Heroin Daily User & General Anesthesia (help?)

[vine000]

Hi, somehow I've found myself a pretty bad daily heroin user lately (smoking only) and I was trying to stop before surgery which is on Monday, but it's been difficult and not managed to stop.. it's saturday night here and I just smoked up some more and won't do ANY tomorrow and then I'm getting my fractured nose & deviated septum fixed monday morning.

the problem is my mum is insistent on being there the entire pre-op to speak with doctors and everything as she gets quite anxious until i go in, so i'm not going to be able to talk to them privately...

when they try and put me under, will they know if i obviously have a tolerance and increase until i'm under? i'm terrified of waking up during surgery, so once they see i have a high tolerance will they assume to put more and make sure i'm under? or is it very possible if i don't tell them beforehand that i could be in serious danger? i dont want to be upfront about it in case they deny me the medication i need after as i'll be in hospital for 3 nights and will be in pain and i dont handle pain very well.

please anyone tell me anything you know about this situation.. ive hid this addiction from everyone, and i know after i recover from surgery i will try my best to get over it, and think i will be able to.. just things have been stressful lately. so need help for now..

thanks

 

[Tommyboy]

Don't worry about staying under. It's not like they use opiates to put you under, they use anesthetics for that which aren't opiates. Now the pain will be an issue, but you can talk to them privately when they bring you into the operating room. When I had surgery they asked me all the questions in front of my parents so I didn't say anything, but once he was rolling me into the OR he said "now that we're not in front of your parents, is there anything else you want to tell me." At that time I was only smoking weed and drinking, so that's what I told him.

 

[cj]

I think you need to tell the doctor before the surgery. Send the office or the doctor an email perhaps? Sometimes they do use opiates in surgical situations. I was given fentanyl and versed when I had my wisdom teeth out. Plus like tommy said after surgery pain control will be more complicated with a tolerance. Might wanna stock up on heroin before the surgery just in case they don't give you enough opiates tu control the pain.

 

[vine000]

yeah, i hear it's very likely they use a selection of drugs including opiates to put someone under.. i'll ask what, but if i mention as soon as my mum goes, what do i say? i have a high opiate tolerance so would like to ensure i have adequate amount to keep me under and not wake up during surgery and get substantial post-op treatment? can i just say that from the opiates i've taken it appears i have a natural tolerance anyway, i dont want to come off sounding like a drug addict, or that i do it everyday as that will raise suspicion and perhaps deny me what i truly will need in the days after surgery.
would be better to have the morphine prescribed rather than paying the ridiculous amount it costs for heroin here, i'm spending so much already eeek. but yes i did buy some today to have in case..

 

[Ziggy stardust]

Hi Vine,
I was on 80mg of methadone and had to be put under to have hand surgery. I was SO worried about going under, but everything when fine. I never said a thing...and either did they, so I imagine they never noticed anything weird.
Just my experience...
Good luck!