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Originally Posted by Gallagher

they don't want you eating or drinking anything for the hours before going under anesthesia because you could end up vomiting and causing a lot of complications that, if they don't interfere with the actual surgery, can give you problems in recovery. empty stomach is for a very good reason.

Which is what happened to me, because due to anxiety, my system slowed down, and I vomited. ended up having to have a breathing tube put in during surgery, and then I ended up vomiting a second time. Ended up going home with a super scratchy throat, and an inhaler. but now I know to go NPO (Nada por oro, aka nothing by mouth) even earlier than I did for this surgery. I was super sore after the surgery for about four days after the surgery, too, so I relied on ibuprofen and Tylenol for pain management.