I don’t know if you’ve ever had general anesthesia, but it is truly weird. Right before the doctor gave me the mask of pure oxygen (yea right) I made a conscious effort to remember myself falling asleep. Well, it doesn’t work that way. The next thing I remember after the doctor put the mask on was waking up in the recovery room. I don’t even remember getting drowsy. Weird.
Waking up is also an interesting experience. Apparently I had been awake for a while before I started remembering anything. From my wife’s descriptions, I was acting pretty much like a brain dead retard. She would talk to me but I wouldn’t even look at her. My first memories after waking up were of seeing my wife showing me my X-rays. I remember seeing them but not being really interested in talking back to her or anyone else. I was in a state of euphoria.
After a while, I was pushed out to the car in a wheelchair and my wife drove me home. It was then that I first noticed that my leg below the knee was completely numb. Actually, it wasn’t just numb, it was paralyzed. I tried wiggling my toes but they didn’t budge. It was a very bizarre feeling, but at least my leg didn’t hurt. I also had a bunch of vicodin that I had been on since I broke my leg. I took a pill before I went to bed that night, just in case the numbness wore off before morning.
