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.
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