Paddock thread: Have you ever been woken up with a breathing tube down your throat?

Im The Village Idiot

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Runt#1969

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This thread has potential !

I know it's not a competition, but the only thing I can compare to that is : waking up in the back of an ambulance after having broken my back.

hurting like hell & 18 years later ? back on my feet for years (now) and God willing, for the remainder of my stay here in the mortal realm.

Thank you, dear Lord, for saving an old wretch like me!

Amen !

Go Big Blue !
 

Glenn's Take

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I'm drinking so excuse me. 2 things stick out to me 2 years later. Waking up with that ******* thing down my throat.
I said this to a couple of people at work and I hope they didn't take it wrong because I am not suicidal but I said that falling down and cracking my skull open and dying didn't scare me but falling down and living scared the **** out of me. Backwards engineering it was a bleeding ulcer on my colon that made me pass out. It scares me if that wheelchair wasn't there to catch me.
 

@BigBlueFanGA

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Lindsay got that *** **** mother ******* out of my mouth. I don't know her but I wish I could buy her a beer.
Yeah, once. When I nearly bled out with my liver failure, one of my Dr's partners came to see me in the ER. (After the idiot Er Dr tried to get me to go home.)

He talked to me a minute then said he'd like to rule some things out with an endoscopy. I remember the OR, next thing I knew I woke up on a ventilator, with a tube down my throat. I had been in ICU for 3 days unconscious after surgery to stop hemorrhaging and put a shunt in my liver to reduce pressure.

It is zero fun waking up to that, confused out of your mind.
 

LineSkiCat14

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Yeah, once. When I nearly bled out with my liver failure, one of my Dr's partners came to see me in the ER. (After the idiot Er Dr tried to get me to go home.)

He talked to me a minute then said he'd like to rule some things out with an endoscopy. I remember the OR, next thing I knew I woke up on a ventilator, with a tube down my throat. I had been in ICU for 3 days unconscious after surgery to stop hemorrhaging and put a shunt in my liver to reduce pressure.

It is zero fun waking up to that, confused out of your mind.

What in the hell caused that?
 

preacherfan

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I'm actually not kidding. It's a memory that I wish I could wish away. I've never drowned but it think it's all of the crap parts of that.
Due to a few things I've experienced in my lifetime I have told my family that I am never never never to be intubated for any reason. I would rather die and I am serious about that.
 
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Glenn's Take

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Due to a few things I've experienced in my lifetime I have told my family that I am never never never to be intubated for any reason. I would rather die and I am serious about that.
Mine was only for the surgery but I would hate to be actually aware of it but it does mess with you. It's one of those slow motion car wreck things. I can clearly remember her yelling "he's up" and I can remember seeing her run in and telling me to relax.
 

preacherfan

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Mine was only for the surgery but I would hate to be actually aware of it but it does mess with you. It's one of those slow motion car wreck things. I can clearly remember her yelling "he's up" and I can remember seeing her run in and telling me to relax.
Besides my absolutely bad "gag reflex" I was with a friend in the hospital who was begging the medical personnel and family to remove the tube. It took an entire day but they finally did and she lived despite the warnings. Years later, against my better judgement, I allowed a close family member to be intubated. The procedure sent her into cardiac arrest and she never recovered. Due to a pre-existing condition, she should never have been intubated and according to our doctor, she would have recovered.

Having said all that, I am sure there are countless lives saved by being intubated and I have personally known many who have fully recovered from whatever tragedy happened to create the need to be intubated. I am very happy that you recovered and can share your experience.
 
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Razor

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I'm drinking so excuse me. 2 things stick out to me 2 years later. Waking up with that ******* thing down my throat.
I said this to a couple of people at work and I hope they didn't take it wrong because I am not suicidal but I said that falling down and cracking my skull open and dying didn't scare me but falling down and living scared the **** out of me. Backwards engineering it was a bleeding ulcer on my colon that made me pass out. It scares me if that wheelchair wasn't there to catch me.
Use lube next time.
 

theBlues

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Well, I woke up that way after my heart surgery and was fine until two nurses aides came and turned me over and the tube twisted. So there I was dying and signaling for help and a nurse telling me to relax because it was impossible for me to suffocate with that tube down my throat. They pulled it out when I started turning blue...on the outside(I'm already blue on the inside).
 

BigBlueBubba

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My understanding is that a vent f**ks your lungs up. A lot of people with Covid died because of unnecessarily being put on one. At that time hospitals were getting large reimbursements for putting patients on a vent so the financial incentive was there.
 
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