75 Incredibly Bizarre Things Patients Uttered Under Anesthesia That Will Shock You
Ever wonder what’s going on upstairs when people wake up from anesthesia? Sometimes it’s like their brains take a detour through the Twilight Zone! Picture this: your husband just had brain tumor surgery, and his first words to the doctor are, “It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.” Seriously, who comes up with that right when you expect a normal response? From dreaming about baking cookies to awkwardly insisting you still need your wisdom teeth out after they’re already gone, anesthesia seems to unlock a whole new, hilarious side of people. Is it the meds messing with their minds, or are we just getting a sneak peek at the brain’s funniest moments? Let’s dive into 75 of the most bizarre, side-splitting things folks have said under medication — be ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe even relate. LEARN MORE
When my husband came out of surgery for a brain tumor he said to the dr ‘it takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.’ He said this in response to being asked if he remembered what his name was. 🤦♀️.
One told me she had a very pleasant dream about baking cookies. The recovery room nurses were so impressed by how happy she was immediately after her anesthetic. Then she told us she was a baker and that was what she did for work, which made the story seem not quite as nice.
EDIT: Also, one patient having a colonoscopy left a post-it note folded in half between her b**t cheeks. The gastroenterologist unfolded it and read it aloud: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.”.
I apparently told my anesthesiologist that he looked like Freddie Mercury as I went under. The nurse in post op told me that was hilarious because they all agreed with me and had started calling him Freddie.
It reduces pain and knocks people unconscious so they don’t move. General anesthesia affects the entire body. It’s usually used for major surgeries and invasive procedures for the brain, chest, or abdomen.
Not an anesthesiologist, but got surgery when i was around 12 and the anesthesiologist was asking me lord of the rings questions as they were giving me the meds (it was 2003 or so). they asked “is frodo a hobbit?” i said yes. “is sam a hobbit?” i said yes. “is gandalf a hobbit?” i said yes, realized my error and said “WAIT NO” and then i passed the hell out. .
I told my proctologist and the students that were attending my colonoscopy: Welcome.. to my b**t. In my best radio announcer voice.
My great grandmother had cataract surgery when she was 100 years old (she lived till she was 104).
When they took the bandages off her eyes, she looked at the surgeon and quipped “if I’d known you were this handsome, I would have done this YEARS ago!”.
On the other hand, the purpose of sedative anesthesia is to make patients feel so relaxed that they might take a nap but wake up if they need to say something or respond to people. Cleveland Clinic states that this “twilight sleep” is often induced before minor surgical procedures such as wisdom teeth removal, cardiac catheterization, and some colonoscopies.
Even though people aren’t fully unconscious, there’s a high chance they may not remember the surgery or procedure.
Not an anesthesiologist, but surgery RN for 11 yrs. My favorite memory of a patient waking up from surgery: he had his colostomy reversed and when we woke up he said very drunkenly “Colostomy?” I said “no more colostomy” and he threw his fist up in the air and said “yesssss” and immediately fell back into a slumber. Such a happy moment for me in the OR because I dont get to see my patients after surgery and when I drop them off in the recovery room theyre often still drowsy/sleeping.
Wife used to work in the GI lab, they need to keep you pretty lucid, and really only gave you what ever it was to forget your last coupon of hours. Wife told me about a sweet old lady that was telling her husband not now, and waving her hand as they inserted the scope.
She thought her husband was getting frisky with her.
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