So, it’s the night before surgery. Although I’m apprehensive I’m also looking forward to having it done and sorted.
My overnight bag is packed as that is the one bag that can be packed before the day. Tomorrow morning it will be time to pack my medication bag once I have taken my morning medications and my CPAP machine after using it overnight.
Yes I am filled with worry and ‘what if’s’ but that just comes with operations. I have had my last meal before weeks of a liquid diet. I could eat a light breakfast before 7am but I’m not getting up 2 hours earlier than usual just to have a bit of dry toast.
I’m looking forward to my phone call with mum tonight and having some time with Will before I go in. We have decided he won’t visit tomorrow evening as the operation is 4 hours long then at least 1 hour in recovery before going to a ward. As I’m not going in until 12.30 I’m not expecting to go up to surgery until 2 at the earliest as I have to see the surgeons and the anaesthetist before the operation.
I will have the last chance to ask any questions in the morning – the main one is what pain relief will I have afterwards, I just want to know I will be comfortable once the operation is done.
The next time you will hear from me is once I have had the operation and I have recovered from the anaesthetic which may be in 2 days time so don’t expect anything tomorrow evening. I plan on sleeping after the operation and having a bit of a relax to get over the big shock to the system that the operation will be. Fingers crossed that the anaesthetist will be able to find a good vein in my spidery veins and it isn’t in a place that is too uncomfortable.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow and talk to you in a couple of days.
The guide to an Eminectomy 