anaesthetic side effects?! Started by: Andreia

Hey Hun I was sick when I came round and fainted the day after due to low blood pressure as I got up quickly the next day but I’m ok now and pottering around the house managing to cook basic things and wash pots etc and I’m now 3 days post op I think I would get bored if I didn’t do anything although I was a heavy gym gore before which I think helps xx

I had my op yesterday, I had no issues with the GA at all – as soon as I came round properly (which took around an hour) I was sooo hungry. Haven’t had any issues with sickness yet *touch wood* was just a little dizzy getting back on my feet going to the toilet and leaving the hospital. I did buy some anti sickness medication before surgery just in case though. xx

Hi Jessica, I also have a phobia of being sick!!! That and spiders but not too worried about a spider being present on the day of my op!! I did mention my worry to the nurse when I had my pre op and she said I should tell the anaesthetist (not sure that’s spelt correctly) so they are aware and they make sure they give you the anti sickness tabs.. Might be worth baring in mind when you go too. Xx

@nayma86 @jessicaloui i have a huge phobia of sick they had to give me this red band to wear with ‘severe phobia of vomiting’ on it so everyone knew and i got given loooads of anti sickness to stop me being sick so i wasn’t sick at all on the day or few days after with the GA, its worth asking about anti sickness 🙂 not sure if its a normal thing they do or if you ask for it. the worst part is standing up after you’ve come round, i felt so dizzy and funny headed so make sure you do everything really really really slowly and don’t move your head, i found this helped alot when i got up to walk round! also i booked a week off work but had to take an extra week off sick due to the pain and the meds which made me poorly xx

Oh wow. Thank you so much Amy.. This is the major thing that I am worried about!! Probably sounds ridiculous to some people but not to us!! I’m going to ask about this when i go for sure.. I actually have 5 children and and so paranoid when they say they feel ill!! I also work in a secondary school and as soon as the kids come to medical, and given a sick bag I am found cowering behind my computer!! I actually had a student vomit in my bin, and I went into melt down mode in front of the Head!!!!!! He though it was hilarious but believe me, I did not! Thank you for your advic

@mikky i know how you feel, its ruined my life. i didn’t leave my house for months at one point when this whole norovirus and swine flu came about and it was big on the news, had to have counselling and saw a psychologist. it’s absolutely awful, all i get from people is “well nobody likes being sick”… no, it’s not that i don’t like it.. its a phobia! well done to you for having kids and working in a school, i’m never ever having kids and won’t ever go near schools again now i’ve left haha. oh my god, i hope you made them clean the bin themselves, thats awful.. bleh! its turned me into a complete germ freak, constantly washing my hands or using hand gel while i’m out. we sound pathetic but its not! definitely make sure you get given anti sickness as much as they can give you it 🙂 i took my usual tablet before my op, i then had some put in my cannula throughout the op and then got given it afterwards, they’re supposed to wait 6 hours before they can give you it again but i demanded it :p went into a breakdown cos i started to feel abit queasy.. not sure if i actually did feel sick at that point or if i was just getting myself worked up about it and putting it into my head, who knows lol! xx

My worst fear was being sick xx as I thought it would be agony xx just so you know I was sick for nine months when pregnant with my daughter only day I wasn’t sick was the day I had her x fortunately had no reaction to anaesthetic wide awake afterwards and felt fine but everyone is different xx was sick 2 weeks later but I think alcohol played a part in that was not ready lolxx

Hey hun, I had it fairly easy with mine but it does vary from person to person and some people can be very sick afterwards. I was fine on the day just up and about as normal, just a bit achey but on day three I was sick.. This could have been from anything though.. Antibiotics, cocodamol or anaesthetic. 13 days should be fine as i was okay after I think about 10 days just be careful lifting and moving too much you still need to take it easy, also be aware you might want to take a bit more time depending on how you feel xxx

Oh yeah I remember him saying that now.. Let me know how you go on anyway xx