Oh man. I've gone under a total of 5 times. I wonder how it's changed me

The article text (didn't read the paper) doesn't seem to suggest that it stays altered afterwards, which is how I read the title.

> So, our question was: what happens to brain fingerprints when we lose consciousness, such as during the artificial sleep induced by general anesthesia?

The most important question here, and yet the article keeps talking about "fingerprints" of anecdotal but limited insightfulness.

I just had two surgeries with general anesthesia. While I haven't had any cognitive effects in the task sense (surprisingly the opposite), I lost my sense of taste completely and kind of worse than lost. My brain seems to believe food is some kind of poison with some very odd anecdotal events. I tried to make myself eat my favorite rotisserie chicken. I was shocked to see it sliding down the wall, I threw the chicken. I have never been more shocked in my life. The doctor said not to worry, but it will be at least six months before it comes back. Everything tastes rotten, or chemical.