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Originally Posted by picard102
It's so you don't throw up while your on the table from the anesthesia and the tube down your throat breathing for you. Otherwise you could get have some bad shit happen like rooin your lungs.
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Their point was why give them the specific time of "midnight" no matter what time of day the surgery is actually scheduled? If they just tell everyone to stop eating at midnight, a person with a seven a.m. surgery is going to have a much easier time than someone with a four p.m. surgery. And then of course after the time it takes to do the surgery, recover from the anesthesia, and get home, Keith probably had to go more than 18 hours without eating. That sucks!
When I got my wisdom teeth pulled, I was told to not eat in the eight hours before my surgery. So I don't know why your place gave you a specific time of midnight.