I've had roughly 13 surgeries in my entire lifetime. Several had small percentages to live, while others were rather mild. I've since gone about 6 years without having any kind of surgery (Due to throat complications, I can't. There are about 3 things I could be having surgeries for.)

I and my mother recall the doctor mentioning something about anesthetics being stored in the brain, or some kind of effect to that measure. It eventually wears off, but for the time being, it causes long term memory loss (Something I do know is true.)

Lately, I've BARELY slept, and when I do sleep, I have dreams of being chopped up and my bones twisted. I kick and fight in my sleep. When I breath in deeply, I can smell anesthesia. It was so strong last night I nearly threw-up.

I also had an anesthetic headache for about a week last week, and another one just started up an hour ago. These are things you have the months after a surgery where you get splitting migraines for days on end. This one an hour ago triggered after I had what felt like an hour long experience in about 20 seconds. I blacked out and imagined getting an entire operation done, but while awake. I had just been sitting there, staring off into the distance when I came through. My parents didn't notice anything.

I've been getting worse and worse ocd lately. Not wanting to touch people or look at their eyes or the insides of their mouth. I have episodes like this once or twice a year where I just really don't like flesh and stuff like that, and the doctors I've worked with claim it's a common thing for patients with so many surgeries to experience now and again. This episode, however, has been one of the longest, and one of the most extreme. I don't even like teeth sometimes. I'd like to see a psychiatrist or something, but since turning 18, my insurance has narrowed the list of medical procedures that they'll cover. I might call them to see if it's covered. I think at least an evaluation would be helpful. I know it's NOT that serious of a situation because I'm very aware of everything going on, and it feels very external.

Anyway, I'm not trying to alarm anyone; I just thought it'd be cool to share. It doesn't seem like all that serious of a thing, it's just a loss of sleep, and a heightened sensitivity to touch and stuff. Have any of you shut-ins experienced similar things?

A disclaimer: I'm not a doctor. For all I know, I could just be under a lot more stress lately. I'm just going off of what I seem to recall being accurate about anesthesia.

I hope you get better dude.

Maybe you are suffering from tomophobia (fear of surgery). It could be that because you've not had any surgery for the past 6 years, you've started to develop some slight paranoia that you might need it and thus are having these episodes. But I'm not a psychiatrist, so my assumption is invalid.

Actually, I'm very content in getting a surgery sometime soon because I'm starting to develope some serious back issues. I'm having a very difficult time sitting up for more than 3 hours at a time.

But maybe it's a subconscious kind of a thing?

i'm never gonna complain about my own health ever again.

Thanks a lot kirbs, moaning was my favourite hobbie, and you've taken it away from me

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Hey Kirby maybe next time you have surgery you'll wake up with one of those new bionic arms. That'd be pretty awesome right?

I'd mount lasers on it.

It needs a chainsaw too.

Then all he'll need is a boomstick and he'll be a mini-Ash.

I also have episodes where I'll shun physical contact. That's something extremely difficult for my girlfriend (who lives with me) to deal with, because I get pretty cranky when it happens. Mine occur about once or twice a month.

Add to that my other weird sensitivity.. I'm Hygrophobic (many of you may remember me actually mis-representing the disorder as Aquaphobic -- that was a fault of my previous psychiatrist) which means that I have a general disdain for feeling moist, to the point where I'll begin to convulse violently if I'm unable to dry myself quickly enough. It's a barrel of laughs.

So not nearly as severe, but as far as the OCD, I can sort of relate, Kirbs.

edit: I should note that I've only been in for invasive surgery twice in my life. Both for a spinal injury. Neither time was life threatening, but did carry with it a high likelihood of paralysis. So it's unlikely that my OCD has anything to do with anesthetic shock. I'm just wired wrong.

I've had about 13 surgeries, all of which I had anesthesia.

I don't have any of the problems you mentioned, kirbs. Not even headaches. :/

The headaches tend to be variable. Some people get them, others don't.

Hmmm.

Must not affect everyone.

My father has been put under more times than you for surgeries and he doesn't weird out.

Maybe because he drinks so often? Yeah, maybe you're both like ULTIMATE universe Tony Stark and you need to drink alot to take the edge off.

I do like drinking....

Don't we all...

<.<

I don't... I hate alcohol...

loser

wuss

Not liking alcohol = totally LAMESAUCE.

Bite me.

And me.

Pfft, I'm not going to waste my teeth on such LAME people.

I like telling my drunk friends to eat dog food. Never gets old.

...and I complain when I get a paper cut. You're more man than I am.