After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to form new memories

Re:After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to ... by tptacek on Sunday July 05, 2015 @05:51PM (#9835184)

I am noting with interest and a small amount of alarm the abruptness with which you've ejected yourself from this thread after my suggestion that all of anesthesia is a huge scam. :)

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Re:After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to ... by Anderkent on Sunday July 05, 2015 @07:38PM (#9835662)

FWIW, unlikely. I specifically remember being asked to count down from 10, going like 8 7 6 ... 5 wait I feel weird and sleepy. That is, my first thought after being woken up was the next number in sequence.

It seems unlikely that would be the case if the time inbetween was spent thinking 'oh my god this hurts so much' rather than just blacked out.

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Re:After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to ... by tptacek on Sunday July 05, 2015 @08:08PM (#9835794)

Were you given a benzo specifically to erase your memory of the events? Because this thread is about the fact that many (maybe most) surgical patients are.

(Let me clear, I'm being deliberately silly about all this. I do not think there is a huge anesthesia conspiracy. I am, at the same time, seriously skeeved out by having my memory deliberately tampered with.)

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Re:After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to ... by Anderkent on Monday July 06, 2015 @06:10AM (#9837978)

> Were you given a benzo specifically to erase your memory of the events?

I don't remember! :P

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Re:After simple dental surgery, William lost his ability to ... by carbocation on Sunday July 05, 2015 @11:38PM (#9836609)

Offering tptacek a dose of midaz: There is no thread.

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