Have you ever thought about being put under anesthesia, yet being awake?

Apparently it happens to about 30,000 people each year, it's called anesthesia awareness.

This is according to the horror movie I'm about to watch.

Sounds scary already.

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turningthekeys · 31-35, F

Considering the hundreds of thousands that go under every year, 30k is a small number.

Some people are prone to the phenomenon.

Some surgeries have statistically higher chance of awareness occuring during them.

Some cases have awareness reported because it was life saving for the time being, as anaesthetic drugs can dramatically dampen vitals

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@turningthekeys Now that you mention it, having you aware is part of the process.

During one of my eye operations they had me look left and right, up and down. I was surprised that I could. It was a graft from one place to another and required stiches to sew the pieces in place and hold them there until the grafts took. so a final check to make sure tiny sutures were smoothly sliding under and out from my eyelids.