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I think I have to clarify something. The whole thing was not as bad as it sounds. I had a local anesthesia in my arm (which was operated) and was sedated with propofol (i think). My focus wasn't as much on waking up, which i guess from the comments can just happen. It was more on my inability to speak up if something is wrong. Maybe they even noticed, and thought its alright. There was no pain, just an unsettling feeling.
I can't stress enough that I'm a tech, the rock bottom of the OR foodchain, so my understanding is limited ...and even if I was claiming to be some kind of doctor, I'm still just a random internet stranger, so some healthy skepticism is encouraged regardless. BUT I've spent most of the past decade working in rooms full of brilliant people, so I've picked a few things up during that time, so: some of what you're describing is normal, like waking up during sedation, but some of it has me scratching my head. Like, there shouldn't (dangerous word, I know) be a situation where you're sedated and paralyzed, cuz that's a recipe for the nightmare fuel this thread is talking about. If you wake up from sedation, you might feel groggy and like heavy limbs or not just lack the desire to move like when your alarm is going off in the morning and you're just lying there in a state of apathy for a minute mourning the loss of your sleep... but... if you make a conscious effort to move or speak, you should (*) be able to.
And again, not saying none of that ever happened; it'd just be super abnormal to the extent of suspecting some kind of literal physiologic anomaly (which is possible!) or some kind of borderline criminal incompetence (or actual malice) on the part of your anesthesiologist.
I never said I was paralyzed. I didn't speak because the situation was too awkward for me to say something. Nobody from the medical staff made a mistake.
Oh! Well fuck, I way misinterpreted what you were saying then.
No problem, I wasn't very clear in what I was saying. I probably would have thought that too.