imaluckyduckie t1_irwvcyw wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:16 PM

Reply to comment by Vertigo963 in Have a medical procedure at JCMC soon and need someone to escort me home…. How? by LostinAndalusia111

Have you ever had general anesthesia? You can wake up pretty out of it and many people are definitely in no condition to be driving/navigating themselves home. I escorted a friend once in Hoboken and I couldn't even get her to walk down the street after her procedure. She kept stopping to chat up every passing person on the sidewalk. Definitely would not have wanted to see her try to make it home by herself.

Vertigo963 t1_irwxg5c wrote on October 11, 2022 at 5:29 PM

The symptoms of general anesthesia fade pretty quickly, and I still don't see a good reason to legally bar people from getting a cab.

imaluckyduckie t1_irzhthq wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:57 AM

Side effects last up to 24hrs

Vertigo963 t1_is0uvay wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:16 PM

In my experience, someone coming out from under general anesthesia for an outpatient procedure is perfectly capable of using a cab within about an hour. Keep in mind, 95% of the time we're going to be talking about someone having extremely brief outpatient surgery. Which is why it's stupid to have a restrictive single rule for every case.