I've had procedures at the hospital two ways... One is general anaesthesia, where you are "out" The other is with something like fentanyl where you could have

I've had procedures at the hospital two ways... One is general anaesthesia, where you are "out" The other is with something like fentanyl where you could have a whole conversation during the procedure, but when you finish the procedure, you don't remember it. The experience afterwards is pretty much identical, but philosophically both seem very different.