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Let me start with saying, you can not judge someone until you have met them or at least spoke with them. Mrs. Weiher has contributed her time and her own money to raise awareness in the medical field and to let victims of anesthesia awareness know that NO they are not crazy, nor are they alone. Secondly, I am not thinking that the BIS monitor is the answer, but if it can prevent at least 1 out of 1000 people from experiencing such agony, then it should be used during EVERY surgey conducted at EVERY hospital, no matter the cost! Cost should not be an issue with any tool that could prevent at least one persons whole life from being totally disrupted by such an experience.

Any of you who doubt Mrs. Weiher's knowledge of this subject, think she is being a pest, or think she is doing all of this for profit....you could not be more WRONG!! She may not be of the medical field, but she is a Godsend to thousands of people like me and cuddiebear. As far as beating the dead horse with the BIS monitor, if you or anyone you loved had experienced such a nightmare, you may rest a little easier to know that there is something out there that may prevent this from happening to anyone else.

HI Cuddiebear, I want to say first of all, I DO believe you, this is a very real thing. I can not imagine it happening to anyone and them not being traumatized. I suffer from SEVERE post traumatic stress syndrome because of it. Unlike you I was fortunate enough that my family believed me. I was unable to tell anyone for about three days after my surgery, I felt like I was crazy, there was no way this had happened to me, but it did. I did not tell my operating physician until my 6 week check up. He was speechless when I began to tell him which side of me he was standing and that a colleague of his had came into the operating room to assist, that he cut me from left to right, pausing in the center, all the details, his jaw just hit the floor. I was never offered to talk to anyone about it or anything, just an "I am sorry". To this day I still do not know my anesthesiologist name. All I know she was expecting a baby and it was her last day before her maternity leave. I would like to give you a link to a website that I visit. This lady is UNBELIEVABLE, everything she has done for those of us who have experienced Anesthesia Awareness. Contact her and she will help you anyway she can. If you would like to give her your contact info and ask her to email me with your info, I will be more than happy to talk to you about your experience. http://www.anesthesiaawareness.com/

Hi, I am new to the board , I am not a nurse, I am posting because I was searching the net for links to support groups and dicussions by people who have lived through this terror. This is a very big deal and it is finally coming out in the opening after 1000's have experienced it. I will offer any info I have and support you any way I can.