altered consciousness = Good Sleep

[johncomic]

Yesterday I had a molar removed. Because of complications I won't bore you [further] with, they had to administer a general anaesthetic so I slept thru the whole thing. I'm sure I was gone within ten seconds after the first injection...

The thing I remember most distinctly about the entire process was just as I was coming to. There was this sensation of being more comfortable than I have ever been ever in my entire life. I just kinda woke up in this reclining chair with a blanket over me. I felt exactly perfectly cozy, not too hot, no cold bits, just perfect. I don't actually remember dreaming anything, but I felt like whatever I had been dreaming was really calm and peaceful and pleasant, and I could easily go right back to sleep for a few years. It was like having The. Best. Sleep. Ever.®

For some reason that sleep was like a revelation, and since then I've found myself wishing that all my sleeps could be so cozy and restful and perfect.

[Well yeah, I had a big corner o' gauze hanging out the side of my mouth and I was as stupid as a failed reality show, but let's just hand-wave that junk away, it was such a good sleep! Hee.]

Comments

[jb-27.livejournal.com]

When I got my wisdom teeth out was the only time I have ever had a general anasthetic. I vaguely remember going under. I also remember waking up. The weird thing is that I totally don't remember anything inbetween. Normally, when I wake up from sleeping, I have some sensation that time has passed and I have some memory of the sleep--either dreaming or waking up briefly in the middle of the night. This was totally different. The time when I was out was just gone. It was like being in a time warp between going under and waking up. Five minutes or a thousand years could have passed. I had no idea. It was a totally surreal experience.

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

Totally -- I've been under three times now and it's always like that. When I described having an impression of dreaming this time, I couldn't for the life of me tell you whether I had been dreaming for, as you said, "five minutes or a thousand years". There is no impression of time with the asleep part. It's very bizarre...

ok, since you shared...

[traypup.livejournal.com]

...the other day, I was having a bad day and I couldn't shake the idea that a few nights stay in a hospital might do me a world of good. It certainly seems more relaxing and much more appealing than Life As I Know It. I'm glad you got some sleep.