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Ah yes, I also remember having a sore throat after, but I don’t recall them telling me beforehand that they would intubate me.
I don't think you can have general without intubation. To protect against aspiration or something, if not actually to breathe for you.
Yeah that makes sense. It wasn’t something I had considered before the op.
Isn't it because they paralyse you and your lungs stop working?
I don’t know the answer to that.