# Being aware during surgery

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-aware-during-surgery/831068>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-aware-during-surgery/831068 "2019-03-13T13:22:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-aware-during-surgery/831068/21 "2019-04-18T17:32:20Z")

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During my cataract surgery, the surgeon wanted me to be awake so that I could move my eye on request. I had anaesthetic drops first and they did get a pretty nurse to hold my had so that was okay…🙂

I have watched fly-on-the-wall TV showing procedures by doctors at the roadside and in A&E. When they do a resection they invariably use ketamine and assure the patient and everyone else that even though they will likely scream, they will not remember a thing after it’s done.

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