How Will My Anesthesia Be Administered?

The *only* person who really knows is the person who is going to anesthetize you. Your surgeon can give you a vague idea, but the anesthesiologist is the one who makes all the decisions.

Ask to speak to someone in anesthesia, and they can give you a good idea of what you might get. It often depends on the specific procedure, your medical history, and the particular surgeon's preferences.

For most nose surgeries, you get general anesthesia that starts with IV medicine, and is maintained with gases. But not always.

I assume you mean a General Anaesthetic i.e. one that puts you to sleep. If that is so, don't worry about it at all. I've had 7 in the last 4 years and it really is a laugh. A nurse will insert a cannula into your arm (just a kind of valve) and then the Anaesthetist injects the anaesthetic, and will leave you, but the nurse stays with you - you are never left alone when anaesthetised. I have tried several times to catch the point where I felt drowsy, but I never have. Last time, after the anaesthetic was injected I was chatting to the nurse (I had met her several times) when I realised in midsentence that first of all that I was talking to a different nurse and then that I was in a different room, because it was all over ! Really, there is absolutely nothing to worry about, and having the cannula is just like having an injection, just a little prick.

Generally, you put a mask on and poof! You wake up two hours later a little bit drowsy. Nothing to worry about.