Nurses And Patients Are Sharing The Wildest Things People Have Said On Anaesthesia, And Some Of These Are Hilarious
by Benjamin Dzialdowski · BuzzFeedRecently, u/Drakonwriter asked r/AskReddit, "Nurses of reddit, what is the weirdest thing a patient has done while waking up from anaesthesia?" And, while many of the recollections were from patients, we thought we'd share them along.
1. "I had a panic attack in the ED and they gave me a sedative."
"I think I was really disturbing other patients. Anyway, couple hours of time lost, I get ready for discharge and I'm going to change. One of the guards, who was NYPD says, 'Do the MC Hammer dance again!' Apparently in my doped out state I had complained that the hospital gown bottoms were too baggy in the crotch and I had MC Hammered to the bathroom. I begrudgingly did it again for them."
2. "As a patient, I was told by my sweetie that I asked the oral surgeon if he liked wearing women’s panties."
3. "My favourite was a huuuge bearded vet, history of PTSD, very concerned about waking up."
"He had apparently gotten a bit aggressive after previous procedures (obviously not his fault). As we're rolling him out of the OR, he kept asking me softly 'Am I waking up okay?' and I'd tell him 'Yeah buddy, you're doing great.' And he'd go 'Oh, okay.' Did't try to get up, no flailing, nothing. He was just cosied up under the warm blankets asking me that question over and over again. By the time we got to PACU, he was on to repeating 'Awww, I just love you guys!' every couple of minutes. Adorable."
4. "I’m not a nurse but my roommate was during the pandemic. She helped me schedule my upper GI endoscopy at the practice where she worked, and also performed my upper GI endoscopy. I was waking up from the propofol, and APPARENTLY I was all over the cute anaesthesiologist, squeezing his bicep, and saying 'Ohhh Dr RodrIGUEZZZZ, you’re sooooo nice and strongggg' Mortifying."
5. "The surgeon who took out my wisdom teeth is a close friend of mine and my husband’s. As I was waking up, evidently, I looked at my friend and menacingly shook my finger and said 'I don’t like him'. He and my husband got a very good laugh out of it. We’re still friends."
6. "I told my surgeon my family and I had been laughing about not having anything to worry about because we could tell he was smart just looking at his ENORMOUS BALD HEAD."
7. "Coming out of it from surgery I started petting my nurse's head. She was putting a leg sleeve on that vibrates to prevent blood clots. In my groggy waking up state I thought my cat had curled up against my leg in my bed."
8. "Patient. I've had multiple incredibly long surgeries. During my first few, I was working on a project with a Romanian. I knew enough of the language to be polite, but it was super shitty Romanian. Woke up only able to speak in shitty Romanian for a good hour. After that I had a thick accent for another few hours. Freaked some of the nurses out."
9. "Patient. I told the nurse I just gave birth to kittens, then started crying because I did not have enough nipples to feed them."
10. "Once, I was helping to transfer a patient into a reclining chair, and she was saying she was really glad for our help. But how she expressed it was 'You're the best! You're an angel! Or even better, a stripper!' I've also heard, 'I would like another Mai Thai', 'Where's Keanu Reeves?', and 'Did I do Molly again?'."
11. "For several hours after one of his surgeries my dad thought he was Elvis and warned me that the nurse was trying to steal the keys to his pink Cadillac."
12. "As a patient after having my wisdom teeth taken out, I was really excited that my wheelchair had a sunroof."
13. "When I got my wisdom teeth out I got the gas. They had to strap me down and have two nurses hold my legs, they also had my dad come speak to me; all because I wouldn’t stop singing and trying to dance."
14. "One patient was commanding the unicorn army against the legions of teddy bears. She was directing troops left and right calling out all sorts of attacks. It was hilarious, and her friend that was with her couldn’t keep it together."
15. "Anaesthetist here. Had a patient wake up and think they were at a rave. Literally, giggling, dancing and making her own doof doof music for well over an hour. Recovery nurses were really entertained."
16. "The patient told me that grandpa was going to die. Didn't specify whose grandpa. It was only weird because my grandpa died two days later."
H/T to u/Drakonwriter and r/AskReddit for having the discussion!
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