Over-Anesthetized for My Eye Surgery
By a CRNA**"
Title says it all... And this was admitted to me by my entire care team, MD, CRNA, RN etc. 😭
I got toric lenses implanted in both of my eyes and you're supposed to be conscious during it to follow the directions the doctor is giving you-- look left, look right etc. Well, I was completely knocked out by the CRNA then jolted back to consciousness after the surgeon had already started cutting in my right eye. I guess nobody noticed until they realized I couldn't follow the directions given. He was able to finish implanting the lens, but I experienced complications in that eye immediately and they had to juice it like a grape. Also had a very prolonged and painful healing process that took months in this eye.
As a result of being jolted awake, I was overly conscious during the procedure with my left eye 😭. There was no pain, but I could feel every slice and pressure as he was cut into my eye and placed the lens in. Worst of all, I was experiencing this clockwork orange BS to 2016 pop music.
I'm under 5'0" and fairly slim so I wonder if that's why I was "over-anesthetized". Not sure if they'd ever use an Anesthesiologist at these sites, but I can't help but feel like if there was one there, it would have happened.