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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Uhh… yeah this is exactly why you do a t-break for 72 hours before a surgery. Your life is the one at risk though, but your gonna traumatize a lot of workers if things go worst case for you. Best case, you’re a hassle and everyone hates you.

    • yucandu@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      Or just tell the anesthesiologist what drugs you take on a regular basis like you’re supposed to.

      • Zozano@aussie.zone
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        20 days ago

        It’s kinda besides the point. The reason we pay anaesthesiologists so much is because dosing incorrectly is lethal.

        Telling them you smoke weed doesnt just shift the amount required to knock you out, it lowers the threshold of what is safe.

        An anaesthesiologist is riding the razors edge of consciousness, and is trying to keep the dosage as low as possible.

        Waking up in the middle of surgery is more common than most people expect, and most people who wake up are not actually aware they woke up at all because of the amnesia inducing drugs they use (usually benzos).

      • 0x0@lemmy.zip
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        20 days ago

        Unless in the US, in which case if you wake up you may be in jail. Decisions, decisions…

        • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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          20 days ago

          Please don’t spread misinformation, I’ve taken someone to the ER high in the Deep South (probably highest risk place to be caught high or with drugs in the US) and disclosed what they’d taken, all he got was proper treatment. Taking drugs should never stop you from seeking medical help if you need it, the doctors and nurses don’t want to snitch on you for it.

    • arctanthrope@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      yes, I know, and I did. what I had read was not to smoke for at least three days, I decided to do four. I asked the doctor like two weeks in advance if there was anything else I should do, he said no, it should be fine. everyone was aware of everything and all the doc’s instructions were followed. obviously I didn’t go in stoned