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TwinLolly Wed 01-Oct-25 16:31:26

Did any of you have funny experiences when coming around from the anaesthetic? Sometimes we are not accountable for what we say while still under the influence of anaesthetic.

For me, I remember saying I was in pain and then it was "lights out" for me until I got back to my room.

My ex, after vasectomy, years ago in South Africa, was laughing and joking with the nurses! An hour later he didn’t remember 🤣.

cookiemonster66 Thu 02-Oct-25 14:52:36

I spent the whole 9 mths of my pregnancy on the gynae ward (endometriosis & fibroids trying to push baby out, so drips in each hand , bed rest feet raised to save baby) so I saw MANY women coming back to ward after surgery. The funniest was a woman who was married to a Chinese man, and while coming round she was going on and on about " it is not true what they say about Chinese men having small willy's, well it is actually but I don't mind, I still really love him anyway..." so when he came to see her during visiting hours the whole ward erupted in fits of giggles, poor man, no we never told him or her about it, but even the nurses were laughing!

cookiemonster66 Thu 02-Oct-25 14:59:20

When I gave birth to my 10lb first baby with NO pain killers, I ripped quite badly. So they had to sew me up but had forgotten that I had no pain meds in my system. My feet were up in stirrups and I brought them down on the Dr's head trying to escape, so they gave me gas and air and I was sucking it in like my life depended on it, they were trying to remove the mask but I would not let them, so anyway while floating around with the fairies, I looked between my legs and saw Dr WHO, Tom Baker with his long scarf, and a tardis was in the corner of the room, I shouted out "Oh it's Dr WHO!" and the nurse patted my hand and said yes dear, then I got all concerned shouting at the Dr " don't sew me right up, leave a hole so I can still wee out of!" nurses were laughing and the doctor with the sore head was laughing too!

hollysteers Thu 02-Oct-25 15:31:47

I’m an opera singer and twice before conking out on my way to the theatre (operating), I’ve burst into O Mio Babbino Caro in full Wagnerian voice. They were probably relieved when I shut up😁

ClicketyClick Thu 02-Oct-25 15:36:01

These are hilarious.

NannaFirework Thu 02-Oct-25 15:50:02

Some years ago I was having a minor knee operation and was in a lovely Private Hospital (nhs patient) apparently their waiting lists were shorter…when I came to, and all the way back to my room on the trolley, I was belting out Come into my life by Donna Summer - I’m sure the radio was being piped around the hospital which seemed to encourage me! And once in my room, I began phoning random people and goodness only knows what I said to them (work colleagues)! 🫣

Alie2Oxon Thu 02-Oct-25 16:40:50

Apparently I told the nearest person "Come to bed!"
Not saying who, it's too embarrassing.

Chicklette Thu 02-Oct-25 17:18:38

When I had pethidine whilst having my eldest daughter I said some really weird things. I remember talking about seeing my sister’s husband ā€˜coming down the road wearing a frock’. I never say the word frock! And when pushing I apparently said very loudly ā€œit feels just like doing a big shitā€ which is SO not the sort of thing I would normally say! I felt embarrassed for weeks after as I kept remembering different things.

AuntieE Thu 02-Oct-25 17:39:02

Grandma70s

When giving birth under the influence of pethidine I kept saying ā€œCats purr when they’re doing thisā€. (That’s true, but it’s stress rather than pleasure.) Then when the doctor was doing some stitching I addressed him as ā€œYou down there embroidering my bottomā€.

I bet the midwife was in stitches! (Pun intended.)

icanhandthemback Thu 02-Oct-25 19:55:34

When I was 14 I had my tonsils out and on the way back to the ward told the young porter wheeling my bed that I was going to marry him. It made the nurses laugh.
When I was sedated to have some teeth filled in my late teens, I kept trying to get to the dentist to hug him as I thought he was so clever. I was so persistent that when I came to my senses, I vowed never to go back and I didn't.

nexus63 Sat 04-Oct-25 01:54:22

i was 18 and getting all my top teeth removed, i was not reacting very well so they had to bring me round half way through, i asked the dishy looking dentist if he was married, i had to stay at the dentist for a few hours as i react badly to being put under, i could not look at him without blushing, he did say as my mum and i were leaving that sadly he was married and way to old for me, a few years later i married a man who was 18 years older than me.

andrea67 Sat 04-Oct-25 03:44:58

I was heavily sedated and going into theatre for s mastectomy due to cancer, the loverly surgeon came to collect me snd as pushed the trolley I looked up and said " you have the most gorgeoud blue eyes" in this sultry voice. He just chuckled, on meeting him for post op checks I was embarrassed but right-- he did have very blue eyes and a lovely smile.

GoodAfternoonTea Sat 04-Oct-25 07:57:17

My father, such a lovely man, loved Greek mythology, and he started talking about beautiful Greek statues.

Witzend Sat 04-Oct-25 10:09:16

A bit off topic, but my mother broke a hip at 90 or 91 (I forget) and we were told afterwards that the anaesthetist had remarked, ā€˜Boy, this is one tough old bird!’

He was right. A broken hip at that sort of age can often be the beginning of the end, but she went on to 97.

M0nica Sat 04-Oct-25 14:30:34

last time I had an anaesthetic, thankfully they are few and far between. I was having an abcess dealt with, the anethaetist told me to relax and think of somewhere I would like to be - like a beach or in woodland. My prompt reply was that the place I most wanted to be was where I was, going into theatre to have my exceedingly painful abscess dealt with. He burst out laughing.

TwinLolly Sat 04-Oct-25 15:23:58

I love all these comments. They have brightened up my day.

Wishes Sat 04-Oct-25 17:02:21

My friend and I chaperoned each other on our respective visits to the dentist, both of us having wisdom teeth out.

My friend has a raucous laugh. She came around with this laugh and swearing like a trouper.

I woke up crying because they pulled me from a lovely dream. I could hear my name being called in the dream and kept telling them to go away.

FranP Sun 05-Oct-25 23:47:19

I dare not repeat in print what I said to the hunky young doctor who stitched me up after giving birth <lol>