LymeNet Flash: is it safe to have aneastesia?

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Posted by Yashin (Member # 11159) on :

does anyone know if while having lyme it is risky to have anaestesia?
what are our alternatives?

Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :

If you're having surgery, you probably don't have an alternative. I think it's higher risk for Lymies at least in terms of setback and longer to recover from anesthesia.

Posted by savebabe (Member # 9847) on :

I recenlty had sinus surgery and requested that no steroids were administered along with the anestisia.
I got this tip for a another lymenet blogger, and I can't thank them enough. I think this made all the difference.

Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :

I have had several surgeries this year under anesthesia. Just took me a long to get my energy back, but no other side effects. Hiker

Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :

no steroids is right! You have to tell them specifically when they ask you if you are allergic...you have to have them put it on your wrist band. NO CORTICOSTEROIDS.

tell them it is contra-indicated and your infectious disease doc told you to tell them. even if you dont (and I sure hope you dont) have an infectious disease doc.

I have had 8 general anesthesia surgeries in less than a year.

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

thanks trails for the full name:

NO COSTICOSTEROIDS ...

i wrote that down for my monday, 3-26, hip replacement surgery! i knew NO STEROIDS, i didn't know there were another name in front of it.

this is my 12th or 13th surgery; only tonsils when age 5; rest have all been when i had chronic lyme BUT MISDIANOSED!

thanks again for bringing up this subject. [group hug]

Posted by AP (Member # 8430) on :

Just a warning... I had a medi port put in recently. Sedatives did not work on me, and I felt every excruciating cut and manipulation of the line into my vein.

Though it was a local anesthesia, and not general, it is something that I have not had problems with in the past (having been put into "twilight" two times in the last year). They tried seven times to put me under, to no avail.

On a lighter note, I got the best sleep I've had in a long time that night. [sleepy]

Posted by Yashin (Member # 11159) on :

thank you trails ap betty et al for your very informative responses. I will remember to ask for no corticostreroids!
does anyone here have a hard time waking up from anesteasia? the lsat two times i had it i didn't wake up for a LONG time. is this from the lyme and do we ask them to lighten up the dose?
would a lighter dose work?

Posted by dontlikeliver (Member # 4749) on :

Yashin,

I have had both. When I had my tonsils out as a day-case at 7am, I was still finding it hard to wake up/stay awake by 3.30 when they were trying to start to chuck me out of there.

On another occasion, I woke up just fine and felt normal immediately....yet, on another occasion, same operation type, I had a hard time waking up and blurred vision and nausea for a day or two (those were just laparoscopies)

Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :

I've had twilight anaesthesia since being dx. I also made a point of warning them about the steroids.

I had no problems from this-- not even exceptionally tired.

Hope things go well for you!

Andie

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

yashin, i have no trouble waking up; they have always commented on it; i'm normally AWAKE WITHIN 5-15 MINUTES AFTER GETTING OUT OF SURGERY!

only had 1 case where i got really sick vomiting, but they were building 3 more floors on top of the floor i was on! 10 days of hell hearing all the jack hammer noise! awful.

i also give them rules to put my thick glasses on me, and cover up my lyme sensitive eyes!! [Cool]