About 25 years ago, my father went for surgery to have a tumor removed from his neck. He too awoke during surgery. He could hear them yelling "We're losing him!!!" He said it was so horrible to not be able to twitch a finger or anything to let them know he was aware. And the tube down the throat was worse - not being able to breathe on his own. He said when he awoke he had never been so frightened in all his life and thought he was going crazy. He never said a word to anyone for a few days but finally asked his doctor about it. Dad said he wouldn't wish that on his worst enemy! He had a total of 18 surgeries in a 23 year span and this was the one and only time it happened...thank goodness.