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Hilarious Stories About People Coming Out of Anesthesia

1. He couldn’t remember anything, thanks to the IV. Some drugs are directly injected into veins by intravenous injection or infusion. It helps in medications dosing… Trista Smith - August 31, 2021

Have you ever had a major surgery that required anesthesia? Maybe you know someone who has, and you had to drive them to and from the surgery. You probably saw firsthand how anesthesia could mess up someone — like drugs. Well, that’s because it is! Anesthesia is a medical treatment that will put the patient in a controlled state before an operation. Often, a person under the influence of an anesthetic will temporarily lose sensation in a part of the body. That is to help with the pain of undergoing the medical procedure. People will often go into a coma-like state of sleepiness. However, after waking up from surgery, the medicine might still be present within the patient. You might notice the patient is acting strange or saying things that don’t make any sense. As the anesthesia wears off, so will the silly antics. Check out these hilarious stories about people coming out of anesthesia.

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28. This patient likes the taste of blood and wants everyone to know.

Due to insufficient space, wisdom teeth can often cause pain and infection. Hence, it is necessary to remove them. An oral surgeon can remove the wisdom tooth — the third molar tooth. These are the three molars that usually develop at the age of 17 and 25. Furthermore, they are usually beneath the second molar. After surgery, it takes 2-3 days to heal. Deep cleaning of teeth is a process used to remove the Tatar and plaque from teeth, which reduces pain and inflammation.

Teeth polishing is also a procedure used to remove all the germs. According to a story shared by mehunno: “When I came off anesthesia from wisdom teeth surgery, I tried to talk and was stubborn enough that the nurses gave me a pad of paper. They’re going through the typical post-op talk and mention that I might taste blood. I tried to smile at them and wrote, ‘I like the taste of blood. And I just kept repeating that until my mom was embarrassed and took away my paper. No memory of this, of course.”

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27. Screaming bloody Mary during hernia surgery is normal, right?

A fatty layer formed around the muscle cell of the large intestine is a hernia. This can result in pain and discomfort. Through open surgery, the laparoscopic hernia can be removed from the body. It is caused by damage or any injury, lifting heavy weights, muscle weakness, or congenital diseases. Whereas in women, pregnancy or aging increases the risk of hernia. The most frequent hernia symptom is a lump in the affected skin, and it disappears when you are lying down. You can touch it by bending, coughing, or standing.

ky0u shares that: “Going through surgery for a hernia, I was put under. I remember the countdown, 98, 97, …96 -blackout. I came too, immediately felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen (where the cut was made), and I remember seeing the hole half opened and then sewing it up. Screamed bloody murder, blacked out again. I was 12, if I remember. Slightly related, getting my wisdom teeth pulled, I opted for nitrous oxide instead of anesthesia. I was able to watch the entire surgery as my mouth was reflected off of the surgeon’s face mask.

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26. Cheering on the surgeon from an out-of-body experience.

The collection of connective tissues and nerves is termed pulp. Pulp is present inside the tooth, known as the soft center. A root canal is the removal of pulp from the tooth if they get infected or inflamed. A Redditor with the name jammies shared his root canal experience saying: “I was getting a root canal and had to take Ativan a couple of hours before, while I was still at home. I was sitting in the dining room, and my brother came out and asked me if I was feeling the effects. I said no, got up, and fell flat on my face.

When the anesthesiologist was getting ready to put me under, an assistant had to hold me down because I kept drumming my finger monitor thing rather enthusiastically on every surface within reach. During the root canal, I woke up once or twice and thought that the procedure was happening to someone else. In my head, I was cheering them on, thinking, “I’m next.” I don’t remember this, but on the way home, I told my parents, “It’s a good thing I can’t get a hold of this stuff every day. Because man, I would.”

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25. The patient had to spit that out!

For the alignment of teeth and to correct the positioning of teeth, braces are used by dentists. Braces align the teeth and enhance the smile. They can be applied to individuals of any age bracket. A Redditor, abooker13, shares his story saying: “so, I had my four wisdom teeth done along with another tooth op. for my braces at the same time (had to pull up a recessed tooth or something with a little chain strapped to my braces). I got a general anesthetic – the operation was supposed to be around 2 hours.

First off, the nurse can’t find a vein to put the iv in for the anesthesia. She tried three times on my right arm and four on the left before she found a good spot. I woke up from the op in a medical chair, as you see in a dentist’s office with like three other people in the same chairs next to me, all asleep. And I had a crap load of gauze in my mouth and remembered tasting blood and freakin out. So I jumped out of the chair and wandered around the office until I found a sink to spit in. I just started trying to spit the gauze out.”

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24. Have a beer before foot surgery.

Toe or metatarsal fractures are termed foot fractures, in which bones break due to unknown external stimuli like falling or twisting or due to excessive calcium. Through X-ray, we get to know about a broken bone. A Redditor shares his experience, saying: “A couple of weeks ago I had foot surgery and had to be put under. Before I was given anesthesia, the anesthesiologist gave me a “cocktail” to calm me down. Anesthesiologist: This will feel like a martini. Me: Pftooey vodka. I like beer. Anesthesiologist: Okay, fine, here’s a stout. The above conversation is the last thing I remember. Surgery happens. I go home to rest in the afternoon and wake up to a phone call from my surgeon.

Surgeon: Hey, sugasugashack, how are you feeling? Me: Oh, I’m fine. You know, I don’t remember seeing you before the surgery! Surgeon: Ah, so you don’t remember what you said to me then. Me: [frick]…. Yeah? Surgeon: Right before you went to sleep, you sat up on the operating table, pointed straight at me, and said, “DON’T MESS IT UP!” and then passed out. Keep in my mind my surgeon is like… 65. Thankfully he took it well, but I’m sure he thinks much less of me. Plus, as the cherry on top, the med student who was shadowing the surgery was in my high school class.”

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23. Comedians could get some of their material from this colonoscopy.

Any infection or abnormality in the large intestine can be detected by colonoscopy. A colonoscope contains a tiny camera during the procedure, which fits in the rectum, and the entire rectum can be seen. As ZOMGBananas shared his experience, saying: “I had a colonoscopy about two years ago, and they put me under with some stuff which the doctor said was a derivative of LSD. They didn’t want me to remember the events transpiring in my butt.

When I woke up, my nurse said I was making everyone in the ward laugh by saying funny and ridiculous things, swearing like crazy, and hitting on the nurse (who was quite cute in that homely kind of way). My first memory after the drugs were wearing off is cussing out a plate of couscous that I didn’t want (I’d been having roast chicken for dinner every night but didn’t get a chance to order this time due to colon inspection). “I don’t want this fricking crap; get the cook to bring me some darn chicken!”

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22. When hitting on the nurse goes wrong.

Endoscopy is when a hollow tube is inserted into the body, which observes all the cells and tissue functions in detail. Endoscopy procedure is to investigate symptoms, diagnose, and then treat. During the investigation, symptoms are observed keenly, such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Whereas in diagnoses, doctors gather the tissue samples for testing diseases like anemia, inflammation, or bleeding. A Redditor aphesis shares her story, saying:

“My husband had just come back from having an endoscopy done, checking for ulcers. Still, out of it, he loudly slurs, “There was a blond back there who was pretty nice looking. Big rack. I love you, but I would hit that…” Now, this is a guy who is always respectful and never makes comments like that, so it was more than slightly unusual. And he kept going, just in case, he wasn’t clear. It was so hard not to laugh, but I didn’t want to attract more attention. For the record, the only blond I saw was the male nurse who took him back. He remembers nothing.”

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21. Good thing he was wearing a catheter.

Renal or kidney failure is a disorder in which the kidney is unable to filter waste materials from the blood; as a result, toxic or waste materials gather in the body, harming the body consequently. Symptoms of renal failure are fatigue, breath issue, confusion, weakness, change in heart rate, chest pain, or coma in severe cases. Kidney failure is due to a slow rate of blood towards the kidney (due to heart disease or liver infection) or excessive inorganic compounds. A Redditor with the name RedditGoldDigger shares his friend’s story saying:

“I donated a kidney to a friend and was put under it, but I came to as they were lifting me from a gurney into my hospital bed. My whole family was in the room (the first time we were together in years), including my girlfriend. And as they lifted me, I could feel my body attempting to help them shift me into the bed, but that exertion made me start to pee uncontrollably. So, the first thing I muttered was, “Uuuuuuuh ooooh. I’m peeing myself”. The nurse said, “that’s okay, you’ve got a catheter.” And I yelled weakly, “AWWWEEESOME,” and then passed right out again.”

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20. Thinking aliens are harvesting you when really it is just the doctor.

Traumatic injury or stroke causes coma, which is a prolonged state of unconsciousness. There are three types of coma: toxic metabolic encephalopathy, persistent vegetative encephalopathy, and medically induced. leetskeet shares a story on Reddit explaining: “My mum was recently quite sick and was in an induced coma for three days. She told me that when she woke up (having been on a cocktail of drugs for three days). And she thought that she was on an alien spaceship.

She woke up, and all she could see was the lights above her and a drip in her arm, which she thought was the aliens harvesting her blood or something. My mum saw two docs walking towards her, and she tried to scream but couldn’t because of her dry throat. There were monitors she had attached to her to measure her heart rate, which she tried to rip off before escaping the ship but was fortunately apprehended by the doctors.”

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19. No one likes a drunken monkey.

After a few hours of Anesthesia, the patient is normally examined completely by checking their heart rate or breathing because right after anesthesia, the patient might feel groggy or confused. As patricksaurus explains: “I was going in for surgery when I was around 16. I had never been drunk or high, so anesthesia was a completely foreign feeling for me. I guess I was administered a sedative because I recall my parents talking to me before they wheeled me in and feeling very odd.

After I woke up, my surgeon came by the recovery room to check-in, and he asked me if I still felt the same way about monkeys. I had no freaking idea what he was talking about, and I guess I tried to play it off because I felt awkward. As it turns out, right before I got put under, I told someone (evidently with great solemnity) that “no one likes a drunken monkey.” To this day, I have no fricking clue what that meant.”

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18. When you almost lose the IV and have to let the nurses know before it is too late.

Adenoids are present at the back of the nose. These are lymphoid tissues. When adenoids are removed through surgical operation, the process is termed Adenoidectomy. Doodl3s shares his story saying: “I was getting my adenoids removed… kind of like tonsils of the nose. The nurse is fixing the blanket on my arm, and the IV comes right out of my arm! Bear in mind that half the cocktail was already in me.

The rest was pouring onto my arm. At this point, I’m scared to death they won’t notice, and I’ll wake up mid-surgery! So, I sit up, FIGHTING against the massive headache I have from fighting not to fall asleep, and show the doctor. He SHOVES the nurse to the side, muttering something, and she just steps back, apologizing profusely. The doctor pops the IV in. I say thank you, and pass the heck out finally.”

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17. When the nurse can’t find a vein for the IV.

It is also known as nerve block injection, in which a pain killer is injected into the patient’s body. The injection temporarily relieves all the pain. A Redditor shares his experience, saying: “I have a similar story. I was being sedated for a nerve block before ankle surgery, and the nurse kept trying to find a deep vein on my hand in between the thumb and first finger. After creeping me out with the tube swirling under my skin, trying to hit the vein, she finally opted for a vein below my ring finger. I’m on my belly, so they can do whatever they’re doing on the back of my knee.

My hand is in front of my face, and suddenly the IV thing pops out of the needle, and the medicine is just dripping out all over my hand. Mind you, needles and things are being put in my leg that I can’t see, and I did not want to start feeling it. The nurse had been kind of crotchety because of finding a vein, it was late, like 8 pm, and I could tell she was tired. But when I called her over for the spilled IV, she suddenly woke her butt up and got nice to me.”

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16. He counted backward but didn’t fall asleep.

Appendectomy termed is used for the removal of the appendix from the body due to inflammation or infection. The appendix gets inflamed when bacteria multiply. It is located on the lower side of the abdomen. A Redditor with the name DL_DeadBolt explains: “My appendix was about to rupture. I was in the most excruciating pain I’ve ever been in my entire life. Yeah, I mean, if that was a 10, getting kicked in the balls is like a 6. I could not stand at all and constantly dry-heaved. So, I sat in the ER for four hours while different nurses and doctors came in and prodded my appendix.

One nurse was dumb enough to try to make me drink some water and then poke my abdomen. I spewed water and stomach acid all over her. That was my only moment of pleasure in those four hours. Anyway, they finally get the doctor that is on-call in, and they rush me to the surgery room. This one young surgeon (maybe young enough to be doing his residency) tells me to start counting backward from 100. I ask him if I should do it out loud or in my head. He said it didn’t matter. So, I do that. I count slowly with my eyes closed. I get to 0 and open my eyes. Now there are five people that are obviously cutting me open down there (I can’t feel anything, but I can feel the tugging sensation.”

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15. Please, just kill me!

Due to bacterial infection sinus gets inflamed. This condition is known as Sinusitis. It is also a result of cold and flu. Symptoms are pain, swelling, block nasal passage, and headache, etc. sinus is the opening of the nasal pathway. Humans have four types of sinuses, frontal sinus in the forehead, sphenoid sinus behind the ethmoids, ethmoids sinus in between eyes, and maxillary sinus behind the cheeks. And these four together are termed paranasal sinuses.

A Redditor with the name Ebmoclas shares his story saying: “I had surgery four days ago on my sinuses. It didn’t go well, and the morphine did not affect it at all. It took them three hours before they tried ketamine and other pain killers. During that time, I had been begging them to kill me. They had drilled through multiple bones, broken my nose, and removed a bucket full of growths, polyps, and infected tissue. I am now at home recovering from pneumonia which I picked up during my stay.”

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14. Testicular cancer and candy do not go together.

Testicular cancer is a type of cancer that appears on the male testis. This cancer is controllable and treatable. It mostly occurs at the age of 15 to 45. Initially, it is controllable, but at the last stage, it leads to death. A Redditor vtron explains: “A few years ago, I had surgery for testicular cancer, after five years, I was going to get put under for the umpteenth time to check to see if I’ve still got cancer. I knew what my parents were up to when we went to the hospital, and I wasn’t having ANYTHING to do with it.

Yes, I was being a total jerk in the waiting room, and I stubbornly refused to let go of a table leg or something. So, I was messed up and sick of dealing with doctors, hospitals, etc., and was being the most abrasive and intractable five-year-old you could ever possibly imagine. The doc comes out and entices me with a piece of candy or some crap and tells me we’re going on a little “tour” of the places no one gets to see. Yeah, fricking right. We go into the operating room, and he shows me the anesthetic mask, which looks like a scaled-down version of the oxygen masks used by fighter pilots.”

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13. Waking up before the operation is over.

A disorder that is present from birth and is a congenital disease. It is a deformity present in the chest wall in which the ribs face an inward position. Usually, in a normal person, they are directed outward. A Redditor shares his story saying: “I had pectus repair surgery, and after the first procedure, I had woken up ahead of schedule. The surgery entailed shoving a metal bar in my chest and then bending all of my ribs outward, and then affixing the metal bar to my ribs with a brace.

They hadn’t been able to get the medicine for my epidural drip, which would effectively numb my whole chest. I spent 20 minutes in unbearable pain, unable to muster as much as a plea for help. I believe I did manage a pretty good death stare for the doctor, but that is about it. Since then, no other physical pain has really been comparable.”

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12. Laughing hysterically seems pretty strange during surgery.

Any sharp thing which implants the outer covering of skin is called a splinter. For removal, you need to sterilize tools, ensure proper handwashing, use pins gently or tweezers for pulling it out. A Redditor shares his experience, saying: “When I was six or so, I got a huge splinter in the back of my leg while sliding back and forth on a picnic table bench. I kept it secret long enough for it to get quite infected. Infected enough that when my mom found the “wound,” she rushed me to the emergency room, and the doctors were concerned enough they decided to do surgery right then.

The concern was enough that they didn’t put me under. They took me straight to surgery, shot my leg with some local anesthetic, and got to cutting. Oddly enough, when they started cutting, I started laughing hysterically. I was laughing so hard they had to strap me down to the table. The worst part was they didn’t even find the splinter, and they had to do surgery on me again a couple of weeks later.”

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11. Getting blood all over your face.

It is a congenital disease, i.e., you’re born with it. The main function of the valve is the opening and closing with the heartbeat and ensure that blood flows in the right direction. As sagard explains his experience: “I was getting my bicuspids out, and they decided to numb me up instead of knocking me out. The Dr. novocaine and NOed me up, and then BOTH the nurse and the doc decided to leave the room for whatever reason.

Around this time, I discovered that my lips felt like jelly, so I did the only logical thing: I started tugging on it to see how far I could stretch it out. Well, skin only stretches so far before it snaps, so my lip split pretty quickly. The nurse comes back, sees me gushing blood all down my face and clothes, grinning like a fool, screams for the doctor. They just knocked me out for my wisdom teeth after that.”

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10. Receiving a skin graft from the buttocks.

Skin grafting is the transplantation of the affected area of the skin. Affected skin is maybe due to allergy, burns, or injury. Skin grafting has two types. Split-thickness grafts in which the top layer of skin is removed. The second one is a full-thickness graft in which the epidermis is removed from the donor site. A Redditor dml180283 shares a story saying: “I had to go under to have skin grafts done for the second time that week. On my butt, by the way, the skin was being donated from my thighs (awesome times).

Count back from 100. I think I got to about 94. I imagine it would be like the previous surgery, you know, wake up back in my room or recovery ward high as heck on painkillers. No. I woke up halfway through it. As I was lying face down, I turned and look to the side where the Anaesthesiologists were kind of sitting, just chilling out, doing not much of anything. I was like, what the heck? He was pretty much like, Oh crap. Then I felt the pain. And then I started screaming like a fricking lunatic. Sort of like in the movies, blood-curdling screams. Until I was promptly knocked out again.”

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9. Giving a kid ketamine.

Various types of medication are given to patients to reduce pain; sedation is one of them. It relaxes patients completely and makes them sleepy. Youhave maybe heard it called monitor anesthesia. It is usually used in minor surgeries and less complex procedures. rumentrocar shares his experience saying. “During my paramedic clinical in the ER, an eight or so year old kid came in with a laceration to his finger that needed about ten sutures. The attending decided that conscious sedation was the best route and elected to use ketamine. I was pretty excited to see this stuff used in kids as I had only seen it used in animals during my time as a vet tech.

So, we find a quiet place and dim the lights (to help lessen ketamine-induced hallucinations) and give the kid his ketamine. His reaction was just like that of so many cats before him: his eyes went wide, and his limbs went out as if the world was spinning underneath him. Unlike cats, however, he began bargaining: “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, let’s talk about this.”, “Talk about what, Timmy?” “This and this stuff here. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, “Timmy, we are going to fix your finger.” “Are you sure that’s a good idea? I mean, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, come on, “Timmy, it’ll be over in just a minute.”, “Doc, have you done this before? I mean, really done this?”

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8. A cystectomy means you get crayons!

Removal of the urinary bladder is termed cystectomy. It is used to treat and eliminate cancer. There are several cystectomy methods; one is partial cystectomy, and another one is radical cystectomy. bunnies501 explains: “My boyfriend had a cyst removed and had to be put under. I didn’t see him go under, but apparently, he didn’t say much. (Nurse and anesthesiologist were kinds of being a jerk to me for no utter reason, and I already wasn’t happy with the surgeon.) We had agreed on a sentence that I would say, and he’d answer just to see if he was in the right state of mind…

(The sentence was “can you buy me some crayons, I think I ate mine.”) well, I walked into the recovery room where all I heard was, “and then this happened…whoaaaaa…, and I saw the lights…whoaaaaa…and I don’t remember anything whoaaaaaaa removal of the urinary bladder is termed cystectomy. It used to pull out cancer away. There are several methods of cystectomy. One is partial cystectomy, and another one is Radical cystectomy.”

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7. Flourothane anesthesia might cause liquid, green air, and moving objects.

Flourothane is a gaseous form of Anesthesia used as an inhalation. It includes serious side effects like difficulty in breathing or abnormal heart rate. Apart from that, nausea and vomiting are the most common side effect of it. A Redditor kat_fud shares his experience, saying: “When I was in college, I met a guy who was an operating room orderly at the local hospital. One night there were a few people over at his house, and he pulled out a big test tube full of clear liquid. He said it was anesthesia called flourothane, and he poured a little bit on a rag, handed it to me, and said, ‘huff this.’

I huffed a little too strongly because the next thing I remember was waking up on the floor. My friends told me that I took a huge whiff, then stood up and immediately did a nose-dive into the floor. My glasses were messed up, and I had a nice big rug burn on the left side of my face. I was more careful on my next turn and quite enjoyed the experience. It felt a lot like you do when you inhale nitrous oxide, but it lasted about 15 minutes. The air seemed liquid with a green tint, and moving objects left trails. That night was the only time I used flourthane. I don’t remember how I explained the rug burn to everybody else.”

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6. When you almost die during a routine wisdom tooth removal.

Tooth decay usually happens when bacteria attack the surface of your teeth. This can be a result of improper oral hygiene. It leads to cavities, which are holes in the teeth. It can be easily removed but might result in swelling and pain. A Redditor shares his experience. “The first time I ever was to go under general anesthetic, they gave me some sedative first, and then they’re going full-on mask. Well, “count backward from 100 please, eqdw”. So, I start and pass out very quickly. And then wake up about a minute later to hear “beep” and a nurse, in an incredibly calm voice “his heart stopped.”

This is common. It happens about once a month at that clinic. Normally they stab the patient with an epi-pen and keep going, but my doc had gone to med school with my dad, and I guess he wanted to be extra careful. They aborted the surgery (wisdom teeth, if you’re curious). Two months later, I went back for the second try. This time, they just gave me an industrial-strength stimulant before the drugs. My heartbeat was probably at about 150 (obviously, it’s hard to measure this when the drugs start coming) before I passed out. That time, it went without incident.”

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5. Singing after a spinal anesthetic tap.

It is a type of anesthesia in which the patient stays awake throughout the operation without feeling anything. It is usually injected into the spinal cord, but sometimes through a drip, it is also added to the blood. During delivery, it is injected in women. Spinal anesthesia can be used in urology. It includes bladder or genital surgeries. Orthopedics includes the operation of bones. Vascular includes operations in blood vessels. Obstetrics includes cesarean section. Sometimes doctor combines spinal anesthesia with general anesthesia, and this is the best option for the patient.

A Redditor shares his experience. “I woke up during surgery (I’d only had a spinal anesthetic and then meds to make me sleep) and began telling everyone how “Fricking awesome” they all were for doing my surgery so early in the morning (It was 8 am). Then I started singing ‘The Night Pat Murphy Died’ whilst the surgeon was closing me up. The surgery was on St. Patrick’s Day. While in the recovery room (and still pretty darn loopy), I noticed that the monitor machines had Ethernet ports and wouldn’t quit asking the nurses questions about them.”

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4. Choking on gas anesthesia is pretty scary.

The most common anesthesia is in gas form. These are desflurane and isoflurane, which are chemically reacted with halogenated ethers. Along with halogens, alkanes are also attached to them. Anesthesia affects the cardiovascular system by decreasing mean arterial pressure and by decreasing the systematic vascular system. It also affects the pulmonary, hepatic, and central nervous systems. And in pulmonary anesthetic, which is inhaled decreases tidal concentration. A Redditor Sciar shares his experience, saying: “When I was little, I was having an operation, and they gave me the gas form of anesthesia.

I remember freaking out after about 10+ seconds because it felt like I couldn’t breathe with that mask on, and I’d been trying to keep my stuff together. Anyways out of the blue, I decided to fight it, and I pulled off the mask and sucked in a huge breath of air. I fuzzily remember the rest as the medical staff held me down, and I kicked and fought to free myself from this awful smell and choking. I woke up the mid-fight, and they ran over to pin me back down until I realized what was going on.”

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3. When a patient doesn’t know if he is talking out loud or in his head.

Compressing your foot and putting ice on it helps reducing pain or inflammation. We can wrap the wound by following steps like wrapping around the foot. Hold the bandage against the wound and make sure the bandage must be tight. The second step is to wrap against the ankle, hold the bandage move slightly upward towards the ankle. Ensure that every turn leaves at one inch overlapping the preceding layer. The last one is finishing the wrap by covering the whole foot and ankle tightly, put medical tape on it to secure the bandage.

A Redditor shares his story saying: “After ankle surgery, I was being wheeled out on the hospital bed when I came to, and I saw my wrapped-up foot and thought, “Oh, someone just got surgery. I wonder when it’s my turn…Oh… that’s my foot… Did I just say that out loud?” I couldn’t tell if my thoughts were coming out of my mouth or not, so I shut up until I got to the recovery room. A similar thing happened with my wisdom tooth surgery. I came to while being wheeled out to my car, and I think/say, “Is this my car? Where are we going?”

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2. Popping your knee back in place deserves some pizza.

As the patella stays in its position, a person can walk, sit, and run. When it dislocates from the place, a person might suffer from pain. Symptoms involve knee buckles, inability to support your weight, slips off the side, stiffness, cracking, pain when you sit or bend your knees, and pain increases as a person’s activity increases. Treatment of dislocating knee is to replace, and the process is termed as reduction. In reduction, the doctor fixes the knee cap by applying force. The doctors recommend exercise; it will strengthen the legs, which leads to the patella staying in its place.

If the knee is relatively dislocated, then nonsurgical treatment is recommended. As explained by a Redditor catch10110: “I had dislocated my patella, and it was kind of just stuck out there, so I ended up having to go to the hospital. They gave me some drug that they said makes you blackout for 15-20 minutes, so you are still awake when they fix you…you just won’t remember it. When they popped the kneecap back in place, it hurt just a little bit, as I screamed at them that they were all a bunch of GODS DAMNED. Then I asked if I could have some pizza.”

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1. He couldn’t remember anything, thanks to the IV.

Some drugs are directly injected into veins by intravenous injection or infusion. It helps in medications dosing for heart attack, stroke, or poisoning. Many drugs cause pain due to their pH level. When it is injected into the vein, it becomes red and inflamed, termed as Phlebitis. It has two types, direct intravenous injection and intravenous infusion. In the first type, the drug volume is low and injected into an entry port such as cannula. Whereas the second type contains drugs in large volumes and connects to the patient’s vein. These two methods depend on drug concentration and the factors of patients like the accessibility of IV and parallel disease, for example, heart failure.

The infusion will be irregular. This injection is injected in peripheral and central veins. Peripheral includes hand and arm, in peripheral, this drug accumulated and block the path whereas central vein, is much more resistant to drugs. A Redditor GIMR shared his story saying: “I only had one surgery. I was sitting upon a counter or something, and they started giving me drugs via IV. I said, “I don’t feel tired…” and then I woke up in recovery with my whole bottom half numb with my mother sitting there. I told her I couldn’t feel my legs, and she said that already told her that they think they might’ve given me a little too much anesthesia.”

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Extreme Makeovers That Made People Unrecognizable

If you ever stayed at a slumber party, you probably know all about makeovers. Celebrities undergo plastic surgery and extreme makeovers on a regular basis. No… Trista Smith - August 29, 2021

If you ever stayed at a slumber party, you probably know all about makeovers. Celebrities undergo plastic surgery and extreme makeovers on a regular basis. No one is surprised to hear that success and fame change people. Nevertheless, some people really transform during their lucrative careers, especially in their faces. Can you expect much else from people who are always in the public eye? It’s one thing to change your hair style or adapt to a better style with fortune and fame. However, these makeovers are so jaw-dropping that we even forgot how the star originally looked. These before and after makeovers are intense. We’ve gathered a list of 15 celebrities whose extreme makeovers will leave you wondering if they’re the same people at all.

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15. Miley Cyrus went from innocent singer-songwriter to rebellious pop star.

You might remember Miley Cyrus’s days as an innocent young actress on Hannah Montana. Her acting and singing career began in 2006 when she starred in her titular show as the Miley/Hannah double identity. The records Miley released as Hannah Montana — including the soundtrack to the show — were also met with rave reviews and cemented her reputation as a pop star. However, as with many children or teen actors, the fame got to her. When she turned eighteen, she quit Hannah Montana to pursue more mature interests and took on a punk, “bad girl” appearance to reverse the public’s perception of her “innocent” persona. Remember her infamous shaved head, double topknot look?

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Miley’s rise to stardom and continuation on the path of fame has been rife with controversy. She’s been accused of racism and promiscuity, but today, she has held firm and continues to live as her most authentic self. One fun fact is that Cyrus initially auditioned for the role of Hannah Montana’s best friend but was called back to audition for the lead role thanks to her acting and singing skills. Which makes us wonder: where would she be today if she hadn’t gotten the lead role? Would she be the cool, breezy girl she is now or more of the innocent Hannah Montana type?

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14. The Kardashians love beauty improvements, and Khloe is no exception to makeovers.

Khloe Kardashian has often gotten the short end of the stick regarding public attention. That is especially true in her early years of fame. A socialite and reality television star, Khloe is known for her role in the famous Kardashian clan. Furthermore, she has often been compared to her sisters, Kim and Kourtney. The Kardashian clan rose to fame through Robert Kardashian’s role as a defense attorney for OJ Simpson. Kim’s notorious tape leaked in 2003, and put the family in the center of the public spotlight, leading to the launch of their reality TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

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Appearing on TV next to her sisters, Khloe endured frequent body-shaming comments from the audience, who also criticized her facial features. Due to, or in spite of, these remarks, Khloe has transformed her looks with makeovers since the early 2000s and now shows off a toned body. She’s even started a TV show called Revenge Body, which features participants receiving a fitness and style makeover — similar to what Khloe herself has undergone. While some critics accuse Khloe of undergoing plastic surgery, she denies these accusations and attributes her “new” face to her weight loss and makeup artist. Whatever the case, her makeover was undoubtedly dramatic.

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13. Chris Pratt is nowhere near his former Andy Dwyer persona.

Chris Pratt became known for his role as Andy Dwyer on Parks and Rec. With this silly, dorky character, his personal appearance matched well — pudgy and lots to love. Rumor has it that Chris gained 40 pounds for this role, leading him to become recognized as the odd, unaware guy. However, few people know that in Pratt’s first-ever role in the short-lived television series Everwood, he was just as hunky as he is now.

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Today, Pratt is almost unrecognizable from his breakthrough character, Andy Dwyer. Instead, you can find him playing action-oriented roles — due to his significant weight loss. His now-toned, fit body suits his handsome face well, and he definitely put in the effort the old-fashioned way to achieve this new physique – working with a personal trainer and nutritionist and exercising six days a week. This actor lost 60 pounds in six months, slimming down from around 300 pounds for his Marvel movie auditions. The effort paid off as he landed the role of Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy and launched his new hunky persona.

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12. Posh Spice no more, Victoria Beckham is now a top fashionista.

Victoria Beckham was a founding member of the Spice Girls, known as Posh Spice. She was a full-on pop singer complete with questionable mid-90s style in those days — remember platform sandals? Her looks back then screamed pop icon and, although they weren’t the most stylish around, Beckham’s extreme success with the Spice Girls launched her to global fame. Even now, the group is credited for being the best-selling female band of all time.

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Beckham broke away from her Spice Girls period and began charting her own path to success in the early 2000s with the release of her solo album. Around the same time, she started her modeling and fashion career. Her first modeling job was at London Fashion Week in 2000, an impressive gig for a first-time model. Since then, Beckham has modeled for Dolce and Gabbana and Rocawear and launched her own clothing line. Resulting from all this success in the fashion world, Beckham has successfully rebranded herself more as a designer than a singer. It is evident in her makeover today: smart, stylish, and elegant.

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11. Kylie Jenner, the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, has many cosmetic-made features and makeovers.

Before the world had Kylie Jenner as we know her today, she was a pretty ordinary-looking teenager. Kylie made her first public appearance in Keeping Up with the Kardashians alongside her half-sisters Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, and full sister Kendall. Back then, she was a quieter, awkward preteen but soon rose to fame. She began amassing fame as her publicity increased, being named teenage fashion icons with Kendall and appearing in music videos for artists such as Jaden Smith. It’s clear from her physical appearance that Kylie’s looks changed dramatically with these makeovers and commensurately with her increased renown.

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Kylie has come a long way, both personally and professionally, illustrated in her physical appearance. While she has social media to thank in large part for her meteoric movement to the forefront of America’s cultural consciousness, she can thank plastic surgeons and cosmetologists for her picture-perfect face. Perhaps most noticeable in her changed appearance is her lips, which transitioned from thin to full due to lip injections. People speculate that Kylie has also had plastic surgery on her body due to her curves’ rapid and extensive development. However, she’s denied these allegations and attributed the changes to puberty. Regardless of her transformation, Kylie is an undeniably successful celebrity with a knack for marketing.

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10. The Jonah Hill of Superbad is still hilarious, but slimmer with his amazing makeover.

Just like many of us, actors’ career interests change. Even then, some actors cannot escape their typecast roles no matter how hard they try; others successfully pivot. Jonah Hill is a prime example of changing direction in his acting career, starring purely in comedic roles initially and moving onto more serious endeavors. With this redirect has come a dramatic change in his appearance. In his days on Superbad, the movie that launched his film career, Hill had a silly and fun-loving persona that manifested in his disheveled look. His chubbiness and long hair gave him the appropriate on-screen charisma for such roles.

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Although Hill’s success as a comedic actor led to a snowball of similar roles, he wanted to take on more serious roles. To that end, he lost a significant amount of weight and landed parts in films such as Moneyball and Wolf of Wall Street — as noticeably non-funny characters. Hill’s makeover for a less comedy-oriented career didn’t just end at weight loss; he also upgraded his style, donning sleeker outfits that genuinely state, “creative actor.” While Hill still occasionally returns to his roots in comedic acting, like in the recent movie Don’t Look Up, he has demonstrated his ability to be flexible. His physical makeover is a testament to his adaptability.

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9. Ariana Grande’s signature high ponytail didn’t always exist.

Ariana Grande today churns out hit song after hit song like it’s her job. (Oh wait, it is.) Nevertheless, before her global renown as a pop star, she started as dim-witted character Cat Valentine in Nickelodeon’s Victorious. In those days, Grande clearly lacked the iconic style that defines her today. There’s no denying that she was always beautiful. However, the actress-turned-singer had a more plain-faced, innocent look — not to mention naturally curly black hair before entering show business and straight, red hair for her Nickelodeon role. Of course, she was also a less-developed teenager who had yet to grow into her full, mature beauty.

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While Grande earned her fame in acting, she was always focused on pursuing a music career. She had performed in musicals for most of her life, and by the time she was in her late teens, Grande worked hard to make that career a reality. With the release of her debut album, Yours Truly, in 2013, she became a pop star virtually overnight. Grande has received two Grammy’s, among many other awards, and is the most-streamed female artist in music history. She is an undeniable force and her trendsetting fashion today shows it: signature straight ponytail, winged eyeliner, and fresh sneakers.

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8. This Keeping Up with the Kardashians star keeps up with her makeovers and procedures.

Kim Kardashian: a name sure to elicit admiration in some and annoyance in others. Her family name has become a household one, and Kim is perhaps the most famous member. Kim’s claim to fame was the release of her notorious and… explicit tape in 2007 (on top of her father’s high-profile engagement in the OJ Simpson trial), which catapulted the family into reality TV and Kim into a life of extravagance. Before this journey, Kim was a fresh-faced teen and young adult with an untouched face and body. While it’s clear that she always possessed a natural beauty, it wasn’t until her cosmetic procedures that she really acquired that “celebrity” look.

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In the short time it took for Kim to reach star status. Her physical appearance changed noticeably. She altered her hairline, froze her face in time using Botox, and had filler injections to achieve fuller cheeks and lips. Her nose also appears smaller and more chiseled, but Kim has denied getting a nose job. Regardless of the procedures, Kim has undergone, there’s no doubt that she’s built an empire around her name. She owns her own beauty and fragrance lines (KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance), does product endorsements, and has even posed on the cover of Playboy. Today, she fetches hundreds of thousands of dollars for each Instagram post. If that’s not a symbol of success, it’s hard to say what is.

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7. Marilyn Monroe’s natural allure only grew over time.

Marilyn Monroe’s story is as famous as it is heartbreaking. Monroe was born to an unknown father and a mother who was unable to support her financially. As a child, before she became a blonde bombshell, Monroe became a ward of the state. Monroe lived in foster care until her marriage at age 16. Fortunately, Monroe was discovered while working at a factory during World War II. And you know what they say: the rest is history. She got her start in modeling and later working tirelessly in film. At the beginning of the story, Monroe wore natural brunette curls instead of her famous blonde locks. Furthermore, she was not fully developed into her notable shapely figure.

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Soon, though, Monroe went from a little-known pin-up model to a full-blown Hollywood celebrity. She dyed her hair the iconic blond for which she was both famous and typecast (appearing in films as the “dumb blonde”) and was signed to 20th-Century Fox. The film industry maximized her natural sex appeal and portrayed her with signature winged eyeliner on her downturned eyes, gazing down at the audience in seductive poses. In addition to her famous beauty, Monroe was extremely hardworking; in an early feminist move, she combatted Fox and their low-paying contract by founding her own production company. Over her career, Marilyn Monroe blossomed in both beauty and professional prowess — causing a stir then and still revered now.

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6. Angelina Jolie makeovers take her from gothic vampire to elegant princess.

Before Brangelina there was the original, independent Angelina Jolie. You may know her for her roles in Girl, Interrupted; Mr. and Mrs. Smith; and Beowulf. You might also remember her vampire makeovers in the late 90s and the rumors that she and Billy Bob Thornton were actual vampires who wore vials of blood around their necks. From Jolie’s pale days to her elegant looks today, she has gone through quite a glow-up makeovers over the years.

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Before Jolie made her name in blockbuster films, she spent many years as a struggling actor. Many people don’t know about her troubled childhood, during which she endured mental health struggles and self-harm in the face of an absent father and stressful school experiences. This background led to a dark persona (recall: vampire) that made it difficult for her to land significant roles. However, Jolie had a breakthrough with a Golden Globe win for her role in the film George Wallace. She collected various other awards, such as two more Golden Globes and an Academy Award. With her rise to mainstream celebrity came greater sophistication in her appearance; Jolie shed her dark style for more natural makeovers. Either way though, she is still serious appearance.

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5. Kelly Osbourne overcame many difficulties to achieve her healthy look today.

The daughter of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne (the famous heavy metal singer-songwriter), Kelly Osbourne seemed destined for a punk, rebellious lifestyle. Growing up in a dysfunctional household, as portrayed in her family’s titular reality show, The Osbournes, Osbourne developed several addictions and mental health challenges. Among them have been alcoholism, painkiller use, and emotional eating — all influencing her appearance throughout her public life. Osbourne wore a punk-rock look with her signature heavy eyeliner in her early days of fame.

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Despite her challenges, Osbourne has succeeded in many endeavors, from starting a fashion line to releasing her own albums. While she has always worked hard in her career, her mental and physical health improved within recent years. The daughter of Ozzy saw a therapist for a year to strengthen her mindset. Not only that, but she underwent a gastric sleeve operation. Most importantly, Osbourne changed her lifestyle. Now, she’s 90 pounds lighter and seems to be in a much happier place from all the work she put in. She’s even grown out her hair (while keeping the lavender look) and adopted a brighter-toned makeup style that suits the positive changes in her life.

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4. Jennifer Hudson’s admirable work ethic has transformed her career and her body.

Remember the good old days of American Idol when the OG judges — Paula, Randy, and Simon — reigned over the production? Those were also the days when Jennifer Hudson debuted on the national stage with her participation in the show and quickly won over viewers’ hearts. As a sweet, likable, and kick-butt singer, her time on the show launched her singing career. She also made her film debut on Dreamgirls, in which she wowed audiences. However, if you were to look at her now, you may not believe she used to have a curvy figure before her fame kicked off.

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Hudson’s weight loss journey is one to admire. The beautiful singer lost more than 80 pounds following the birth of her son. Furthermore, she did it the old-fashioned way — that is to say, with alterations to her diet and dedication to exercise. The songbird did use Weight Watchers to facilitate her slimming down, primarily for figuring out how to eat well. That is why she became a spokesperson for the company. While many try to find a quick fix to lose weight, Hudson proves through her own experiences that the weight will only stay off with genuine self-motivation. Jennifer Hudson is undoubtedly a talented actress and singer. She has won an Academy Award and Golden Globe, among many others. Despite the makeovers, she looks beautiful at any weight. However, she is healthier today as a result of her transformation.

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3. Talented rapper Nicki Minaj didn’t always reveal her bubbly side.

One of the most famous female rappers of all time didn’t always look so glamorous and fierce. Nicki Minaj is a self-made star with humble beginnings, having grown up in a household with her grandmother, brother, and eleven cousins. She had an early knack for performing and was always beautiful. However, the rapper was far from developing the color-popping, eye-catching sense of style for which she’s become known. Before her pop stardom, Minaj put on little makeup, kept her hair naturally black, and wore simple clothing. It seems that she always had the flashy side to her, though, and it only took some recognition to bring it out.

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When Minaj achieved her breakthrough with the album Pink Friday, the world got to know her genius with verse as well as her unique sense of style. True to the name of her debut album, Minaj loves to wear the flashiest colors of pink, often layered atop one another. She’s sported the edgiest hair colors and styles, from bleach, curly blond to color block rainbow hair. She also has found knock-out fashions that accentuate her famous curves. Minaj has become a superstar in all dimensions of her life.

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2. Even good-looking Jamie Foxx has had some procedures to perfect his celebrity look.

Jamie Foxx’s voice sounds like God’s gift from heaven. Foxx has always been a musical talent, starting as a choir leader at his church and was going to study music and performing arts composition in university. Nevertheless, he was also highly talented from a young age in acting and comedy. While those attributes inspired his fame, he didn’t always have the flawless looks he’s known for today. At the beginning of his career, Foxx had a gap-toothed smile and a hairline inches behind where it is today.

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Foxx’s role in the comedy TV show In Living Color launched his career, and he’s had no shortage of significant acting roles since then. He won endless accolades for his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray (including an Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe) and is known for drastically changing his looks for his many characters. However, even when he presents as himself, Foxx has physical attributes that were previously nonexistent because of makeovers. For one, his now pearly-white veneers give him a million-dollar smile. Moreover, his hairline has dramatically changed, moving forward significantly and developing a more structured shape, causing speculation about a hair transplant. No matter what procedures Foxx has gotten, they’ve only served to enhance an underlying handsomeness he’s always possessed.

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1. From bald to beard, Tom Hardy is an expert in manly makeovers.

Tom Hardy might be a muscular hunk today, but that wasn’t always the case. Born and raised in London, Hardy started his career as a model. He looked like one too — in other words, tall, thin, and largely lacking muscle. While Hardy still acted in those earlier days, he didn’t play the macho, action-oriented characters he does today. Some might say he was “skinny fat,” and Hardy himself even admits to having been a skinny, non-athletic youngster.

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No one would guess Hardy was anything but a huge manly man today. Things in the muscle department changed for Hardy around 2010 when he performed as a mixed martial arts fighter in the film Warrior, for which he had to put on over 20 pounds of muscle. Since then, Hardy has become known for his dramatic body transformations for roles, particularly for Bane in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises and Charles Bronson in Bronson. For the latter part, Hardy claims to have put on seven pounds a week without taking steroids. It is a feat he attributes to eating large, daily portions of chicken and rice. His extreme and successful physical transformations have accentuated Hardy’s already-impressive acting skills.

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