Sunday, 24 October 2010
Off We Go
As arranged by Fiona I rang Ward F3 this morning just after 10 and they tell me they have a bet. Christopher is going to give me a lift in there this afternoon so this will be my last entry here until I come home hopefully not too far in the future. I'm not looking forward to the next week I'll be pleased when it comes to the following weekend but it has to be so signing off now.
Friday, 22 October 2010
Any Day Now
It's Friday evening but this will probably be my last chance to write anything here before I go into hospital on Sunday. I'm amazed how very kind everybody is being. A Our next door neighbour has offered to give Ann lifts to the hospital when she wants to visit me; the people in the local shops have offered to deliver stuff if I'm not up to going there myself. It's really quite amazing how kind people can be.
Until the last few days I regarded this operation some sort of ending to my normal life and thought that it would leave me in a diminished state. The discomfort of the last couple of weeks caused by this cystitis has actually change my mind a bit. I now think of it as a new beginning with an end to all the pain and discomfort. I won't say I'm o looking o forward to it because that would be wrong but at least I'm looking on it as something which will lead to a positive outcome.
So this is goodbye for a few weeks.
Until the last few days I regarded this operation some sort of ending to my normal life and thought that it would leave me in a diminished state. The discomfort of the last couple of weeks caused by this cystitis has actually change my mind a bit. I now think of it as a new beginning with an end to all the pain and discomfort. I won't say I'm o looking o forward to it because that would be wrong but at least I'm looking on it as something which will lead to a positive outcome.
So this is goodbye for a few weeks.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
The Preoperative Checks
Today I went to Whittington Hospital for my preoperative check. Ann came along as well because she needed to have her hearing aid serviced at the audiology department.
My appointment was for 1:30 and I was seen on time which is a very pleasant surprise with the NHS. There was an awful lot of form filling of course as they reviewed my general medical history and my current health but that wasn't too bad at all. Ann joined nurse Fiona and I and we had a long discussion about the operation and my after-care. I think Ann had most of her questions answered. I'm still horrified by the prospect of what I'm going to have to go through but I know there's no choice.
There was the usual blood samples urine samples ECG and smears taken to check for MRSA. Altogether it took about two hours.
The letter had said I would be admitted to hospital on Monday, 25 October but as you are aware having a single room is very important to me and Fiona said that I would have a much better chance of that if I was prepared to go in on the Sunday. While I don't like the idea of an extra day in hospital but on the other hand to get a single room it is probably worth it. So I have to ring the ward at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning to check that there is a bed available and if there is then I will go in at two o'clock.
Luckily my cystitis hasn't been quite so bad today otherwise I would have struggled to be in the taxi long enough to get there but as it turned out everything was okay.
My appointment was for 1:30 and I was seen on time which is a very pleasant surprise with the NHS. There was an awful lot of form filling of course as they reviewed my general medical history and my current health but that wasn't too bad at all. Ann joined nurse Fiona and I and we had a long discussion about the operation and my after-care. I think Ann had most of her questions answered. I'm still horrified by the prospect of what I'm going to have to go through but I know there's no choice.
There was the usual blood samples urine samples ECG and smears taken to check for MRSA. Altogether it took about two hours.
The letter had said I would be admitted to hospital on Monday, 25 October but as you are aware having a single room is very important to me and Fiona said that I would have a much better chance of that if I was prepared to go in on the Sunday. While I don't like the idea of an extra day in hospital but on the other hand to get a single room it is probably worth it. So I have to ring the ward at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning to check that there is a bed available and if there is then I will go in at two o'clock.
Luckily my cystitis hasn't been quite so bad today otherwise I would have struggled to be in the taxi long enough to get there but as it turned out everything was okay.
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Some Dates for My Diary
The letter from the hospital turned up the other day. I go into hospital on the Monday which is 25 October and the operation will take place on the Tuesday the 26th. In the meantime I have to go to Whittington Hospital for my preoperative checks tomorrow that's the 18th of October.Ann's friend Jill will come to stay with her on Saturday the 24th.
Things are getting close and I'll be glad when it's all over. I seem to be having a bad dose of cystitis at the moment and I'm very sore indeed. The surgery may be bad but at least this sort of pain w we'll N
Things are getting close and I'll be glad when it's all over. I seem to be having a bad dose of cystitis at the moment and I'm very sore indeed. The surgery may be bad but at least this sort of pain w we'll N
Friday, 1 October 2010
A Date At Last!
At last I have a date for my operation. I have the preoperative check on October the 18th then I go into hospital for the surgery on the 26th. That probably means that they w will actually operate on the 27th or 28 and I'll be coming out of intensive care on my birthday, the 29th. Well okay I'd rather not do that but I want this operation ot the site just have to put up with it.
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