Gingerspider
17-11-13, 22:56
Hey guys, some of you may remember me posting about my pre-surgery anxiety a few weeks ago. Well I thought I would write a little bit about my experience just to help anybody else out there that might be worried.
Now, my level of anxiety going into this was severe, I was so scared in fact that I almost didn't turn up. I went in on Saturday 16th Nov (yesterday) to have a large 13cm cyst removed from my ovary, I had a little waiting around whilst somebody went down before me. The nurses were great and when they realised I was nervous, they allowed me to stay with my boyfriend, even letting him walk me down to the surgery area. Once I said my tearful goodbye, I was led into a room where an anesthetist came and sat down and tried to calm me down, answering any questions ect...well as soon as I got into the room where they put you to sleep, I lost the plot. Full on panic attack ensued and I was almost retrained. My anesthetists were amazing and very understanding and I remember nothing of going to sleep. I awoke, quite comfortably in the recovery room, exceptionally relieved and even more so to hear it all went perfectly to plan, even though it was 20cm when they got in there!!!. I even asked for some pictures out of curiosity (gross). I was on a lot of morphine which meant I felt hardly any pain but it did make me a little anxious. The nurses dealt with me brilliantly and attentively and everyone I met from the surgeon to the porter had a great level of empathy. I am sore and tired but ultimately very grateful and still feel a bit silly for being so nervous. If anybody has any surgery worries, please feel free to message me, as you wouldn't believe how scared I was before I went down.
:yesyes:
Now, my level of anxiety going into this was severe, I was so scared in fact that I almost didn't turn up. I went in on Saturday 16th Nov (yesterday) to have a large 13cm cyst removed from my ovary, I had a little waiting around whilst somebody went down before me. The nurses were great and when they realised I was nervous, they allowed me to stay with my boyfriend, even letting him walk me down to the surgery area. Once I said my tearful goodbye, I was led into a room where an anesthetist came and sat down and tried to calm me down, answering any questions ect...well as soon as I got into the room where they put you to sleep, I lost the plot. Full on panic attack ensued and I was almost retrained. My anesthetists were amazing and very understanding and I remember nothing of going to sleep. I awoke, quite comfortably in the recovery room, exceptionally relieved and even more so to hear it all went perfectly to plan, even though it was 20cm when they got in there!!!. I even asked for some pictures out of curiosity (gross). I was on a lot of morphine which meant I felt hardly any pain but it did make me a little anxious. The nurses dealt with me brilliantly and attentively and everyone I met from the surgeon to the porter had a great level of empathy. I am sore and tired but ultimately very grateful and still feel a bit silly for being so nervous. If anybody has any surgery worries, please feel free to message me, as you wouldn't believe how scared I was before I went down.
:yesyes: