Reactions to sedatives during surgery

[RightSide]

I had a TURP (prostate) operation on December 29, for which they gave me Fentanyl.  That stuff zonked me out for 14 hours (!!!), so I had to stay overnight at the hospital.

I had the fistula operation on April 3, for which they gave me Versed.  Versed is supposed to be mild, but it still zonked me out for 12 hours, so again I had to stay overnight at the hospital.

I never had a problem with sedatives before.  I'm wondering if this is due to my ESRD and the fact that my kidneys don't clear stuff from my blood like they used to?

If I have to have another operation, I'm going to ask them to NOT give me any sedatives.  Just anesthesia.

[Wallyz]

Could be the kidneys.  Could be an idiosyncratic reaction, or they could be affected by other meds.

I sing when I wake up form anesthesia.  It's pretty funny.

[jbeany]

I have a hard time clearing them out until I've had another dialysis session.  I'm not as bad as you, since I do wake up on time - but I'm awfully groggy until my next run.  I figured it was the lack of kidney function to eliminate them.