How will I feel after the surgery?

Patients will feel groggy and tired upon waking form the anesthesia. The time it takes to wake up and be completely alert varies with each individual. It all depends on how quickly that particular person's biological components can metabolize the medications. Some people have a higher tolerance level than others making the effects of the medications not last very long. This will require the doctor to give a higher dose of the medications during the surgery. This is also a sign that the patient will wake up fairly quickly after surgery.

Some other common feelings reported by patients after surgery consist of dry mouth and numbness. Having the gauze in the mouth causes the dry mouth. As it is meant to soak up the blood, inevitably, it will also soak up the saliva. A tip to help with this is to wet a separate piece of gauze or cloth and have the patient gently close their jaw on it to squeeze the water over the tongue. Once the tongue and back of the throat is moistened, the patient will feel better. The numbness is caused by the local anesthetic. This can last anywhere fro 2-8 hours. The numbness will wear off progressively over time.