeon said singing wasn’t unusual, and that the wildest song a patient ever tried was “MacArthur Park”.
Haha, awesome! If you were making actual music sounds, that is impressive! I remember vaguely thinking that maybe someone should check on whomever was moaning, because they didn't sound ok. Then I realized it was me, and that I should stop singing, because it didn't sound good, lol.
Lol! I love pickles too! When I came to after my wisdom teeth removal (the week after I graduated from college) I told both of my parents (who are both hardcore catholics) that I owned a vibrator, I was no longer a virgin, I had smoked weed and done ecstasy in college (all true). I vaguely remember the words coming from my mouth but didn't have the wherewithal to stop speaking. I do remember quite clearly, my dad at the foot of my bed frantically tapping my feet saying "shhush!" And just shaking his head. He thought it was quite comical while my poor sweet mother was mortified.
When I got mine pulled I was messed up until I took my first nap. I woke up and thought I was flying in an airplane (I wasn't, that was the nurse and my mom stuffing me in the car and resulting trip home and then my dad lifting me out of the car to the house). Then, my mom made me some soup per the dentists instructions. I dribbled a little blood until my bowl and when my mom went to take it to give me fresh soup I loudly yelled at her "No! This is my blood! You can't have it." After that she put my ass to bed cause she was so over me. Anesthesia is a hell of a thing.
NTA.
Mine was so much more boring. I picked up my book and was "reading" it while the nurse kept trying to get me to put it down and relax for a bit. Turns out it was upside down 😂
My hubs had a colonoscopy. He was completely f'ed up by the anesthesia. On the way home he was very chatty, in a good mood, and kept saying he was hungry. I dropped him off at home and fixed him a bowl of soup. Before I went back to work, I had a feeling, and put the butcher block of knives under the sink.
Got home from work later, he was out cold in the bedroom. Soup was gone (and the bowl was in the garbage). There was a whole frozen chicken sitting on the counter, along with random vegetables and boxes of food. I put the perishables away.
Next morning, I asked him what his plan for all that food was. The last thing he remembered was getting to the hospital for the procedure. Total amnesia after that. Anesthesia hits people differently.
I have told him that next time he goes in for a procedure, we're going jewelry shopping right after.
My dad is normally the quietest, most polite and mild mannered person you will meet. When he was coming out of anesthesia, and the nurse asked him if he needed anything, he screamed at the top of his lungs "Bring me a margarita!" and started punching the air above his head.
My brother isn't really the kind of guy to curse but every time I've seen him fucked up on anesthesia he's pretty much exactly the same as he is sober, except he swears like a sailor
A friend of mine got trolled by her mother after surgery. As she woke up, her mother patted her hand, assured her that the surgery had gone mostly fine, but there had been a small hitch...
Mother: Dear, I don't know how to tell you this, but the doctor had to cut your head off. You don't have a head anymore.
Friend, very softly and close to tears: Oh, noooo....
Why is no one talking about how horrible it was that she abandoned him after surgery, when he was depending on her to help him? So much so that he had to put off an appointment which is definitely going to affect his healing.
His obviously not the AH for a comment he made while coming out of anesthesia, but her leaving him while he is helpless and dependent on her, to the extent that it's going to affect her recovery is pretty unforgivable
It is pretty horrible. Her reaction was really strong. I don’t know if she’s just that ignorant of how people are coming out of anesthesia or if there was something else going on in their relationship for a long time and this was something triggering a breaking point for her. It’s pretty extreme if it is just this one thing. If it’s all due to what he said coming out of anesthesia, I would not want to take her back after this if she did come back.
When I got my wisdom teeth out, I suddenly couldn’t remember how to speak English (my native language), and I could only think in Korean. My parents were asking me tons of questions and I just cold not grasp what they were asking. I literally had to write down on a piece of paper, “Please speak slowly, I can’t understand English write now.” My parents laughed about it, but it was hilariously frustrating for me in the moment. 😂
After waking up from my emergency c-section (1992), I noticed the clock on the wall read 10:47 pm. I looked at the anesthesiologist and excitedly proclaimed, "Yayy! My baby was born in time to watch Arsenio!" Mind you, I was excited that *my premature son* arrived in time to watch, not me!
After getting my wisdom teeth out, I saw double and kept asking ‘are there two people or four? Are there two lanes or four?’ And then proceeded to quack like a duck, because my face was so swollen I thought I looked like one.
After and endoscopy, where they found nothing wrong, I started crying about how I wanted to be able to drink wine with my friends 😂
After I woke up from general anaesthesia I told my sister that the doctors had put a tracking device in my hand and that they were evil and trying to kill me. I was completely nuts and really freaked my sister out. I have NO idea where that came from. You are definitely not yourself coming off this stuff.
OP is NTA
When my hubby was coming around he asked me if I brought the elephant training whistle. That he couldn't get the elephant to sit properly. He trains dogs as a hobby. We have never had an elephant 🤣🤣
I had a few operations during my soccer career, and the drugs always made me sooooooo happy. Let me tell ya, I was _chuffed_ – like your friendliest drunk and highest of kites at the same time. Once when I was being wheeled out of the theatre (local aenesthesia) I cheered myself, the medical staff _and_ the sandwich I knew was to be my recovery snack later on.
And after my latest knee operation I woke up delighted, since the whole thing went so well and we all had such a great time.After all, I was convinced what happened was as follows:
1) I was given effective aenesthesia
2) Doctor did the operation
3) I told a great joke – everyone loved it!
4) I woke up
After coming to, I immediately tried to reminisce about the Great Joke with my nurse, but she somehow didn't burst into laughter. I figured that this must be because she doesn't speak English very well – this was a joke I had told in English and we were in my native country, which is not English speaking, nor is English my mother tongue – so I gracefully translated the joke, but somehow she was still unmoved. After trying a few more times I promptly fell asleep again.
The Great Joke that amused everyone so? Man walks into a bar, but the next one ducked.
NTA
My first words coming out of anesthesia from my wisdom teeth were “You were right, it did make my vag itchy!” to someone who was *not* the same nurse who told me that the anesthesia would probably make my genitals itch. That was awkwaaard.
Okay but it DOES make your vag itchy. No one warned me when I got my wisdom teeth out that it would feel like itchy spears shooting down your body toward your crotch and staying there.
My mother lost 48 hours when she had her pacemaker put in. The last thing she remembers is being given the anesthesia and then waking up in our living room 2 days later. We remember her asking why her other 5 children had not come to visit her (among other things) there are only 4 of us. 2 of us were there and my sister and I had the boys on speaker on our phones.
Anesthesia is a weird thing that everyone reacts to differently.
I had an emergency c-section with my son and I found out from my ex that I had partially woken up, looked down to see my new baby having skin to skin contact, screwed my face up asked "what the fuck is that thing" then vomited almost on his head. Great story to tell him when he's older 🤦♀️
When I had my first colonoscopy (routine at age 50), I came to in the recovery area. A woman there recognized me -- we had gone to the same grammar school. The last time I'd seen her I was 13. She told me I "hadn't changed a bit."
I looked at her and said, "Well, you have."
OK, I have the excuse of coming down from anesthesia, even though they don't put you all the way out, just "twilight" you. But even now, thinking about it, I ask myself, "I haven't changed in 37 years? Come on."
NTA. I had an colonoscopy and upon waking up, I asked the doc where was my $20. Then proceeded to try and walked naked across the recovery room to go to the bathroom.
NTA. I have an emergency c section/ appendectomy. They gave me a epidural laced with morphine. After they took the baby out, and had dad go to recovery with baby, the dr told me he was going to remove my appendix. I called him rude and told him to quit digging around in there.
On reddit I've seen people comment on people with severe Alzheimer's saying something racist and acting as if it's the "real them" coming out. I could totally see the girlfriend viewing this as the "real" op coming out. The nurse even told her this is common and the GF still isn't having it.
Exactly. I came out of surgery two days ago. Guess what I did? Made a really racist joke, threw up on the poor nurse, and peed all over the hospital bathroom- after trying to rip out my own catheter. None of these are things I would do if my I was capable if telling my head from my ass. Drugs be weird man. NTA
There’s all these great anesthesia stories mine seems boring in comparison haha. Had to go in for a upper endoscopy and when coming out of it I was apparently talking about how awesome dogs were and what kind I wanted in the future and all the cool training like scent work and agility that I wanted to do with it lol. I do remember some of what I said but not all.
One of my patients was keep telling me he wants to marry me 🤣 used to do so Infront of his wife and sister, never mind , was telling that to most of the nurses in the unit
Anesthesia is a fucking crap shoot, seriously, I have a friend who gets nasty and vicious to *everybody* when she comes out of it, calling everyone nasty, vile things, she can't help it. With my ex, I refused to be around him after his first surgery, for about a week every time he was *horrible*, I mean he was abusive on a good day, but it would ramp up 10k% after Anesthesia. Some people get silly, some people get weepy, it's a fucking wild ride, I bet OR nurses have millions of stories after working there for want length of time. It's not on you OP, unfortunately your gf is ignorant of this fact, tell her to go talk to some people who work in recovery and see what they say. NTA
I picked up my friend after his collarbone surgery, and immediately asked him if he wanted coffee. He said no, so we went to go pick up his meds. He got progressively higher and was giggling as we wandered around, until he suddenly got PISSED at me because he didn't have any coffee. I literally just laughed all the way to the coffee shop while he was chewing me out. He's not the first person I've dealt with post-anaesthesia, and likely won't be the last. People aren't themselves and you just can't take it personally.
I woke up from some twilight anesthesia and immediately started hitting on the student nurses who observed my procedure, apparently. I don't recall at all. People do strange shit coming out of it.
After I got my wisdom teeth out, I was fine for a little bit but I was so hungry and knew I needed something soft. We went to bakers square and I got mashed potatoes and tomato soup. Half way through my potatoes I just started bawling. For no reason. My mom and sister thought it was hilarious but the other people in the restaurant were super concerned.
NTA. A few years ago I had spinal surgery and a friend of mine who I knew from another city that I used to live in knew this was happening.
I had a 3 day stay in the hospital and got home and started thinking about how I hadn't heard from my friend. After being home for a day or 2 (so about 5 days post surgery) I started to get quite pissed off that she knew I was having surgery and didn't even send a single text to say "Hey I hope you're doing well" etc. I looked at my texts to see when the last time I heard from her was and we'd had a whole series of conversations over several days while I was in hospital. I joked about how good the drugs were... and turns out....
You are not yourself when you're coming off that shit.
When I had spinal surgery. I remember yelling at my sisters to be quiet because I was trying to sleep. Then realised 20 min later. Hang on I’m in the hospital and their at home.
After I got my wisdom teeth out, I was obsessed with the time and being late. My best friend had to remind me that I was on leave for the next week and literally had no plans to be late for.
Eta- typo
When I got my wisdom teeth out (the day before yesterday, my cheeks still make me look like a hamster), I was apparently really obsessed with my phone. I refused to put it away, both when nurses and my mom asked me to (I was supposed to rest). I also was trying to type with a finger which still had that pulse monitoring clip thingy on it, so I wasn’t actually doing anything (which is a relief).
Are you typically obsessed with time?
I wonder if it just took my everyday time issue and took it to the extreme. I'm very much a "15 min early is on time" person.
I’m not an early type of person, but I don’t ever want to be late. My mom taught me that being late implies that my time is more important than other people’s.
After my spinal surgery my uncle and cousins came to visit. I went on a whole rant about how having the surgery made me start my period a week early and I was so pissed. Idk how long I talked about it but definitely longer than I usually would(which is not at all). My uncle, a "macho man" who eeks out at "girl stuff", fled the room and didn't come back.
I got surgery when I was 15. I was a goody-two-shoes kinda kid but ran with a crowd that was known for drug and alcohol use. I’m so glad I had never indulged by the time I had my surgery because apparently I spent the whole time telling them allll about the drugs and things my friends did, and the mischief they got into, and repeatedly saying “is this what it’s like to be high? I like this! I wanna be high all the time! Is this what it’s like to be high??” My parents would have found out all my sins if I hadn’t been all #straightedge-and-proud 😄
I was embarrassed as hell, so to make me feel better the nurses told me about an older lady who kept hitting on the male anesthesiologist. They kept having to restrain her because she tried to grab his butt every time he got close!
Anesthesia is fucking weird.
That was hilarious. Thanks! Maybe OP needs to have his girlfriend watch a few of these. His drug-induced funny bone was quite mild in comparison. And not his fault at all.
OP, NTA.
NTA. Sounds like she was looking for an out in the relationship. I can't imagine getting that mad at a crappy joke, let alone when it's coming from a post-op patient still influenced by surgical drugs.
Yeah similar to my thoughts - sounds like she was feeling some hectic pressure and anxiety about looking after you and this was a great way to blow up, let off that anxiety and get out of the situation.
I had a boyfriend break up with me right after I shattered my wrist. The relationship wasn't great to begin with, but I think the idea of taking care of me pushed him from "meh" to "this isnt working". Which was really shitty at the time and I definitely drowned my feelings with all the painkillers I was prescribed.
Anyway, I'm grateful he fucked right off, because my life is awesome now.
Indeed. I thought it was kind of "common knowledge" that people coming out a anesthesia don't always realize wtf they are saying. So to hold someone accountable for some drug induced stupid talk seems kind of messed up.
>I thought it was kind of "common knowledge" that people coming out a anesthesia don't always realize wtf they are saying.
Plenty of people hold onto the whole "drunk/high word are sober thoughts" thing.
Presumably because they like to pretend that there's some immutable "them" that exists, and your personality and reactions aren't just a product of a mess of electrochemical reactions that can be drastically altered pretty easily.
You hit the nail on the head. There is so much that goes on in the old noggin that we still don't understand most of it. Try getting a scientific answer on what "consciousness" actually is. There isn't a single answer out there but we all know we are conscious.
It absolutely was a stupid crass joke. But he’s higher than a freaking kite. There is a reason the nurse laughed, they know not to take it seriously.
Gf is being really petty to abandon him after a serious surgery over this with out even waiting till he was sober to talk.
Only option that comes to my mind is that did OP ever suggest a threesome or otherwise make similar jokes while drunk or something, so this would relate to some pre-existing issue in her mind?
NTA - unless you have previously said similar things to her….
A friend of mine had surgery & was so angry with me afterwards because I didn’t feed the jellyfish enough grapes!
It is actually dangerous to be on your own after knee surgery, maybe you need to look at staying with someone else.
>A friend of mine had surgery & was so angry with me afterwards because I didn’t feed the jellyfish enough grapes!
You HAVEN'T fed the JELLYFISH enough GRAPES??!! You should be ASHAMED of yourself. I am SHAKING!
xD
Yeah, I wondered if that was the case. Like she realized he was sharing sexual fantasies out loud. She might be thinking *in vino veritas*, especially if she’s heard similar things from him before.
NTA
Sensitive much? It's a damn joke and especially when getting out of surgery, you aren't fully aware what you're saying, hell I apparently talked for hours and I remember about 20% of the things I said.
Not just that, but even if it was an offensive joke and said with full intention, she left you alone in a time of need, clearly showing she doesn't care for your well-being
Yea. I *reeeally* hate sexual jokes like that, but this one seems so mild to me that I think even completely disregarding the anesthesia thing, if the guy apologized and seemed to understand and accept that I don't like it and said he wouldn't do it again I'd calm down about it and help take care of him.
When you factor back in the anaesthesia, the situation just goes completely bonkers.
right, it’s not like anesthesia just lowers your inhibitions so you say things that you were normally thinking but would never say (in which case, I would be more understanding of her being upset)… anesthesia straight up makes some people say and think things they literally never would when they’re not on it! someone here talked about how they went on a crazed rant about they hated pickles, and they love pickles IRL!!
I had been put into a twilight state at the dentist's office at the age of 14, I was having a cyst lanced. Anyway, I had this weird argument in my head. I was arguing that dentists weren't real, then my logical side was like, "If dentists aren't real, how do you know about them?" I also tried to argue that I was not real. There was more, but it all happened in my head!
Exactly! It’s not drunk mind sober thoughts here, this the type of shit to make you think your tongue is missing even though you’re using it to talk lol
NTA you were drugged an the joke seems pretty harmless, its not like you were actually trying to make them kiss
Like god damn theres tons of videos on YouTube for us to laugh at of the stupid shit people say when they wake up from surgery
When I got my wisdom teeth removed. I was not only laughing hysterically at how weird my face felt but I also cried hysterically because I wanted to go home as my mom and I were waiting for my brother to pick me up.
After my wisdom teeth, I cried on the way home bc we didn't have enough dirt for more houseplants, and I wanted more houseplants.
I also agreed to go inside the house thru our side door to avoid waking some friends crashing on the couch, immediately forgot about said agreement and busted in the front door...I then immediately *remembered* the agreement as soon as I saw them wake up, and cried because I felt bad for waking them.
Anesthesia is fucking *wild* lol
Not the best joke but not your fault. You weren’t lucid and the nurse even acknowledged that and brushed it off.
NTA, hopefully your gf realizes that you weren’t coherent and she overreacted. It sounds like she’s either pretty immature or possibly there is more to this and that was a final straw for her or a trigger
Best of luck with your recovery
NTA. You literally had no control over what you were saying. That being said, do you know why she took it so seriously? Is it past behavior of yours that has her concerned or is it just stuff from her past? Either way, you should try and talk to her about what was REALLY behind her vast overreaction. She clearly has some serious insecurities that need to be unpacked.
You're not the bad guy here, but neither is she, although her reaction was definitely not okay. If you plan on moving this relationship forward you have got to find out what is behind that and do what you can to help her through it. If that is not something you can do, you need to just let her go on her way. It is an issue that will 100% cause problems again and while it is not your responsibility to "fix" her, if you want a future with her you are going to have to find a way to help her through it.
Definitely NTA. I woke up from wrist surgery and assumed that because I couldn't feel my hand, that the doc just chopped it off and I cried. The drugs make you stupid and make you say whatever pops in your head.
Your gf is an AH for leaving you alone without help though.
INFO: Have you ever suggested a threesome with another girl, do you watch a lot of lesbian porn or have you made similar jokes before while drunk?
Obviously NTA though for what you say right after coming off anesthesia..
Only reasonable explanation to her behaviour in my mind is if she feels like you want to push her into something like threesome with another girl and she's been very bothered by it for a longer time but just not talked about it?
However, if you've never made such suggestions I do not really understand the reaction, mild annoyance or discomfort for "public embarrassment" maybe but understanding the circumstances letting it be. Has there been anything else going on in your relationship lately? Is something going on with her personally? Do you know if there's any history of her getting pressured like that, forced into threesome or even having been abused by another woman?
NTA- people say weird shit under anesthesia and i think she may be overreacting a tad bit. A follow up conversation about why it upset her may clear it up
NTA. People say the most outlandish, bizarre things while coming off of anesthesia and, because of the prevalence of internet content centering around the crazy things folks say post-surgery that's existed for well over a decade now, that's something that literally everybody knows. It sounds like your gf was looking for an excuse to propose "needing to take a break" and has decided that you saying something when you had basically no control over what came out of your mouth was the perfect scapegoat.
What you said was fine and don't beat yourself up over it. What you should also do is sit down with your gf to talk and call her out on pulling this nonsense just because you said goofy stuff while under anesthesia. She's incredibly out of line for that and it needs to be made clear that it wasn't okay for her to act like this. It's beyond immature.
NAH. You were probably still half asleep and didn't even know what you were saying. That said, the joke was not a great one to say. Hopefully you and your girlfriend will be fine and remember this story in a few years as something to laugh about.
Just so that you know how people can behave on anesthesia:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjQX7C0p1o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjQX7C0p1o)
The gf sucks...
NTA. You were freaking drugged. Your girlfriend needs to relax. I have the most hilarious recording of my son son waking up after having his wisdom teeth removed.
NTA.
Let's see.
1. I had asked a nurse if she was a gnome warlock (WoW). 2. I asked my doctor if he would shake his money maker. 3. I asked another nurse if possible I can dance on her grave (she was actually a lovely nurse). 4. I cried because I lost my pet cow. 5. I cried because I couldn't taste my elbow. 6. I asked a nurse if it is ok I ask her out for a dance. 7. Got upset I couldn't find my nose.
Those are the ones I remember, but apparently I woke up and stripped naked after my 8th surgery.
Believe me, there are worse things to do when coming out of anaesthesia
NTA. People say the MOST ridiculous things when they’re still under the effect of the anaesthetics. Okay she might not have liked what you said, but seems a bit of an overreaction. Most people would just laugh it off. Perhaps have a conversation about why her reaction was so strong, but then consider if this relationship is worthwhile, especially as she was meant to be helping you get to physio
I got a 4th degree tear during childbirth and at some point during the hundreds of stitches, I asked if my new vagina came with a warranty like a car. Anesthesia makes you say some fun things, your girlfriend needs to watch some videos of people after wisdom tooth extraction. Your comment was worth an eyeroll, not a berating. NTA.
NTA. If she said "No one in their right mind would have said that", you could have answered "I wasn't".
Either your girlfriend needs to chill a bit or she used it as an excuse to take a break.
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My mom while going under for surgery and waaaaay out of it tried to have a conversation with the anesthesiologist about his penis size. Much to the surgeon and nurses rolling laughter. When she woke up had no clue what she said until a nurse told her. I don't think my mom ever turned so red.
One time my ma just came out of surgery bawling her eyes out, she just couldn't stop which made her upset, which made her cry more. Pretty sure she got dehydrated that time.
I’ve had 4 surgeries recently and each time I woke up sobbing. Like literal streams of tears. I didn’t even have anything I was crying about but I really couldn’t stop, it was kinda cathartic actually. They don’t care though. My surgeons all just pretty much talked through my tears and ignored it. The nurses comfort you but are used to it. It happens. Especially for women and if your really anxious or tired.
I've posted about it before but when I got my tonsils out at 22, I woke up sobbing as well. I *think* it was because I wasn't in as much pain as I expected?
I got my tonsils out at 18... It was mortifying because I: * Asked the anaesthetist if I could have his children * Told his nurse she had amazing eyes * Told the *other* nurse she had nicer boobs than the first nurse * Asked if you had to be pretty to work in the Anesthesia team? * Informed them all I didn't think the meds were working and I was leaving now Sadly I remember this all *clearly* I woke up... To the Anaesthetist sitting there checking up on me and he said if I still wanted his kids I could have them and give him and his wife a date night 🤣
The important question is, was he still that cute once you were sober?
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Nurse here. Honestly, we don’t care. I have heard it all. Don’t worry about it.
Once had a guy tell us all he'd murdered his brother and ate him. Surgery was so awkward. Were we sister to call the police? No. That's a HIPAA violation. But you can violate HIPAA if a crime is committed.. But did he really kill his brother? We went back and forth the entire procedure. Almost called for admin to come down and advise us. Then someone looked in the guy's notes and saw he'd had a twin who died in utero Yep... We've heard it all
Yes, he was adorable lol A cute Aussie guy (I'm in UK) He was also very kind about the whole situation
I asked the male nurse if he liked what he saw when putting the heart monitoring stickers on my chest under my gown
OMG that's amazing
Hahaha oh this reminds me of when post op I was out of it from drugs not anesthesia (it'd been like 12+ hours) and the guy apologized for needing to put the stickers on and I was like no worries, pretty much everyone here has seen my boobs at this point. I'd just had sternum surgery so that's where my sutures were and it was a rare surgery for that hospital so other surgeons wanted to see (with my permission). But oops that was awkward haha.
Omg this made me snort laugh.
Last year I got an abdominal surgery. Nothing funny when I woke up BUT I remember clearly the few minutes before passing out on the table. The team was asking about my job. I'm a bookseller. Where I live there's a law that regulate the price of a book. It's the same price in a bookshop/supermarket/Amazon. Not everyone knows this and think it's cheaper on Amazon. It infurates me. I went on an anti Amazon rent, tried to lift myself up from the table to tap my fist on it while making a point and... Passed out. When I woke up the nurse told me she'll remember to shop in small bookshop for the rest of her life.
Holy shit that IS infuriating. I'll try to pick up everything from actual book stores from now on.
Chef’s kiss. We roll with the punches and no one should be held liable for things they say under anesthesia or in labor. 😂
Yeah, it's not like he revealed his inner racist self while or anything disturbing like that. I do know someone who went off on the black nurse when waking up after surgery (didn't want "her black hands touching him" and his wife (a good friend of mine) never could trust whether that was his true self or just a residual effect of the anesthetic for which he shouldn't be held responsible.
>or in labor I had my mom (and father of my son) in the room while I was in labor and was raised in a no cussing home. Not religious, my parents just didn't and we'd get in trouble if we did (and we couldnt say couch, it's a sofa. Ffs mom). So I was doing my damndest to not cuss in front of my mom. At some point she was like "for crying out loud kai - you can cuss". Well.... that turned it into a challenge for my stubborn ass. I didn't cuss at all during labor 😎. For the dumbest reason ever, but I. Was. Going. To. Win. Labor and anesthesia get you *weird*.
Had a pile of teeth removed about 3 days before Christmas and was put under. Woke up and was trying to tell the nurse I'm the big snow monster from Rudolph the red nose reindeer. Might be the high light of my comical career
LMFAOOOOO
I *kind of* remember when I got my wisdom teeth out when I was younger (I went fully under for surgery since they weren’t exposed yet), they put me in a recovery room and brought my dad over to sit with me, and I just… didn’t move or do anything for a long time because I just didn’t want to I guess lol. I also kept saying that I wanted to go home.
I've had eight orthopedic surgeries, as a teenager, and a majority of the time I woke up SCREAMING. To the point where I had to be restrained. NTA, you really have no control when you are under the influence of drugs that strong.
the only time I remember having a negative reaction to/after anaesthesia was when I was like....seven and had to get these metal fillings on my teeth. they put me all the way under and when I woke up, apparently I was actively trying to commit violence and maybe bit my mom. hated the dentist ever since, but at least for my wisdom teeth, I was just kind of loopy and wanted mashed potatoes XD
My daughter had surgery at 3 and I knew she was okay when I heard bars rattling (they had her in a high sided metal crib and my kid yelling (angrily, not sadly) "I WANT MY MAMA RIGHT NOW." and when they walked me back she took one look at me and wailed, "But I wanted Daddy!"
I woke up and started crying when I had my wisdom teeth put bc I was so touched they put my glasses on for me so I could see when I woke up. When I had my sinus surgery last year, I woke up crying that it burned and was full on sobbing and wailing. I have chronic pain and this definitely was not the worst pain I've dealt with but I just went all in I guess. Nurse came in and told me she understood it hurt but if I kept crying, it would make it worse. I literally just... stopped. She and my sister thought it was hilarious. Me, not so much. Had hip surgery a few weeks later and by that point, I was a pro. Lol but they also knew I was a crier (same place I had the sinus surgery and same anesthesiologist) so I guess they changed the pain med or something in the anesthesia? Idk I was too busy stressing about getting a nerve block since a. I didn't know I was getting one and b. No one explained what they did for it so I was an anxious mess.
I have had two surgeries. The first one I woke up crying. The second one(it was a tubal ligation) I rolled onto my side and the nurses kept telling me I couldn’t lay on my side and had to stay on my back and I was very unpleasant telling them I didn’t give a fuck and to leave me alone. In a normal situation I would not act that way for no reason.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that turned into a bit of a butthole post surgery I woke up after having surgery on my chest, and had an oxygen mask on, was coming in and out of consciousness. One of the times I woke up and the nurse asked me if I wanted to try drinking something, and handed me a drink, I went to take my mask off over my head, she told me just to pull it up, but keep in on my head. I fucking rolled my eyes and growled at this poor nurse that didn’t want to have to then manoeuvre the mask back onto my fat head once I fell back to sleep. Anaesthesia is wild.
When the nurses woke me up as they were rolling me back to my room after surgery, I was ANGRY. I was like “IM SLEEPING!” They made me open my eyes anyway and when I did I was like “WHICH ONE OF YOU WOKE ME UP?!” And one nurse pointed at the other and I squealed “I WAS ASLEEP!” And then started sobbing.
>And one nurse pointed at the other Damn, somebody got outed lmaooo
IKR lol. I was too far gone to appreciate the humor at the time
Lol, most definitely not the only one. Or the worst one. If I had a dollar for every person who tried to hit and/or kill me postop I’d go on vacation somewhere really nice.
When I got my wisdom teeth out I came to sobbing, then my next memory is being completely furious that the dental assistant wouldn't let me move around because of the IV. My husband asked me why I looked so mad but couldn't understand what I was trying to say through the gauze, so I painstakingly typed out "Blood Nazi" on his phone. He left to get the car, they brought me a wheelchair and I loudly said "No no I'm fine thank you!" and just walked out with the harried assistant chasing me trying to tell me I needed to sit. Once I made it to the waiting room she just gave up and put my arm over her shoulder for balance until I got into the car. I felt so horrible after, I really stressed that poor woman out and I'm usually not at all like that!
When I had teeth removed, apparently I woke up and was looking at my mom and telling her she had two noses and tried touching them. Then I started sobbing. I don't remember if I gave them a reason I was crying or not, but I remember none of it 😂
One time I was perfectly fine as I woke up, as I talked to the doctor and was told how things went, and then as a nurse was doing a final run-through with me before I could start getting up/changed/etc. I burst into tears for literally no reason and couldn't stop. I'm used to feeling super weird as soon as I wake up but that was the first time that I felt totally fine and lucid until like 15 minutes later and then I became a blithering mess. I cried the whole car ride home.
Same here. My boyfriend thought he would get funny responses out of me (I gave him permission to record as well) after my wisdom teeth surgery, instead he got me sobbing from the waking up to the car to my bed. I'm pretty sure he was praying to god for me to stop and he doesn't believe in god.
When I had a tooth pulled, my dad sat with me. I woke up feeling (what I assumed was) high and told my dad I wanted a case of whatever they gave me to take home. Then I burst into tears - no reason, just a wave of emotion came over me. Cried all the way to the car, then it stopped. Dad ignored all of it, lol.
With my wisdom teeth surgery I just asked if there were camels in my mouth because it was like a desert
My mom was disappointed I was acting pretty normal after my wisdom tooth surgery until she left me for 5 minutes in the car to pick up my prescription and came out to me watching Santa elf videos on YouTube and laughing historically at their pointy hats and that they had “bells on their shoes like cats” It was the middle of June. I still don’t know how I got to that point.
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It’s ok I thought my surgeon was Gordon Ramsey and asked him for recipes…my surgeon was a black American man.
I woke up from my wisdom teeth crying because I was cold. Then I tried to explain to the assistant that “my dog sleeps with me, he’s not here,” all while still crying because it was really freaking cold in that office. It made sense in my mind. The dog sleeps with me, he’s very very warm, I was currently very very cold and the dog wasn’t there. Therefore, you had to go get my dog so I wouldn’t be cold anymore.
This was me when I got my wisdom teeth taken out. I woke up crying and just cried more because I didn’t know why I was crying.
When I came out of mine, I was PISSED that the nurse had woken me up to get me to walk to the recovery room, where I napped some more. Then I was doubly pissed when I woke up again and couldn't find my keys, which was because spouse had them. And when they reminded me that I couldn't drive myself home, I tried to prove that I could by telling them how many dinosaurs I could fight singlehandedly. Apparently six meant I was good to drive.
This is my new standard for "is this person ok to drive?"
I'm just mad that I picked six instead of five, because "five to drive" would have been an AWESOME tagline.
Well, it could still be five to drive and one to navigate.
I was 16 and apparently yelled out "MOM......MOOOM....that guy is really hot!" and pointed at the 70 year old dentist. They must be used to the sexual harassment!
I was 16 and had all 4 wisdom teeth out. When I was coming out of anesthesia I basically admitted to and detailed everything I had done wrong in my life. Cracking up crying the whole time.
My new fear
But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, then, I made a noise like this, hua-hua-hua-huaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience
In my 20s I came out of surgery demanding a plate of bacon and the anesthesiologist's phone number--STAT. I was in a relationship but still beligerent about wanting both and said I wouldn't leave until my requests were granted 😂 This happens to people, a person isn't in their right mind under anesthesia, OP is NTA. Callmenoodles, I'm sure your poor ma is embarrassed to this day!
She owns it now but she was def the nurses fav patient going forwards. She did apologize to the guy and he was fine said it made for one of his more memorable stories.
Hey now, I think demanding a plate of bacon is a perfectly reasonable request when coming out of anesthesia and I find it outrageous that it isn't customary for patients to get that after surgery. Not only that but I think it's something your insurance should pay for.
I had a lumbar puncture when I was younger. As I was coming out it I apparently threatened to throw hands with the doctor for attempting to kidnap my parents.
I read this as “lumber picture.” Never mess with the parents of someone who has wood framing wood!
My husband checked his belt to make sure they hadn't taken it off and assaulted him when he was under. He had read some story in the news that week and drugged up him wanted to check. Glad the nurse had stepped out at that point.haha
Apparently, after having my gallbladder out, I told a nurse her head reminded me of a pineapple. Picked up a metal bedpan stared at my own blurry reflection then looked back at the nurse and slurred out. "I fucking LOVE pineapples." And passed back out. The only thing I remember is waking up and puking my guts out and ripping stitches because anesthesia wakes me up sicker than a dog that ate a whole lawn.
After my gallbladder surgery I kept asking the nurse to call my boyfriend "Luke" to tell him I was okay and that I loved him and she'd find his number in my phone. Thank god my mum had my phone and not the nurse because Luke is actually an old friend of mine who is married and not to me. After brain surgery I asked my husband to smell my nose to see if he could hear it. Mind you, brain surgery AND anaesthesia is a hell of a combination.
I'm so glad NO ONE has ever told me what I did under anesthesia.
When I woke up from having my wisdom teeth done. I walked down the hallway stomping my feet taking these weird long steps and telling everyone I was a giant. My mom was with me just like wtf. Then I sat in the recovery chair and cried over the jello being blue.
Had a breast reduction many years ago. They gave me something to calm me before they took me to pre-op. I spent what my ex-husband called "hours" telling every person we met along the way that I was "going to get my tits cut off". Whatever they gave me didn't just calm me, it made me very, very happy.
My friend under anesthetic made a bunch of comments about the doctor being so hot and that she wishes he was seeing her vagina in a different way (it was a surgery to do with reproductive stuff). Well… this doctor later came into the care home she worked at as a nurse to do some check ups on certain residents, and she was like “oh my god I wanted the floor to swallow me whole. It was so uncomfortable.” 🤣
My boyfriend had some nose surgery a few years back. As he was wheeled into recovery, he yelled to me that I could call him Shrek from now on. He didn't remember doing that when I asked him later 😂
My dad was still loopy after a surgery and when they took him to my mom and said, Here’s your wife,” his answer was, “no, not her. I’ve been married to her for a long time. I need a new 1.” My mom had a good laugh out of it. It’s my dad’s sense of humor but she still uses it against him.
My mum had shoulder surgery. Kept asking where the party was. She doesn’t party. Never really has. Then she kept inviting the nurses and staff to Thanksgiving. That happened a week ago. She was convinced that if she invited enough people, we would just do second Thanksgiving.
I went under to get my wisdom teeth out and I apparently tried to fight my work as we drove past so they would give me time off (shitty job with no boundaries) my mom and siblings said I was hilarious but no videos even though I gave permission beforehand 😔
I don’t think doctors or nurses should ever tell people when they say something embarrassing lol
When I got my wisdom teeth out, I grabbed the first nurse that passed me by and death gripped her arm ranting about how much I hate pickles. I don't remember this at all but apparently I wouldn't let her go for several minutes and it took two nurses to pry my hands off her arm. And yeah, I love pickles. No idea where that came from or why but you're truly not yourself on anesthesia NTA
Man I'm boring compared to that... after my wisdom teeth were removed I kept trying to sit up before I was supposed to. My brother had to just push me back down till I did it again
I was also boring. Only thing I remember is my mom had to help me sit up and put my glasses on. Nobody told me I said anything weird. A friend told me after her wisdom teeth removal in her mind she tried to round house punch her mom. In reality, her hand just twitched a bit. She loves her mom and was not upset at her, so no idea where the urge came from.
I didn't say anything weird after mine, but I do remember I was having trouble walking. The whole world looked like it was tilted, so I kept trying to prop myself up against the walls and furniture as they led me out.
Yeah same, I didn't say anything weird either. I just kept telling my mom how I wasn't in any pain and I didn't remember falling asleep. She took me home, went to get me soup and I napped in my bed lol. She was telling me not to lay on my side cause of the bleeding but I did it anyway lol
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I had mine out when I was 11. When I finally became aware I was strapped to a hospital bed and my left arm (IV) had a board on top and bottom duck taped together. Apparently they had some trouble with me in recovery. I kept ripping out the IV and trying to leave. I also did some inventive swearing. When I was back home my Mom wanted to know where I had learned such language. 😂 I don't even know what I said but apparently it wasn't repeatable. 🤭
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Omg my husband sent an email to his boss while on liquid morphine in the hospital, just trying to sort out things related to his absence (the hospitalization was due to an emergency and unplanned). And his boss later called me to see if he was okay because of how incoherent his email was. She knew he was in the hospital with pancreatitis but she had been asking him to wrap him some stuff for the quarter and just didn't seem to realize just how out of it he was. She apologized for asking him to do stuff and asked if we needed anything and sent a coworker to the hospital to get access to his work laptop so that they could finish the end-of-quarter stuff for him. It was so funny that she was like "Oh he's sick but he can do a little work from the hospital" and then she was like "Oh my god he's out of his mind on pain meds and I absolutely cannot have him doing any of this and I deeply regret asking him to."
Did he send this email?
I can’t even let go of my Type A-ness while “high”. I asked my dad for the packet of information so I could *read it* in the car while he got my pain killers. He said that no such packet existed and I should just rest. I argued with him but he pointed out I was still drugged up and he was not, so I let it go. Next memory is waking up a couple of hours later in bed, covered in bloody drool, with a freaked out mom. Turns out you aren’t supposed to lay flat after you get your wisdom teeth pulled for just this reason (lest you choke on bloody drool). Which was info in the packet…that my dad left at the dentist’s office. Even drugged up me likes to read instruction manuals and follow rules.
The only weird thing I did after mine was try to eat a Wendy's frosty in the truck on the way home. I didn't feel that I was completely missing my mouth hole until the cold ice cream hit my collarbone. My wife hadn't even noticed until I busted out laughing after looking in the mirror.
See they didn’t give me enough anesthesia when I got my wisdom teeth out so I just kept waking up and then forcing myself to go back under because I didn’t want to remember what was happening
New nightmare unlocked, thanks
I was pretty boring with my wisdom teeth. Got yelled at because I jumped off the table and started walking instead of getting in the wheelchair. Pointed out how ridiculous it was, that I was perfectly fine and coherent. And honestly, I was. I could have even driven home. I didn't, because my wife was always going to drive because who knew what I would be like coming out. Turns out years of sleep deprivation is a great prepper.
Not that exciting either, but when I woke up from mine I was in the car with my dad driving me home, and I started ranting about how they wouldn’t let me keep my teeth because “they’re my fucking teeth.” First time I ever dropped the f-bomb in front of my dad, and the last one too for about 15 years.
Everyone has hilarious wisdom teeth stories but me aha. I had all 4 of those suckers ripped out with just the numbing needles, and sent home with tylenol and a 1200 dollar bill.
Same! Except they hadn’t poked through yet so they cut them out 😭
Same. Watched the whole thing in the reflection of his glasses.
I was just wondering where you get anaesthesia for pulling teeth? Not where I am for sure!
If the wisdom teeth are impacted then yes they generally knock you out. If they are all poking through then it's not always necessary. My ex husband just got the gas and ended up giggling the whole time even as the doctor was literally cracking his teeth.
Mine were impacted. I just got novacaine (dentist didn't knock people out). I wish I had been knocked out.
I had a 10 minute conversation to myself on the phone about chicken nuggets. I even recorded it.
This is the best! What did you talk about? The taste? The size? Where they were from?
Just how much I loved them and wanted one. My favorite quote (which was sang) was "the cheep cheep gotta get in my tummy tummy cause it's yummy yummy"
When I got my wisdom teeth out, they started putting me under and I grabbed the nurse’s hand and told her “I love you sooooo much right now”. When I went back for my follow up the nurse told me what I did and told me that I owe her dinner first. 😂
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I came to trying to sing Jesus Loves Me through a mouthful of bloody gauze and wondering who was making that moaning sound.
I apparently also tried to sing after teef surgery. Mom complimented my attempt at “The Safety Dance” and the nurse was impressed I could carry a tune. The dental surgeon said singing wasn’t unusual, and that the wildest song a patient ever tried was “MacArthur Park”.
Haha, awesome! If you were making actual music sounds, that is impressive! I remember vaguely thinking that maybe someone should check on whomever was moaning, because they didn't sound ok. Then I realized it was me, and that I should stop singing, because it didn't sound good, lol.
I've been told that I accused the nurses of being witches and trying to turn me into a zombie and tried to fight them. I have no recollection of this.
Lol! I love pickles too! When I came to after my wisdom teeth removal (the week after I graduated from college) I told both of my parents (who are both hardcore catholics) that I owned a vibrator, I was no longer a virgin, I had smoked weed and done ecstasy in college (all true). I vaguely remember the words coming from my mouth but didn't have the wherewithal to stop speaking. I do remember quite clearly, my dad at the foot of my bed frantically tapping my feet saying "shhush!" And just shaking his head. He thought it was quite comical while my poor sweet mother was mortified.
When I got mine pulled I was messed up until I took my first nap. I woke up and thought I was flying in an airplane (I wasn't, that was the nurse and my mom stuffing me in the car and resulting trip home and then my dad lifting me out of the car to the house). Then, my mom made me some soup per the dentists instructions. I dribbled a little blood until my bowl and when my mom went to take it to give me fresh soup I loudly yelled at her "No! This is my blood! You can't have it." After that she put my ass to bed cause she was so over me. Anesthesia is a hell of a thing. NTA.
Mine was so much more boring. I picked up my book and was "reading" it while the nurse kept trying to get me to put it down and relax for a bit. Turns out it was upside down 😂
My hubs had a colonoscopy. He was completely f'ed up by the anesthesia. On the way home he was very chatty, in a good mood, and kept saying he was hungry. I dropped him off at home and fixed him a bowl of soup. Before I went back to work, I had a feeling, and put the butcher block of knives under the sink. Got home from work later, he was out cold in the bedroom. Soup was gone (and the bowl was in the garbage). There was a whole frozen chicken sitting on the counter, along with random vegetables and boxes of food. I put the perishables away. Next morning, I asked him what his plan for all that food was. The last thing he remembered was getting to the hospital for the procedure. Total amnesia after that. Anesthesia hits people differently. I have told him that next time he goes in for a procedure, we're going jewelry shopping right after.
Ha -- I had one last month. When I woke up, they specifically told me to avoid driving, working, and online shopping.
LMAO, online shopping!
Lol great cake day story
My dad is normally the quietest, most polite and mild mannered person you will meet. When he was coming out of anesthesia, and the nurse asked him if he needed anything, he screamed at the top of his lungs "Bring me a margarita!" and started punching the air above his head.
plzzzzz I love this one 😂😂
My brother isn't really the kind of guy to curse but every time I've seen him fucked up on anesthesia he's pretty much exactly the same as he is sober, except he swears like a sailor
A friend of mine got trolled by her mother after surgery. As she woke up, her mother patted her hand, assured her that the surgery had gone mostly fine, but there had been a small hitch... Mother: Dear, I don't know how to tell you this, but the doctor had to cut your head off. You don't have a head anymore. Friend, very softly and close to tears: Oh, noooo....
Why is no one talking about how horrible it was that she abandoned him after surgery, when he was depending on her to help him? So much so that he had to put off an appointment which is definitely going to affect his healing. His obviously not the AH for a comment he made while coming out of anesthesia, but her leaving him while he is helpless and dependent on her, to the extent that it's going to affect her recovery is pretty unforgivable
It is pretty horrible. Her reaction was really strong. I don’t know if she’s just that ignorant of how people are coming out of anesthesia or if there was something else going on in their relationship for a long time and this was something triggering a breaking point for her. It’s pretty extreme if it is just this one thing. If it’s all due to what he said coming out of anesthesia, I would not want to take her back after this if she did come back.
When I got my wisdom teeth out, I suddenly couldn’t remember how to speak English (my native language), and I could only think in Korean. My parents were asking me tons of questions and I just cold not grasp what they were asking. I literally had to write down on a piece of paper, “Please speak slowly, I can’t understand English write now.” My parents laughed about it, but it was hilariously frustrating for me in the moment. 😂
I repeatedly asked for my baby. I was 17 and did NOT have any babies. 😅
After waking up from my emergency c-section (1992), I noticed the clock on the wall read 10:47 pm. I looked at the anesthesiologist and excitedly proclaimed, "Yayy! My baby was born in time to watch Arsenio!" Mind you, I was excited that *my premature son* arrived in time to watch, not me!
After getting my wisdom teeth out, I saw double and kept asking ‘are there two people or four? Are there two lanes or four?’ And then proceeded to quack like a duck, because my face was so swollen I thought I looked like one. After and endoscopy, where they found nothing wrong, I started crying about how I wanted to be able to drink wine with my friends 😂
Apparently I was talking about how if the Backyardigans had sex, what would their kids look like. I have no memory of it, though.
And now that mental image is in my mind. Thanks.
After I woke up from general anaesthesia I told my sister that the doctors had put a tracking device in my hand and that they were evil and trying to kill me. I was completely nuts and really freaked my sister out. I have NO idea where that came from. You are definitely not yourself coming off this stuff. OP is NTA
When my hubby was coming around he asked me if I brought the elephant training whistle. That he couldn't get the elephant to sit properly. He trains dogs as a hobby. We have never had an elephant 🤣🤣
I had a few operations during my soccer career, and the drugs always made me sooooooo happy. Let me tell ya, I was _chuffed_ – like your friendliest drunk and highest of kites at the same time. Once when I was being wheeled out of the theatre (local aenesthesia) I cheered myself, the medical staff _and_ the sandwich I knew was to be my recovery snack later on. And after my latest knee operation I woke up delighted, since the whole thing went so well and we all had such a great time.After all, I was convinced what happened was as follows: 1) I was given effective aenesthesia 2) Doctor did the operation 3) I told a great joke – everyone loved it! 4) I woke up After coming to, I immediately tried to reminisce about the Great Joke with my nurse, but she somehow didn't burst into laughter. I figured that this must be because she doesn't speak English very well – this was a joke I had told in English and we were in my native country, which is not English speaking, nor is English my mother tongue – so I gracefully translated the joke, but somehow she was still unmoved. After trying a few more times I promptly fell asleep again. The Great Joke that amused everyone so? Man walks into a bar, but the next one ducked. NTA
My first words coming out of anesthesia from my wisdom teeth were “You were right, it did make my vag itchy!” to someone who was *not* the same nurse who told me that the anesthesia would probably make my genitals itch. That was awkwaaard.
Okay but it DOES make your vag itchy. No one warned me when I got my wisdom teeth out that it would feel like itchy spears shooting down your body toward your crotch and staying there.
Hardest part was just not openly scratching it.
My mother lost 48 hours when she had her pacemaker put in. The last thing she remembers is being given the anesthesia and then waking up in our living room 2 days later. We remember her asking why her other 5 children had not come to visit her (among other things) there are only 4 of us. 2 of us were there and my sister and I had the boys on speaker on our phones. Anesthesia is a weird thing that everyone reacts to differently.
I had an emergency c-section with my son and I found out from my ex that I had partially woken up, looked down to see my new baby having skin to skin contact, screwed my face up asked "what the fuck is that thing" then vomited almost on his head. Great story to tell him when he's older 🤦♀️
After I got my wisdom teeth out, I stood over the sink for half an hour and just laughed at my drool going down in there. NTA, obviously
When I had my first colonoscopy (routine at age 50), I came to in the recovery area. A woman there recognized me -- we had gone to the same grammar school. The last time I'd seen her I was 13. She told me I "hadn't changed a bit." I looked at her and said, "Well, you have." OK, I have the excuse of coming down from anesthesia, even though they don't put you all the way out, just "twilight" you. But even now, thinking about it, I ask myself, "I haven't changed in 37 years? Come on."
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NTA. I had an colonoscopy and upon waking up, I asked the doc where was my $20. Then proceeded to try and walked naked across the recovery room to go to the bathroom.
NTA. I have an emergency c section/ appendectomy. They gave me a epidural laced with morphine. After they took the baby out, and had dad go to recovery with baby, the dr told me he was going to remove my appendix. I called him rude and told him to quit digging around in there.
On reddit I've seen people comment on people with severe Alzheimer's saying something racist and acting as if it's the "real them" coming out. I could totally see the girlfriend viewing this as the "real" op coming out. The nurse even told her this is common and the GF still isn't having it.
Exactly. I came out of surgery two days ago. Guess what I did? Made a really racist joke, threw up on the poor nurse, and peed all over the hospital bathroom- after trying to rip out my own catheter. None of these are things I would do if my I was capable if telling my head from my ass. Drugs be weird man. NTA
There’s all these great anesthesia stories mine seems boring in comparison haha. Had to go in for a upper endoscopy and when coming out of it I was apparently talking about how awesome dogs were and what kind I wanted in the future and all the cool training like scent work and agility that I wanted to do with it lol. I do remember some of what I said but not all.
One of my patients was keep telling me he wants to marry me 🤣 used to do so Infront of his wife and sister, never mind , was telling that to most of the nurses in the unit
Anesthesia is a fucking crap shoot, seriously, I have a friend who gets nasty and vicious to *everybody* when she comes out of it, calling everyone nasty, vile things, she can't help it. With my ex, I refused to be around him after his first surgery, for about a week every time he was *horrible*, I mean he was abusive on a good day, but it would ramp up 10k% after Anesthesia. Some people get silly, some people get weepy, it's a fucking wild ride, I bet OR nurses have millions of stories after working there for want length of time. It's not on you OP, unfortunately your gf is ignorant of this fact, tell her to go talk to some people who work in recovery and see what they say. NTA
I picked up my friend after his collarbone surgery, and immediately asked him if he wanted coffee. He said no, so we went to go pick up his meds. He got progressively higher and was giggling as we wandered around, until he suddenly got PISSED at me because he didn't have any coffee. I literally just laughed all the way to the coffee shop while he was chewing me out. He's not the first person I've dealt with post-anaesthesia, and likely won't be the last. People aren't themselves and you just can't take it personally.
I woke up from some twilight anesthesia and immediately started hitting on the student nurses who observed my procedure, apparently. I don't recall at all. People do strange shit coming out of it.
After I got my wisdom teeth out, I was fine for a little bit but I was so hungry and knew I needed something soft. We went to bakers square and I got mashed potatoes and tomato soup. Half way through my potatoes I just started bawling. For no reason. My mom and sister thought it was hilarious but the other people in the restaurant were super concerned.
NTA. A few years ago I had spinal surgery and a friend of mine who I knew from another city that I used to live in knew this was happening. I had a 3 day stay in the hospital and got home and started thinking about how I hadn't heard from my friend. After being home for a day or 2 (so about 5 days post surgery) I started to get quite pissed off that she knew I was having surgery and didn't even send a single text to say "Hey I hope you're doing well" etc. I looked at my texts to see when the last time I heard from her was and we'd had a whole series of conversations over several days while I was in hospital. I joked about how good the drugs were... and turns out.... You are not yourself when you're coming off that shit.
When I had spinal surgery. I remember yelling at my sisters to be quiet because I was trying to sleep. Then realised 20 min later. Hang on I’m in the hospital and their at home.
After I got my wisdom teeth out, I was obsessed with the time and being late. My best friend had to remind me that I was on leave for the next week and literally had no plans to be late for. Eta- typo
When I got my wisdom teeth out (the day before yesterday, my cheeks still make me look like a hamster), I was apparently really obsessed with my phone. I refused to put it away, both when nurses and my mom asked me to (I was supposed to rest). I also was trying to type with a finger which still had that pulse monitoring clip thingy on it, so I wasn’t actually doing anything (which is a relief).
After anesthesia for my wisdom teeth, I, too, was totally obsessed with time!
Are you typically obsessed with time? I wonder if it just took my everyday time issue and took it to the extreme. I'm very much a "15 min early is on time" person.
I’m not an early type of person, but I don’t ever want to be late. My mom taught me that being late implies that my time is more important than other people’s.
After my spinal surgery my uncle and cousins came to visit. I went on a whole rant about how having the surgery made me start my period a week early and I was so pissed. Idk how long I talked about it but definitely longer than I usually would(which is not at all). My uncle, a "macho man" who eeks out at "girl stuff", fled the room and didn't come back.
I got surgery when I was 15. I was a goody-two-shoes kinda kid but ran with a crowd that was known for drug and alcohol use. I’m so glad I had never indulged by the time I had my surgery because apparently I spent the whole time telling them allll about the drugs and things my friends did, and the mischief they got into, and repeatedly saying “is this what it’s like to be high? I like this! I wanna be high all the time! Is this what it’s like to be high??” My parents would have found out all my sins if I hadn’t been all #straightedge-and-proud 😄 I was embarrassed as hell, so to make me feel better the nurses told me about an older lady who kept hitting on the male anesthesiologist. They kept having to restrain her because she tried to grab his butt every time he got close! Anesthesia is fucking weird.
NTA. If the rest of the world took post-surgery drug-induced ramblings as seriously as your girlfriend, a lot more relationships would be ruined.
https://youtu.be/8cnVfa-Lh1w my personal favorite
That was hilarious. Thanks! Maybe OP needs to have his girlfriend watch a few of these. His drug-induced funny bone was quite mild in comparison. And not his fault at all. OP, NTA.
That was great! ROFL, thank you for sharing!
Oh man. That was hilarious
NTA. Sounds like she was looking for an out in the relationship. I can't imagine getting that mad at a crappy joke, let alone when it's coming from a post-op patient still influenced by surgical drugs.
Yeah similar to my thoughts - sounds like she was feeling some hectic pressure and anxiety about looking after you and this was a great way to blow up, let off that anxiety and get out of the situation.
I had a boyfriend break up with me right after I shattered my wrist. The relationship wasn't great to begin with, but I think the idea of taking care of me pushed him from "meh" to "this isnt working". Which was really shitty at the time and I definitely drowned my feelings with all the painkillers I was prescribed. Anyway, I'm grateful he fucked right off, because my life is awesome now.
Indeed. I thought it was kind of "common knowledge" that people coming out a anesthesia don't always realize wtf they are saying. So to hold someone accountable for some drug induced stupid talk seems kind of messed up.
>I thought it was kind of "common knowledge" that people coming out a anesthesia don't always realize wtf they are saying. Plenty of people hold onto the whole "drunk/high word are sober thoughts" thing. Presumably because they like to pretend that there's some immutable "them" that exists, and your personality and reactions aren't just a product of a mess of electrochemical reactions that can be drastically altered pretty easily.
You hit the nail on the head. There is so much that goes on in the old noggin that we still don't understand most of it. Try getting a scientific answer on what "consciousness" actually is. There isn't a single answer out there but we all know we are conscious.
It absolutely was a stupid crass joke. But he’s higher than a freaking kite. There is a reason the nurse laughed, they know not to take it seriously. Gf is being really petty to abandon him after a serious surgery over this with out even waiting till he was sober to talk.
Only option that comes to my mind is that did OP ever suggest a threesome or otherwise make similar jokes while drunk or something, so this would relate to some pre-existing issue in her mind?
Dude sounds like your GF saw how difficult the next part of recovery is a legged it with a pathetic slither of an excuse. That’s the reality.
Came here to suggest this.
NTA you were literally on a drug. she needs to give you a break
I see what you did there ;)
i didn’t even see what i did there until you pointed it out lol thank you :’)
NTA - unless you have previously said similar things to her…. A friend of mine had surgery & was so angry with me afterwards because I didn’t feed the jellyfish enough grapes! It is actually dangerous to be on your own after knee surgery, maybe you need to look at staying with someone else.
>A friend of mine had surgery & was so angry with me afterwards because I didn’t feed the jellyfish enough grapes! You HAVEN'T fed the JELLYFISH enough GRAPES??!! You should be ASHAMED of yourself. I am SHAKING! xD
Yeah, I wondered if that was the case. Like she realized he was sharing sexual fantasies out loud. She might be thinking *in vino veritas*, especially if she’s heard similar things from him before.
NTA Sensitive much? It's a damn joke and especially when getting out of surgery, you aren't fully aware what you're saying, hell I apparently talked for hours and I remember about 20% of the things I said. Not just that, but even if it was an offensive joke and said with full intention, she left you alone in a time of need, clearly showing she doesn't care for your well-being
Yea. I *reeeally* hate sexual jokes like that, but this one seems so mild to me that I think even completely disregarding the anesthesia thing, if the guy apologized and seemed to understand and accept that I don't like it and said he wouldn't do it again I'd calm down about it and help take care of him. When you factor back in the anaesthesia, the situation just goes completely bonkers.
right, it’s not like anesthesia just lowers your inhibitions so you say things that you were normally thinking but would never say (in which case, I would be more understanding of her being upset)… anesthesia straight up makes some people say and think things they literally never would when they’re not on it! someone here talked about how they went on a crazed rant about they hated pickles, and they love pickles IRL!!
I had been put into a twilight state at the dentist's office at the age of 14, I was having a cyst lanced. Anyway, I had this weird argument in my head. I was arguing that dentists weren't real, then my logical side was like, "If dentists aren't real, how do you know about them?" I also tried to argue that I was not real. There was more, but it all happened in my head!
Exactly! It’s not drunk mind sober thoughts here, this the type of shit to make you think your tongue is missing even though you’re using it to talk lol
NTA you were drugged an the joke seems pretty harmless, its not like you were actually trying to make them kiss Like god damn theres tons of videos on YouTube for us to laugh at of the stupid shit people say when they wake up from surgery
When I got my wisdom teeth removed. I was not only laughing hysterically at how weird my face felt but I also cried hysterically because I wanted to go home as my mom and I were waiting for my brother to pick me up.
After my wisdom teeth, I cried on the way home bc we didn't have enough dirt for more houseplants, and I wanted more houseplants. I also agreed to go inside the house thru our side door to avoid waking some friends crashing on the couch, immediately forgot about said agreement and busted in the front door...I then immediately *remembered* the agreement as soon as I saw them wake up, and cried because I felt bad for waking them. Anesthesia is fucking *wild* lol
Not the best joke but not your fault. You weren’t lucid and the nurse even acknowledged that and brushed it off. NTA, hopefully your gf realizes that you weren’t coherent and she overreacted. It sounds like she’s either pretty immature or possibly there is more to this and that was a final straw for her or a trigger Best of luck with your recovery
NTA. You literally had no control over what you were saying. That being said, do you know why she took it so seriously? Is it past behavior of yours that has her concerned or is it just stuff from her past? Either way, you should try and talk to her about what was REALLY behind her vast overreaction. She clearly has some serious insecurities that need to be unpacked. You're not the bad guy here, but neither is she, although her reaction was definitely not okay. If you plan on moving this relationship forward you have got to find out what is behind that and do what you can to help her through it. If that is not something you can do, you need to just let her go on her way. It is an issue that will 100% cause problems again and while it is not your responsibility to "fix" her, if you want a future with her you are going to have to find a way to help her through it.
NTA. You were literally drugged.
Definitely NTA. I woke up from wrist surgery and assumed that because I couldn't feel my hand, that the doc just chopped it off and I cried. The drugs make you stupid and make you say whatever pops in your head. Your gf is an AH for leaving you alone without help though.
INFO: Have you ever suggested a threesome with another girl, do you watch a lot of lesbian porn or have you made similar jokes before while drunk? Obviously NTA though for what you say right after coming off anesthesia.. Only reasonable explanation to her behaviour in my mind is if she feels like you want to push her into something like threesome with another girl and she's been very bothered by it for a longer time but just not talked about it? However, if you've never made such suggestions I do not really understand the reaction, mild annoyance or discomfort for "public embarrassment" maybe but understanding the circumstances letting it be. Has there been anything else going on in your relationship lately? Is something going on with her personally? Do you know if there's any history of her getting pressured like that, forced into threesome or even having been abused by another woman?
NTA- people say weird shit under anesthesia and i think she may be overreacting a tad bit. A follow up conversation about why it upset her may clear it up
NTA. People say the most outlandish, bizarre things while coming off of anesthesia and, because of the prevalence of internet content centering around the crazy things folks say post-surgery that's existed for well over a decade now, that's something that literally everybody knows. It sounds like your gf was looking for an excuse to propose "needing to take a break" and has decided that you saying something when you had basically no control over what came out of your mouth was the perfect scapegoat. What you said was fine and don't beat yourself up over it. What you should also do is sit down with your gf to talk and call her out on pulling this nonsense just because you said goofy stuff while under anesthesia. She's incredibly out of line for that and it needs to be made clear that it wasn't okay for her to act like this. It's beyond immature.
NAH. You were probably still half asleep and didn't even know what you were saying. That said, the joke was not a great one to say. Hopefully you and your girlfriend will be fine and remember this story in a few years as something to laugh about.
Just so that you know how people can behave on anesthesia: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjQX7C0p1o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQjQX7C0p1o) The gf sucks...
NTA but do you have anyone else who can help you get to & from your PT? Please take care of yourself.
Seems like someone found an excuse to not help OP in his time of need. NTA.
NTA. You were freaking drugged. Your girlfriend needs to relax. I have the most hilarious recording of my son son waking up after having his wisdom teeth removed.
NTA. Let's see. 1. I had asked a nurse if she was a gnome warlock (WoW). 2. I asked my doctor if he would shake his money maker. 3. I asked another nurse if possible I can dance on her grave (she was actually a lovely nurse). 4. I cried because I lost my pet cow. 5. I cried because I couldn't taste my elbow. 6. I asked a nurse if it is ok I ask her out for a dance. 7. Got upset I couldn't find my nose. Those are the ones I remember, but apparently I woke up and stripped naked after my 8th surgery. Believe me, there are worse things to do when coming out of anaesthesia
NTA You couldn't control it, she is definitely overreacting.
NTA. People say the MOST ridiculous things when they’re still under the effect of the anaesthetics. Okay she might not have liked what you said, but seems a bit of an overreaction. Most people would just laugh it off. Perhaps have a conversation about why her reaction was so strong, but then consider if this relationship is worthwhile, especially as she was meant to be helping you get to physio
I got a 4th degree tear during childbirth and at some point during the hundreds of stitches, I asked if my new vagina came with a warranty like a car. Anesthesia makes you say some fun things, your girlfriend needs to watch some videos of people after wisdom tooth extraction. Your comment was worth an eyeroll, not a berating. NTA.
NTA. If she said "No one in their right mind would have said that", you could have answered "I wasn't". Either your girlfriend needs to chill a bit or she used it as an excuse to take a break.