• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 hours ago

      The last time I went under, I was talking to the nurses about the equipment in the room and stuff and the last thing I really remember is asking what drug they gave me, and when I learned it was fentanyl I was like “oh, this is fentanyl? It’s pretty nice. I can see why it’s a controlled substance, yeah.”

      I’m entirely sure I continued to be annoying though, even if I don’t remember it. Mostly because they don’t tend to bother trying to get me to count, they just kept me chattering. Same thing when they wake me up. I tend to be… “helpful”… removing monitor pads and such and slurring my way through asking how it went, if I gave them any trouble, and when I come around a bit more, asking if they amputated the wrong limb (I’ve never had a limb removed).

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        23 hours ago

        I know someone who has had quite a few general anesthetics. They’ve taken to warning the nurses involved that they are a puncher. Several have not taken it seriously and ended up with some impressive bruises (including black eyes).

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            22 hours ago

            They also happen to be a (retired) nurse themselves. It’s uncommon, but not that uncommon. Most nurses would have seen it before. Its only for 5-10 seconds after waking up. Coming from a relatively skinny woman is quite a bit more unexpected. She also has unusually good aim.

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              21 hours ago

              Good aim after waking from anesthesia might be the best superpower humans can get.

              Would love to see that. Also the explanation afterwards :D

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                17 hours ago

                to be fair there will be several big shapes around you as you wake up on the table, with a highlight in the face area (mask or face), so even if your vision is blurry as heck you should be able to punch decently well.

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        22 hours ago

        I thought that was always some combination of croaking out a desperate plea for water or bemoaning a splitting headache.

  • istdaslol@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    We can be glad there are people called „chad“ so normies think we’re talking about a friend named chad and not talking to a nation at whole 🇹🇩