Hey all, I just had an appendectomy last week, and this happened to me. I am still unsure of what part of the surgery I actually woke up in. I awoke from a terrible dream (one where I thought I was dying) to not being able to move anything (because of the paralysis medicine they inject). Needless to say, I absolutely freaked. I couldn't even open my eyes. All I could hear was the anesthesiologist and the nurses talking. I still had the chest tube in my throat so I felt like I couldn't breathe and my arms and legs were still strapped to the operating table. After a few minutes, I was able to twitch my head. I heard the nurse say "Oh my gosh, I have never seen anyone twitch like this, look at her pulse!" I heard the machines beeping as my pulse raised, I guess they figured out what happened and put me back under because the next time I woke up again was in the recovery room with a very swollen lip and scratched up throat. I'm guessing it's from the twitching of my head with the chest tube still in. It was probably one of the scariest things I've experienced, every night since the surgery I have had some kind of bad dream. I'm hoping this will end soon.

Just make sure you know your anesthesiologist!