Re: Weeks to wear off anesthesia?

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In a message dated 9/2/01 8:09:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, andem4@...

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<< I was given an epidural prior to surgery for pain control and had general

for

the surgery. My surgery lasted around 4 hours. I didn't have problems with

nausea after surgery, but I did have other problems. I couldn't keep my

eyes

open for more than 30 seconds at a time for about 3 days. I couldn't watch

TV or read for about a 5-6 days. I had really strange dreams for about 2

weeks.

Are you sure it wasn't the epidural causing the drowsiness and strange

dreams? That's a narcotic in there.

Sheryl

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I had the general and didn't have any of thee problems. Mine was lap

and I never used the morphine drip. When I woke up I was a little

groggy for the rest of the day but that was it. And that didn't

bother me. I wanted to sleep! LOL!

Micky

>

> I asked Dr. Rabkin if he does epidurals, and he clearly said no.

> However, he said if you insist on it, he would not stop it. I jus

> had total knee replacement and insisted on an epidural. I will

assure

> you that you feel a thousand times better post surgically, because

> you are not having to wear off a general anesthesia...(which takes

> weeks and immediately after surgery can make you nauseas as hell)

but

> also, you wake up from surgery numb, which you really wanna be!

> Hope you and I become switch sisters...crossing my fingers.

> Theresa

> =========

> Hawkins

> Preop / BMI 60

> 150 lbs bound!

> Consult Sept. 13

> Rabkin in SF

>

> ****** Hoping soon for a switcheroo! *******

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It is my understanding that these epidurals do not cause headaches. It

didn't with me either. It is also not like the epidural you have for child

birth. They still put you under anesthesia. The epidural is for pain control

after surgery. I HIGHLY recommend it, especially if your surgery will be

open.

Angels hover ever near,

DS 4/11/01

Bowel obstruction 4/21/01

Dr Deveney @ OHSU

Starting wt 282

Current wt 222

Re: Weeks to wear off anesthesia?

> I was given an epidural prior to surgery for pain control and had general

for

> the surgery. My surgery lasted around 4 hours. I didn't have problems

with

> nausea after surgery, but I did have other problems. I couldn't keep my

eyes

> open for more than 30 seconds at a time for about 3 days. I couldn't

watch

> TV or read for about a 5-6 days. I had really strange dreams for about 2

> weeks. The longer you are under the general anesthesia, the longer the

> affects can last. For me, I would rather deal with the side effects than

be

> awake for the surgery. I had spinals and was awake for 2 c-sections and

they

> were both pretty awful. There wasn't any problem with pain, it was just

> being aware of what was going on and not liking it. I had bad nausea

> problems with one of my c-sections, so the epidural/spinal doesn't always

> avoid that. You can also get severe headaches from epidurals/spinals that

> can last for months. That isn't very common, but it can happen.

>

> Kathy M.

> DS 7/19/01 - Dr. Hares

> pre-op 213

> 9/1 175

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