Fear of general anesthesia is very real, and can lead to many patients canceling or postponing their surgeries. Even if the surgery is routine and elective, some patients fear anesthesia so much that they will not proceed with surgery. This is very understandable because of the sheer number of unknowns that happen to our bodies when we're in the middle of anesthesia.
Fortunately, learning about what happens to our body can help empower us to help us control these uncertainties and unknowns. Controlling uncertainties is one of the most powerful steps to controlling fears. While a little bit of fear is normal, we want to avoid excess fear that can increase anesthesia and surgical complications.
