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Apparently patients do experience pain under certain anaesthesics, but that they do not remember upon awaking. Pretty disturbing to me. https://www.theatlantic

• MrLeap 8y ago
  When I got my wisdom teeth removed, I regained conscience in the middle of sobbing. I remember feeling a strange disassociation because I didn't feel any pain or know why I was intensely crying. During the procedure they split the roof of my mouth from stem to stern and had to stitch it back together. When I got home I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I had a bad black eye. I wish I could have reviewed footage of whatever cage match I was involved in!
• AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  As disturbing as it is, when you consider how surgeries used to be performed before anesthetics we're still pretty lucky to have them. Even if it just paralyzed you it would still probably be an improvement just because the surgeon would be able to work without you moving.