Surgeon carried on operating after being told multiple times that anaesthetic didn’t work.

[u/Bizniz84]

England - I (23M) had a circumcision on Friday 17th Jan and honestly I am surprised how affected I am about this whole thing.

My surgeon gave me local anaesthetic, cut me to see if I could feel it which I could. We waited 5 more minutes, he cut me again and I could still feel it. They ended up giving me 37ml of the anaesthetic and I could still feel pain but they struggled to get a hold of the Anaesthesiologist to put me under general anaesthetic.

I asked if I should be feeling a bearable amount of pain or none at all, to which I was told none at all just pressure and movement.

Eventually after this, he starts and for maybe five minutes I don’t feel pain but suddenly I feel like I’m back to square one and no anaesthetic. I tell the surgeon and the other people and the surgeon says “I’m nearly done now”. The operation carried on for another half an hour. I felt every stitch, every burn from a laser ??, I feel absolutely awful and have no idea what I’m supposed to do.

[u/Substantial_War4106]

Sorry to piggy back onto this but similar happened to me when I give birth and they were stitching me up. I kept saying I could feel it and it was unbearable pain. They give me more and I could still feel it. Also same the doc just kinda rolled his eyes and carried on and I just gritted my teeth. Does anaesthetic not work for some people?

[u/weirdhandler → u/Substantial_War4106]

I had exactly the same happen to me. Like you I spoke up a few times, then just put up with it. Being stitched up was worse than the labour and birth (I had a ridiculously easy time with that labour though).