When you have laparoscopic surgery to remove your gall bladder... ?

laparoscopic cholecystectomy is done under general anesthesia. your anesthesiologist will give you drugs to knock you out and then insert a breathing tube AFTER you're asleep. the breathing tube will oxygenate and ventilate your lungs. the breathing tube will be removed BEFORE you wake up. typically patients don't remember ever having the breathing tube but you may wake up feeling something was in there, like a sore throat. yes, you will be paralyzed during the surgery so the surgeons can work, but you'll be completely asleep during the entire surgery. the paralysis will be completely reversed before you wake up. stop watching the movie Awake. intraoperative recall while paralyzed is extremely rare and occurs usually in emergency surgery or patients that are extremely sick and cannot tolerate anesthesia. if you're young and healthy, there's nothing to worry about.