16 Hilarious Anesthesia Stories Shared By Patients And Nurses

Recently, u/Drakonwriter asked r/AskReddit, "Nurses of reddit, what is the weirdest happening a diligent has done portion waking up from anaesthesia?" And, portion galore of the recollections were from patients, we thought we'd stock them along.

1. "I had a panic onslaught successful the ED and they gave maine a sedative."

"I deliberation I was truly disturbing different patients. Anyway, mates hours of clip lost, I get acceptable for discharge and I'm going to change. One of the guards, who was NYPD says, 'Do the MC Hammer creation again!' Apparently successful my doped retired authorities I had complained that the infirmary gown bottoms were excessively baggy successful the crotch and I had MC Hammered to the bathroom. I begrudgingly did it again for them."

–HamHockShortDock

2. "As a patient, I was told by my sweetie that I asked the oral surgeon if helium liked wearing women’s panties."

–somethingweirder

3. "My favourite was a huuuge bearded vet, past of PTSD, precise acrophobic astir waking up."

"He had seemingly gotten a spot assertive aft erstwhile procedures (obviously not his fault). As we're rolling him retired of the OR, helium kept asking maine softly 'Am I waking up okay?' and I'd archer him 'Yeah buddy, you're doing great.' And he'd spell 'Oh, okay.' Did't effort to get up, nary flailing, nothing. He was conscionable cosied up nether the lukewarm blankets asking maine that question implicit and implicit again. By the clip we got to PACU, helium was connected to repeating 'Awww, I conscionable emotion you guys!' each mates of minutes. Adorable."

–chount_cockula

4. "I’m not a caregiver but my roommate was during the pandemic. She helped maine docket my precocious GI endoscopy astatine the signifier wherever she worked, and besides performed my precocious GI endoscopy. I was waking up from the propofol, and APPARENTLY I was each implicit the cute anaesthesiologist, squeezing his bicep, and saying 'Ohhh Dr RodrIGUEZZZZ, you’re sooooo bully and strongggg' Mortifying."

–Laevenrauren

5. "The surgeon who took retired my contented teeth is simply a adjacent person of excavation and my husband’s. As I was waking up, evidently, I looked astatine my person and menacingly shook my digit and said 'I don’t similar him'. He and my hubby got a precise bully laughter retired of it. We’re inactive friends."

–Striking-Cricket-724

6. "I told my surgeon my household and I had been laughing astir not having thing to interest astir due to the fact that we could archer helium was astute conscionable looking astatine his ENORMOUS BALD HEAD."

–Express_Camp_4280

7. "Coming retired of it from country I started petting my nurse's head. She was putting a limb sleeve connected that vibrates to forestall humor clots. In my groggy waking up authorities I thought my feline had curled up against my limb successful my bed."

–CoolHandRK1

8. "Patient. I've had aggregate incredibly agelong surgeries. During my archetypal few, I was moving connected a task with a Romanian. I knew capable of the connection to beryllium polite, but it was ace shitty Romanian. Woke up lone capable to talk successful shitty Romanian for a bully hour. After that I had a heavy accent for different fewer hours. Freaked immoderate of the nurses out."

–LunarAnxiety

9. "Patient. I told the caregiver I conscionable gave commencement to kittens, past started crying due to the fact that I did not person capable nipples to provender them."

–Effective-Yak3627

10. "Once, I was helping to transportation a diligent into a reclining chair, and she was saying she was truly gladsome for our help. But however she expressed it was 'You're the best! You're an angel! Or adjacent better, a stripper!' I've besides heard, 'I would similar different Mai Thai', 'Where's Keanu Reeves?', and 'Did I bash Molly again?'."

–FrayCrown

11. "For respective hours aft 1 of his surgeries my dada thought helium was Elvis and warned maine that the caregiver was trying to bargain the keys to his pinkish Cadillac."

–Past0r_Of_Mupp3ts

12. "As a diligent aft having my contented teeth taken out, I was truly excited that my wheelchair had a sunroof."

–icouldlivewoutbacon

13. "When I got my contented teeth retired I got the gas. They had to strap maine down and person 2 nurses clasp my legs, they besides had my dada travel talk to me; each due to the fact that I wouldn’t halt singing and trying to dance."

–turtledove93

14. "One diligent was commanding the unicorn service against the legions of teddy bears. She was directing troops near and close calling retired each sorts of attacks. It was hilarious, and her person that was with her couldn’t support it together."

–Noname_left

15. "Anaesthetist here. Had a diligent aftermath up and deliberation they were astatine a rave. Literally, giggling, dancing and making her ain doof doof euphony for good implicit an hour. Recovery nurses were truly entertained."

–DumbShoes

16. "The diligent told maine that grandpa was going to die. Didn't specify whose grandpa. It was lone weird due to the fact that my grandpa died 2 days later."

–utensil_balancer

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