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Originally Posted by Suki
Does it ever happen that you're in the OR, cut open wide, and suddenly you go back to consciousness? I know you can wake up and be slightly aware of things (like it was with Nyororin), but what I mean is not like being dizzy and hearing things here and there, I mean like totally coming back from your sleep and being able to feel the pain from the cut. Can this happen?
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Appendectomies are done with general anesthesia and you don't wake until they want you to. The wake you by giving drugs to counteract the anesthetic. However, when it involves childbirth that is trickier. They have to be wary of the baby's state and the mother's and they don't commonly use general anesthesia for those cases.
As for feeling the pain of the cut, I doubt it. My abdominal incision was for very different reasons, but I didn't get feeling back along the stitches for at least 24 hours. Then it was more itching as it healed than surface pain, except where one staple had shift and was poking me. Doc fixed that immediately.
For me, getting the IV is the worst part!