This Man Suffered The Worst Surgery Accident In History

[@ariaviah7018]

Mr Ballen's videos are so entertaining, he could talk about how a turtle crossed the road and I'd be totally into the story, he's such a great storyteller!

[@daviegriffin3539]

#DEADBUGsays 💀

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

True! His videos are literally so awesome. I love the atmospheric background ambience, it really adds to the scene. His editing is slick and I barely notice the cuts, very free flowing. My mother is also an incredible storyteller, it’s crazy. She’s so good at being engaging and constantly adds suspense. She will talk about some minor thing and make it something big, lol. Hopefully I grow to be a good storyteller too :)

[@Hey_Jamie]

He has a podcast…

[@lillyvanilley7586]

Lol yes!!

[@dietjesus7710]

Terry was a turtle, not unlike many other turtles, he had a turtle wife named Theresa, and two turtle kids, Timmy and Turg. Terry was very much just another turtle living his life, and he was happy, he saw his life all laid out in front of him and he was living it up as a turtle... Until one day, Terry decided to cross the road...

[@cassandracastro2759]

53:37 You don't. A medic friend once told me anesthesiologists have the highest suicide rates among all medical workers, because making mistakes like this is way too easy. A dose too weak for a certain person might cause awareness, a dose too strong might kill them.

[@bianca6176]

It should have a way to verify that before making the surgery, like some test or brain scan idk

[@MizzBellaKitty]

I've heard that veterinarians also tend to have similar suicide rates. I wish there was a way we could have therapy for these workers be free and encouraged.

[@TheeKittyPie]

@@bianca6176 there are brain scans that can be monitored during surgeries to make sure the patient isn’t waking up but not very hospital uses them for every procedure. I think it should be normalized though. Any pain should be considered too much imo

[@bianca6176]

@@TheeKittyPie I see, I agree it should be normalized, but probably costs a lot of money to use those devices or at least the machine must be expensive, if not so they doesn't have any excuses for not to normalize

[@pastelskies99]

a lot of patients who go through anesthesia awareness also commit suicide because of how painful the memory is

[@bubblelubblekitten8976]

Someone I know experienced anesthesia awareness with her most recent surgery, luckily it wasn't too painful and the doctors caught on right away. I honestly hope those doctors felt at least some kind of guilt for what they did to Sherman.

[@T0xxziica]

Reminds me when my aunt was awake during her knee surgery. She got ptsd because of it and what makes it worse is that the State she lives in you're not allowed to sue the doctors even though that same doctor is known at their hospital for not putting people under properly for years. That doctor still has their job :/

[@kerri6011]

@WayRay007 canada has a lot of the same problems, they're just better at hiding it

[@mrpeach2023]

@WayRay007 Medical malpractice is all over the place.

[@jacksonhodge4638]

The flaw with socialist medical care that nobody wants to talk about. Cops get away with a bunch of messed up shit, imagine what doctors would get away with if they were on the governments payroll. It’s wrong that people go into medical debt, but I’ve been to the DMV and the Post Office, capitalism generally forces people to be more competent in their professions. I’m sorry that happened to your aunt, I hope that shitty doctor gets fired and sued into oblivion.

[@Hey_Jamie]

It doesn’t matter what state you live in, that’s literally not a thing. You’re not allowed to not sue for medical negligence, especially known repeated medical negligence. You’re highly misinformed.

[@Hey_Jamie]

@@jacksonhodge4638 you are so unbelievably ignorant it’s insane. The fact you don’t realize that America is the only first world country without Medicare for all, and everywhere else it works amazingly is the exact reason we are a complete joke to the rest of the world. Thank you for contributing to the problem.

[@TheGrossDemon]

So not only did they subject him to intense torture, but they gave him repressed ptsd 💀 as if the initial lawsuit wouldnt be so bad and only affect the Anesthesiologist, but the charges for needlessly DRUGGING the patient is going to take out the whole team now

[@TheGrossDemon]

And then he killed himself 💀 thr whole hospital is going down in that lawsuit now

[@porygon7463]

another terrifying thing is that sometimes anaesthesia is meant to also kinda erase the memory and paralyse people , so there is a chance someone felt pain , they could not move and just forgot about it after the surgery

[@MaryJane-tp3qd]

When I had my arm broken in place I was told I looked right at it and yelled “OWE!” But I don’t remember that part, only the rest!

[@downbeatdialga1341]

The last story…I can’T imagine what not just the procedure was like without the anesthetic, but his final days. As we unfortunately come to learn, the guy took his own life a few weeks after the procedure, primarily because of the trauma he’d endured. The severity of it didn’t hit me until the 48:07 minute mark though. Recall the beginning of this story, when we were told this man and his wife were just eating a meal together, and the day up until now was just like any other day, and yet he suddenly starts screaming out while staring off. However, it wasn’t a scream of realizing something. It was him screaming because the induced amnesia following the procedure left with no memory except the emotions he’d felt during the procedure; the fear of thinking this was the moment he’d died, the feeling of betrayal left in part by the hospital staff’s incompetence. He spent his final days in complete fear of everything and everyone, and because of the amnesia, he couldn’t even convey the trauma to anyone close to him like his wife. The truth that we as the viewers and his wife likely got to know after his death, is one that he died without ever learning in his final days of life, all because some people who already make the big bucks wanted to avoid being laid off. That’s so fucking infuriating and unfair

[@kyrauniversal]

The doctor fucking up reminds me of how my grandfather passed. He was a well driller a while back and developed a habit for smoking. He ended up getting lung cancer and had to get chemo before switching to immunotherapy. My mother was basically helping my grandmother deal with the doctors. The specialist said that the cancer was shrinking. ...but it wasn't the cancer that killed him. He was having complications because of a diagnosed illness, cystic fibrosis, and the doctor was only a cancer specialist, who didn't bother to mention anything else. We all thought he would've gotten better, but that fuckup costed my grandfather's life. My mother, even though she worked as a professional advocate (someone who can help those who have trouble making decisions on their own) she and my grandmother didn't try to sue. I still can't agree with either of them on that.

[@jacksonhodge4638]

Why not sue? Did they settle out of court?

[@kyrauniversal]

@@jacksonhodge4638 No. I don't know why, maybe because of state healthcare coverage or something? Maybe the hospital is too close and they're worried about reducing funds? They won't tell me besides "there's no use for it" and that's the hardest thing I had to hear.

[@kurokosart237]

@@kyrauniversal My condolence. My Grandma had cancer few years back and hospital bills were very expensive where I live, we didn't have insurance because we couldn't afford it. But since my mother's a social worker we were able to pay for the bills. It was the most stressful weeks of my life. My Grandma basically raised me since I was a baby and I wanted to be there for her, so I remember just staying in the hospital every night sleeping on a makeshift bed on the floor (it was allowed on the hospital she was staying) and in the morning I would go straight to school and return back to the hospital. She successfully survived cancer. She's alive and well as of today.

[@kyrauniversal]

@@kurokosart237 I'm so glad your story had a happier ending than mine had. You're very lucky. Thank you for the condolences, as it really means a lot. Even with insurance, there's been a lot of passings and health issues in my family, and that really is what gets to me sometimes. A lot is even genetic, so that doesn't help the stress.

[@kurokosart237]

@@kyrauniversal Yeah, I could understand the stress and pain. I recently found out that my family have a history of getting cancer. Recently, maybe around late December my mother's twin was diagnosed with breast cancer. A lot of health issues with both of my parents family sides. I completely understand what you are going through. Hopefully you'll be able to get through with such stress.

[@Resilient_Sage88]

I had a surgery go off without a hitch and still did the "scream bloody murder" thing during day two in the hospital. I think it was just a combination of the physical and emotional turmoil that comes with the type of surgery I had.

[@allexmussen9107]

Same. I had a lot of work done in my mouth when I was 5. When I woke up from the 2 hour surgery I was screaming and reopened stitches in my mouth, which made it bleed and me scream more seeing the blood. Now it's kinda funny but when I was little I was traumatized and refused to get any surgeries easily, which didn't work out since when I was 6 I had to have another surgery on my hernia. Ahh childhood

[@QuikVidGuy]

I wasn't told they'd be putting a catheter in for my surgery. Woke up with a sore throat from intubation. Didn't remember seeing that anywhere either but they said it's done for all surgeries so whatever. Sit down on the toilet for the first time and ended up taking 15 screaming minutes to pee. Was told this is also done for all surgeries. Only found out years later that it is not, especially for one like mine that's over so quickly.

[@bloodybee3553]

In that last story, it wasn't even anesthesia awareness, he wasn't administered the anesthesia in the first place

[@-desertpackrat]

When I watched this originally I got chills, so awful. I'm already scared of surgery just over the fact that even if EVERYTHING goes right I'll be injured and in pain and my body will have to heal my skin that has been cut open and it will hurt for weeks to months. I can't even imagine something going wrong on top of that.. Just having an ingrown toenail removed or a bad tooth is traumatic, I hope I never have to go under for real and get cut open, it's one of my biggest fears.

[@cartoonhistory353]

chill i had surgery i was good in a week

[@the13throse]

I've only ever had to have my wisdom teeth removed and I was TERRIFIED beforehand. Everything went very well thankfully but I can still remember the panic I felt before they put me under. I know most surgeries go well but I just sincerely hope I won't have to get anything done ever again.

[@allexmussen9107]

Same. I was scarred after one if my first surgeries and since then the idea of people messing with my body or ja ING their hands inside me has me absolutely terrified.

[@kutaoizumi4189]

God...that last one actually had me crying...that poor man. Fucking scary 😰

[@Clarestovold]

“Did you laugh or cry or maybe subscribe?” I cried. I cried out of fear and sadness for what that man went through at the end.

[@jackmarshall3255]

You have summoned me.

[@deadlikedisco4726]

That was actually me. Used the wrong number of candles, my bad man.

[@jackmarshall3255]

@@deadlikedisco4726 oh that okay man one time I pop up on bridge it happens all the time but you should use the other candles they would work better ;)

[@deadlikedisco4726]

@@jackmarshall3255 Oh! Will do, thank you

[@jackmarshall3255]

@@deadlikedisco4726 be lucky it was me and not something else.

[@justafatuiharbinger]

This whole interaction is glorious

[@arisuvocals7556]

I had Anesthesia Awareness when I was a teenager, was getting a tooth removed but I couldn't handle needles so they had to put me under with gas instead. The first time I got put under, everything went fine. The second time I had to get one removed was real bad. I could still feel everything. They noticed it after a few minutes, but my body wasn't reacting to the painkillers or whatever it was and I ended up having an overdose before it even worked properly and had to go to the hospital after they managed to get to a stopping point. Of course I had an IV there so my phobia of needles hasn't been helped at all. I'm pretty sure I got messed up from that. Can't talk about it without having some sort of panic attack, and definitely can't get more work done even though I need it. Haven't even been to the doctor's or dentist since

[@charko4191]

uhh, Honestly That sounds like hell. I wish you all the best after this much suffering I already have a fear of dentists not sure why I always had it but I had to go to orthodontists and dentists all my life cause my teeth were growing wrong and there were too much of them for my small jaw. I distinctly remember being 13 and being told I had to remove 4 healthy teeth just so I can get braces. I was so scared but I held it in till I was in the car with my parents and started bawling my eyes out... Having my wisdom teeth removed was also terrible I was an adult but could help but start silently crying during the procedure I felt seriously humiliated... Those are usually feeling that accompany me weeks before visits to a dentist or teeth surgeon: embarrassment fear and nausea and my stomach flipping in awful anticipation. I still have yet to remove one wisdom tooth after a few years and I really need to do it and go to a dentist. Sorry for whining so much I just wanted to vent since you seem like you would understand.

[@arisuvocals7556]

@@charko4191 I understand that! I mostly gave up personally, I'd rather deal with cavity pains rather than get treatment at the dentist lol It sucks how one or two bad experiences can ruin so much in the future. :( I hope you manage to get that wisdom tooth removed!

[@DreadnoughtHvor]

I had something like that happen to me except I had the needle injections and I could just still feel it all. Everywhere else they worked in my mouth was okay and worked as intended. I thought I was just going nuts so I just sucked it up and dealt with it.

[@sterthester736]

What happened to Sherman was absolutely horrible and tragic. Those doctors killed him. If they had chosen to accept the consequences of their mistake, Sherman would have been able to get the help he needed. Instead, the attempt to hide what they did just made him paranoid, afraid, experiencing and reliving trauma without knowing why or cause and it led to him isolating himself from nearly everyone he loved out of fear and then taking his own life. And the truth about what they did still came out in the end.

[@clareschaefbauer832]

one of our cats got stuck in a tree a few summers ago. my sister and i took a beach towel, stretched it out under the tree, and the cat just jumped lmao. it works for tiny cats i guess.

[@AllieBee00]

Cats are actually really cool. They evolved to land on their feet because (btw I’m explaining this like a layman lmao) their bodies relax and basically their feet takes the brunt of the shock.

[@storymaster21]

You know what sucks is that recently I also recovered a memory from a surgery I had about a year ago where I woke up before they started. The anesthesia didn't work and the nerve block also wasn't working, and I literally sat there the entire time crying for them to stop begging for help. Then they used a gas on me and started cutting before I was out, and I ended up going full DID just to not have to face the pain and the fact that I was awake. It has been 2 years and the nightmares still haven't stopped, and now I have an innate fear of hospitals. Screw these people.

[@mariceuh]

i've only had surgery once in my life for a hernia when i was 13, i am VERY glad & thankful it went well. but the thought of surgery is terrifying. i remember a few years ago my mom had a hysterectomy, & just when she *barely* woke up in her room, they had to bring her back to the operating room bc one of the doctors left a sponge in her. i had never seen her in so much pain

[@unearthlyfromage2297]

My father got his wisdom teeth pulled and is allergic to general anesthesia, so he had to be awake and aware for the entire thing. It was even worse because the wisdom teeths roots had curled and dug deep into his gums, so the doctors had to tug them out full force and dig around.

[@iDysania]

Omg . I guess I was a lucky one

[@Blackdragonsama]

the thing that a lot of people seem to forget is, that "free speech" does not mean "free of consequences". you are very free to voice your opinion openly. it does not mean that people can not call you out, disagree or have you face consequences for it.

[@storymaster21]

I remember when I woke up mid-surgery due to them doing this EXACT THING, and in spite of having an open-and-shut lawsuit with doctors written depositions not a single law firm would take my case.

[@MichelleWilliamsPewDiePie]

Tf, that's an easy case, lawyers are out here slacking

[@whatabeautifulduwang9603]

I've had an anesthesia awareness before. During the time I got my wisdom teeth removed. I didn't feel the pain, but I could FEEL the tools and them cutting the teeth out of my head.

[@whatabeautifulduwang9603]

Most surreal experience of my life.

[@leddmask]

Man I cannot imagine the surgery oh my god. All of my anxiety before my lung surgery in 2020 was THIS. I just kept asking them what if the anesthesia doesn’t work correctly because I woke up too early from it with my appendectomy. It worked correctly though haha.

[@becuaseimbored3481]

So when he bridge jumps people cheer for him, but when I try everyone's like "Stop!" And "Think of your family!"

[@BuginaRiver]

I was half awake while I got my wisdom teeth out and I remember wanting to scream and burst into tears when they were done but I couldn’t and just had to go on with my day pretty much. I’m now terrified of any future surgeries I may need in the future.

[@AllieBee00]

Dude I had my wisdom teeth done and I’m forever grateful I never woke up, but I just recently pulled a molar and was awake for that and boy I felt it (due to infection) and that shit sucked!

[@bratatouille]

Where I live it's common place to just use local anaesthetic while getting wisdom teeth removed. You'd think that would be the safer option, since the patient can immediately alert the dentist in case they can still feel something and need more of the anaesthetic. But then again, we only get wisdom teeth removed if/when they start causing issues, so you usually don't get all of them removed at once, so it's usually a much smaller procedure 🤔

[@ohaiClemmy]

"Let's get rid of guns. Normalize snakes." HA-CHA! I'm literally in tears 🤣🤣🤣🤣 sign me tf up

[@atleastimnotginger]

when i had an internship at a veterinary clinic thingy i would always watch the surgeries and they did like castrations on small animals and cats daily and once there was a cat who woke up during surgery while its belly was completely open and it started just meowing. it didn't like scream or seem to be in pain so i suppose it couldn't really feel the pain of being cut open but i was lowkey terrified and they couldn't give it any more of that drug bc at some point ofcourse the high amount of anaesthetic can kill a cat and they don't take that risk.

[@05-Overseer]

Oh god the anxiety Im feeling for this surgery story is actually killing me. I cant deal with it

[@kiraoshiro6157]

I watched the Dumbo recently (movie from the 40s) and there was a scene where in a circus event, these clowns were pretending to be firefighters and Dumbo was trapped on the top floor of a burning building. They were holding the safety net and calling for him to jump but he was too scared. Now I know that wasn't just cus he was a kid but it was a real thing...jesus

[@ziggyzap1]

the last man suffered an "And I Must Scream" Moment

[@BernicePanders]

19:00 - I literally had a sewing needle penetrate my sternum area, when I was 16, it was in my PJ top where I was going to sew the button back on & forgot, so I put it on at night & slept in it, waking up when I rolled over on it. I called 911 & they came & even tho I was passing out from pain, the EMTs said it was JUST GAS!! They left without taking me in & I had to go 3 days before my mom finally took me to ER & they did an Xray, finally finding it & removing it. Although they were convinced it had to have been INTENTIONAL self harm!! 🤯🤯🤯😵😵😵

[@xxspencilxx]

Man after that last story the outro was really soothing and I needed to hear it

[@liahamilton8931]

I remember seeing those safety nets in Dumbo when the clown firefighters were trying to “save” Dumbo from the house fire.

[@gargles5270]

did pig and everyone in chat all simultaneously close their eyes when the title of the second story showed up? “bug bite” and they’re all convinced it’s a needle lmfao okay i’ll concede, needle is a closer guess than a bug lmao but why’d ballen call it bug bites then? i’ve been played

[@thenaut2111]

as someone with a fear of surgery already.......... oh boy

[@pirate420ful]

the anesthesia awareness happened to me during my wisdom teeth removal in 2019. whewww it’s not “just teeth”, it’s indescribable i couldn’t even begin to describe it. still in therapy today.

[@Spearhead401]

Wait.... they put you to sleep for your wisdom teeth??? I wasn't even given the option lmao

[@rainl7066]

@@Spearhead401 lmao I had an option for general or local. I did local. I wasn’t shelling out the money for general

[@Norppanen]

It's so weird to have anesthesia for a wisdom tooth... They just numbed me for surgical removal no big deal.

[@porygon7463]

53:07 that bunny cam transition killed me

[@kenk3089]

I’m finally watching this video 😂 you released it right after I had an accident at work that required surgery so I’m finally in a place where this won’t freak me out lmao

[@SurlyHannah]

2:48 "Vicarious" by TOOL starts playing lmao

[@sugarruneunlimited4595]

i love the half of the video where he pauses and tries to guess what happens next

[@ZeyTheDaemon]

God, I've heard of regimes like Khmer Rouge doing vivisection and shit like that, but that's intentional because they were actively torturing someone. This dude just went through the most painful thing someone could go through.

[@darcydreaming6931]

That joke about using snakes instead of guns made me imagine a movie that basically took the asdfmovie “I’m not like other girls. I have SNAKE ARMS” thing but made it a serious thing. Like fuck gunslingers, gimme a serious film about a cowboy wielding snakes. Somebody gotta make that a thing

[@silverangle9477]

For the surgery one, they tape your eyes closed because under normal anesthesia your tear production is stunted and your eyes can dry out leading to discomfort after surgery. They may also put drops in your eyes before/after surgery. Also, about 6/10 people won't naturally close their eyes under anesthesia contributing to dry eye.

[@marksthefurry6627]

The first of these ive had to stop multiple times from feeling uncomfortable

[@sdrre1925]

I'm genuinely so scared of anesthesia awareness; i plan on getting top surgery and i don't want to feel them cutting pieces of me away

[@iulia.bianca.b]

26:20 It's literally "Breaking Bad" shit 😄😅 Walt mentions Georgi's assassination when explaining what Ricin is to Jesse.

[@manic_hearts]

Anesthetic awareness has happened to me twice for both surgeries I have had. I wake up half way, while under the anesthetics and I see the doctors and make eye contact and they look terrified to see me just looking at them. I don't feel anything they are doing, I'm just awake....oddly enough, both times have had to do with my mouth/throat area. I think it was scarier for the doctors who were doing my tonsles than the doctors who were doing my wisdom teeth. I just look at them, for like what feels like a minute or two before I decide I should just go back to sleep. I have no idea if those were just weird coincidence or if it is something that will happen again during every surgery. I don't find it scary (like I said, I don't feel any pain or pressure), but it is a bit funny to me while it's happening....not funny looking back, but just the moment I open my eyes during it....it feels comedic to my brain. I have no idea how to explain it. I am grateful I never have felt the pain though.

[@dr.mayhem7582]

So umm just quickly the reoson why they put tape over thier eyes is because of corneal abraision or better put by google :Corneal abrasions can usually be prevented by careful protection of the eyes. Small pieces of sticking tape are commonly used to keep the eyelids fully closed during the anaesthetic. This has been shown to reduce the chance of a corneal abrasion occurring: and :A corneal abrasion is a superficial scratch on the clear, protective "window" at the front of your eye (cornea). Your cornea can be scratched by contact with dust, dirt, sand, wood shavings, metal particles, contact lenses or even the edge of a piece of paper: the tape is used just as a safety precaution cause its a surgery so they take every precaution to make sure patients are safe well maybe not EVERYTHING but i do agree there should be a check for eye movement then taping instead of the other way around:

[@emeryltekutsu4357]

Yes, doing it the other way around seems like the right thing to do.

[@cmcdow]

for anyone who could one day use this info: not only do you need to know what species of snake bit you (take pictures of it if it happens accidentally and you aren’t sure), if you are bitten by a species that isn’t native to your area or an exotic species, your local hospitals will likely not have the antivenin on hand. it will probably need to be emergency flown from the closest zoo or facility that agrees to give it up and the supplies of exotic antivenin tend to be very limited and on hand for facility staff in the event of an accidental bite. that said, respect snakes and their space and never touch one you can’t identify ahead of time! read up on your local cold blooded neighbors and learn how to identify the venomous ones. a venomous snake bite is an expensive and unenjoyable experience but is mostly preventable. and always, please be nice to snakes. they do not want to bite; they are afraid of you and defending themselves the only way they can. 🐍

[@janetteestevez7235]

48:20. 🤣 "making a mistake as an anesthesiologist is like giving the person the worse pain imaginable" immediate taco bell 🔔 🤣🤣🤣

[@crisptomato9495]

My high school physics teacher who was also a volunteer firefighter would play liveleak videos of people dying from inhaling smoke and chemicals in class. He was always a menace though.

[@nazdoesstuffYT]

23:44 for longer ranges add a sniper scope and for accuracy a laser pointer

[@Miausan14]

I remember begging them to put me to sleep while they made the pocket in my chest and wired the pacemaker into my heart... i felt everything... so traumatising

[@e.t11]

Not to this extent but something like this happened to me. Local anesthesia, so I was numbed and I wasn't meant to be asleep, but they ran into complictions and so the dose wasn't enough for the whole operation (was meant to be a quick 30 mins but turned into 2 hours). Dental procedure. I won't forget the taste and smell of my own burning flesh nor the feeling of 15+ stitches going in. A lot of people said to me "I would've caused a scene so they knew" and that's fair, but in my case I was literally paralysed in fear. I look back and think that I could have made a scene but that's the power of hindsight. At the time there was so much pain so I think my body shut down to just endure it, to get through to the end of it, to go home. That hospital was demolished a year or so later. I watched it get reduced to rubble.

[@ItsMadSweeny]

Yeah I'd much rather just die instantly from a fall than burn

[@gabimarie4297]

I feel like if my husband had surgery and come home terrified and different, I’d HAVE to at least call the hospital. At first I thought it was some sort of schizophrenia, I have a loved one with a schizoaffective disorder and I’d never call the cops for help with them in that state. If they’re terrified of people coming to the house to bury them alive, the cops are the last people you want at your house. But there’s no way I wouldn’t have at least called the hospital or gone up there. Idk if they’d even say anything considering their so selfish they mentally tortured this man instead of owning up to their mistakes.

[@TooBrokeToAffordCoffee]

That first story combines 2 of my biggest fears: being burned and heights 😣

[@supergingerr]

I’m scared of anesthetics for the opposite reason, I have a really hard time waking up from it (for reasons unknown, my grandma was like that too). I had surgery as a kid to have tubes put in my ears and have my adenoids removed, the doctor was very concerned with how long it was taking me to wake up. He literally came in the room at one point and told my parents that they needed to wake me up now because it was getting dangerous. Thankfully I did eventually wake up, but I gave the doctors and my parents a scare. I’ve also passed out after being woken up from being put under too. So weirdly enough the idea of waking up during surgery isn’t that scary to me.

[@nil0ww598]

"We" want to watch people die? YOU maybe do but i would never

[@OingoDeLaBoingo]

He has far too much hope in the US to think they don't arrest journalists here too

[@Digital_Artz]

Anesthesia Awareness is the worst & it may have caused a weird permanent physical response to both real & in-game heights! I was put under to remove 6 of my impacted wisdom teeth & was told there’s no way I could wake up during & even if I did, I'd never remember it - WRONG!!! I woke up partway through. I heard & felt EVERYTHING as they sliced into my gums & then started breaking my teeth that were embedded deep in my face! The sounds were horrific but the pain was worse! I desperately tried screaming for what felt like forever, it was so much worse than any sleep paralysis I'd experienced before or since! I finally got some quiet moans out & saw everyone start to freak out before everything went dark again. Unfortunately, they panicked & gave me too much to knock me back out which made me violently ill after. I was in bed & unable to move much without vomiting for a month - even the motion in video games made me violently ill. After about a month, I thought I was good enough for a short errand. So I went on my first trip out to a video rental store (it was the mid-'90s) & ended up barely making it to the bathroom before loudly projectile vomiting - so embarrassing! I then waited a few more weeks before going to the mall. This is where it gets weird IMO. I had never had a fear of heights before but while on the second floor of the mall, I had this horrible & very realistic sliding sensation. I was hugging the walls & holding onto everything - it literally felt like I was going to slide off the edge - the railing didn't ease my fears at all! To this day I am still afraid of heights & get a much subtler version of that horrible sliding feeling that still makes me slant away from the edge while keeping my distance. I even have issues with video games too! I've played several hundred hours of Dying Light 2 but can't convince my brain it's not real - my character falls/jumps & my body responds as if I'm falling/on a horrible roller coaster! So annoying & IDK how to make it stop! It's been suggested that the surgery may have screwed with my inner ear somehow but IDK. It did give me trigeminal neuralgia (permanent facial nerve damage) that only became a problem when I acquired a hypersensitivity to pain. Luckily it didn't cause visible damage & it has gotten much better over the years but I can no longer chew gum without causing significant pain & headaches or sometimes migraines. This nightmare happened when I was 17 & I've refused to be put under since. Thankfully doctors allowed me to stay awake for the few minor procedures I've needed so far, despite it not always being the norm. IDK what went wrong but I wonder if due to my low weight & lack of any meds at the time they assumed I needed less despite my warning them that I had a high tolerance to both pain & pain relievers inc. novocaine. I hear they're now supposed to watch your heart rate to prevent this crap but I'd rather just avoid it completely, just to be safe. Mine was traumatic enough, I can't even imagine this poor dude - what a nightmare! Sorry for the novel, if anyone even makes it this far, but please do your homework & make sure you have a good anesthesiologist before you go under! I'd only wish anesthesia awareness on the most horrible evil monsters!

[@gundamgunpla4685]

I have no mouth and I must scream.

[@SallyBerry9]

MrBallen didn't mention that Georgi Markov was a USSR dissident, who escaped Bulgaria. He also saw, and mentioned, that someone had dropped an umbrella behind him to his wife. There was also an attempt to kill another Bulgarian defector ten days before in Paris in the same way. Also, they have a prime suspect, but they could never get enough evidence, and he died in 2021 it's also weirdly not the only time a defector was killed in Britain.

[@MiniNukeMe89]

The Coronado bridge in California has a net under, because of the plethora of people that have committed or thought about committing suicide.

[@msjrockqueen2011]

Every time I watch someone react to that last story in particular, I hope that they talk to a therapist afterwards because of how easy MrB makes it to be in that person's shoes; dude, it seemed like you really were experiencing this with him! Please tell me you spoke to someone after this, even if it was a crisis helpline or something! 🙏

[@benboi5545]

I just was in New York a few weeks ago and the subways were very different from each other. I even saw 2 rats. And also the subways were pretty gross, mold dripping from the ceiling, the faint scent of something gross, and other stuff that is kinda gross about the subways

[@mw7165]

I commented on the original video. But they tell you it’s “impossible” to wake up during anesthesia. It’s absolutely not. I seem to have some kind of problem with anesthesia going thru my system too fast or or just not acting the way it’s supposed to or something. I’ve had 3 surgeries and the anesthesia has never seemed to work the way it was supposed to. During my impacted wisdom tooth extraction, I felt the pressure building on one of the teeth (it didn’t *hurt*, but it was a pressure I felt build slowly, then quickly release). I opened my eyes wide and stared at the surgeon and one of the people helping him was like, “uh…. She’s awake…”, then suddenly I was out again. It wore off about an hour later and the pain was SO and. Then I had 85% of my stomach taken out. While I didn’t wake up in the middle of that, I felt every bit of it, once I woke up and started throwing up blood. I’m pretty sure I kept going into shock, from the amount of pain I was in and the fact my heart rate and pulse were super low/I was in and out of consciousness for nearly 3 days. I tried telling them I needed something for pain and they weren’t giving it to me or something, because I felt every bit of that and it was the absolute most painful thing I’ve EVER felt. I legitimately wished I would just cease, because I was in so much pain, if you catch my drift… It was super scary and I even asked if I was going to “cease”. They told me they were “doing everything they could”… which just scared me even more and made me kinda accept what I thought was coming. My gallbladder surgery wasn’t that intense, but the previous surgery had me mortified and wondering if I could somehow just live my life with an infected and clogged gallbladder, just to avoid another surgery. I was only really sore, after that one.

[@shorkelili]

that last story is so fucked up dude i started crying, the amount of anxiety that set upon me was awful

[@AngelinaParker]

My mom was awake during the right eye glaucoma removal surgery.

[@bismarckswalkingstick]

Is she doing well?

[@sierrabaughman810]

Did they forget the memory eraser given to us all after a surgery

[@kirayoshikage1491]

Definitely my favorite mr ballen video. The first story wasnt that great for me but the last two are just so intense!

[@lindseyariegel7703]

so, I for reasons I still don't understand can't be put under. they either can't get me to go under at all or I wake up shortly after being put under. it's to the point that when I have any procedure, I have to tell them that they have to do a nerve block (which also barely work on me) whatever part of my body I have surgery on. when I was 16, they tried to put me under for a foot surgery and I was wide awake hearing the entire conversation of the surgeons and nurses. they were talking about an orgy that the nurses had been to together and the surgeon literally pauses the drill he was using to drill into my food and said, "hey why wasn't I invited!" like a frat boy. I must have laughed or something because the anesthesiologist who was heavily with child told them I was awake, and everyone panicked, and the conversation changed to me and the radio station they were listening too. I have had worse experiences because of this problem but I thought this was the most wholesome.

[@hannikhadija3058]

im not into cars but my bf is and he is really into F1 racing, not because of the danger but because of the actual performance vehicles and sport between the drivers. I'm shocked at how fast they can all go without crashing into each other lol

[@cartooncritique6625]

2:50 Some people just want to watch the world burn...CHAOS!!! XD

[@ohaiClemmy]

Jeez I'd definitely choose to hit the ground rather than be burned

[@kolbythurlow2422]

The Bunny Cam is the light in this Horror Story

[@not.alexanderr]

im extremely scared of heights but id jump onto that if it meant being away from a fire, i almost lost my house to one that shit is serious

[@matty894]

Pretty sure that last one happened at the hospital closest to me when I grew up… my grandparents still go there for things..

[@PlebianGorilla]

“Loud noises, vroom vroom, and they turn left”

[@thefusedm6157]

The surgery story is a Golden Wind Requiem moment

[@nappa1413]

if i remember correctly Walter white mentions this story to jessie

[@TheIndulged1]

That's why I ask for the numbing stuff not full knockout

[@iStarlit]

everyone takes city transportation for granted. it may be a shitty experience but not having a car can cripple your life.

[@hahasasmr6143]

I love your Fooley Cooley shirt!! kittah kittah...

[@RaychieBeans]

A lot of time people cry waking up from anesthesia for the same reason. Think of all those videos of people crying after they got their wisdom teeth removed. Even though your conscious brain was asleep your body and subconscious remembers

[@Simple_Grey_line]

All those Tom and Jerry episodes makes sense now....

[@ScarlettStunningSpace]

When I got my wisdom teeth out, I got an IV anesthesia and it knocked me out before I knew what was happening. Somehow I ended up in the room next door when I woke up. Anesthesia is weird

[@Sophia-vk5bq]

Couldn't they have waited to start the surgery until after they looked at his eyes or confirmed he was out? And his heart rate must have been through the fucking roof.

[@melancholybobbyjoe]

How long ago was this gal removal that it's open and not laproscopic??? I had 3 quarter sized incisions made. Had a friend who woke up but couldn't move during his appendectomy.

[@AbbyCatt5]

Why are there amnesia drugs in a hospital?

[@SweetEmbrace]

Midazolam is an anti-anxiety medication and its used a lot in the icu to help keep people sedated. It’s not necessarily for amnesia, it’s just one of the side effects.

[@BristlyBill]

I'm so fucking happy I went to the doctor this weekend. Had appendicitis got that shit out

[@Semi-Cyclops]

people used to get surgery without anesthetic in old times

[@wyla]

luckily the only time I’ve ever experienced anaesthesia awareness was when I was doing open mouth surgery.

[@stanleywhite4404]

I Actually know about the ricin ball thing. My dad has a movie from a while ago about old spy tech and one of the things they covered was this umbrella

[@therealCrazyJake]

M. Night Shyamalan could learn something from all these twists!

[@xxanimeparadisexx2712]

I ain’t jumping from a high building out a window hell naw I’d stay in the building or live on one of the lowest floors to get out instead of being stuck higher up

[@tiddlesthecat1141]

Ah dude the umberella gun! I saw a documentary about this it's wild.

[@KamiNoBaka1]

I mean, sure, the KGB had assassins that effective, but so did the CIA. Granted, both sides had a lot of ludicrously complex assassination plans that failed, too.

[@kiraoshiro6157]

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