Just a side note, hon. Don't sweat it. Recovery nurses are used to this. It happens for various reasons: sometimes anesthesia does this after surgery, sometimes it's nerves. All the nurses I've worked with says it's very common. The first surgery I was old enough to remember I was 17--I had never in my life swore, was very soft spoken. I remember being put under they put the mask on my face and told me to count backwards...I freaked out--tried pushing their hands away and said "get that ******* thing off m..." and I was out. They give you a sedative before, in the IV, to relax you. When I was in the recovery room, they wake you every few minutes to do your blood pressure--I sat up and said, "list B****, let me sleep!!" Needless to say I was mortified. The nurses laughed. When I went in to have my first baby I had to pee so bad and the nurse was a crotchety thing and wouldn't let me, she kept saying they were going to cath me soon anyway. I said, "listen lady, either you let me up to p*** or you'll be wiping p*** of your shoes!" I got to go, but I was in tears later I felt so bad. She hugged me and she apologized to me for forgetting that patients are nervous and scared and all have had different experiences in their lives that they bring to the hospital. So basically all this rambling is to say to be up front with them all--they come in to start your IV, tell them you don't like to be touched. It's ok to do that.