Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 I'm scheduled for upper/lower/palate Jan. 17 and I've been having bad nightmares about it. I just wanted to ask (from your experience): 1) when you wake up after surgery and you have the nasogastric tube in what are you feeling? Are you totally out of it from the drugs; do you feel sick from not eating for so long, nauseous; do you get scared and freak out; do you try to open your mouth but then can't and then you get scared too; do you feel any pain, weird feeling; do you cry, get hysterical? 2) about that tube, what are people's feelings about this, I am worried that if I get upset about it, hysterical or throw up what happens when that tube is in, can it move, go somewhere its not supposed to, damage something? I just picture them telling me to relax or something when they are going to take it out the next day and what if I freak and can't relax (I'm known to hyperventilate when I'm nervous) Thanks for any experiences you can share. I know I should be more positive but I just keep thinking that I won't be able to handle this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 I'm scheduled for upper/lower/palate Jan. 17 and I've been having bad nightmares about it. I just wanted to ask (from your experience): 1) when you wake up after surgery and you have the nasogastric tube in what are you feeling? Are you totally out of it from the drugs; do you feel sick from not eating for so long, nauseous; do you get scared and freak out; do you try to open your mouth but then can't and then you get scared too; do you feel any pain, weird feeling; do you cry, get hysterical? 2) about that tube, what are people's feelings about this, I am worried that if I get upset about it, hysterical or throw up what happens when that tube is in, can it move, go somewhere its not supposed to, damage something? I just picture them telling me to relax or something when they are going to take it out the next day and what if I freak and can't relax (I'm known to hyperventilate when I'm nervous) Thanks for any experiences you can share. I know I should be more positive but I just keep thinking that I won't be able to handle this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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