ChocolateButton
06-07-19, 14:40
Hi folks, I know its been a while since I've been here but... you know, life got in the way. Hope you all are well as can be.
I need some reassurance (if its not too impertinent to just walk back in here and ask for it!) I'm really freaking out.
For several years now I've suffered from nasal polyps. For the last approx. 2.5 years my nose has been completely blocked to the point where I can no longer breathe through it, or smell. I have complete loss of sense of smell.
Well anyway. As you may know, I hate the thought of surgery, and although I thankfully came through my major surgery last year, I'm now at the point where my ENT has scheduled me for surgery for a nasal polypectomy. I am due to have the surgery this month.
And... I am absolutely freaking terrified. Yes, I survived my major surgery last year, but that doesn't mean I'll survive this one. There are:
Scary complications
Risk of infection
Risk of dying from the anaesthetic
.. to consider.
Right now I'm having major anxiety and convinced I'm in my last few days of living and that I won't survive the surgery, or I shall wake up blind or somesuch.
I don't know what to do. How do I get through this? Has anyone else gone through this surgery?
Am I blowing the 'dying from anaesthetic' risks all out of proportion? (It does happen).
I want to call the whole thing off and not go through with it - ENT says nothing much will happen if I don't (other than continuing to live with the symptoms). But... I've lived with the problem this long, is it silly to go through the risks of surgery?
Any comments or thoughts greatly appreciated.
I need some reassurance (if its not too impertinent to just walk back in here and ask for it!) I'm really freaking out.
For several years now I've suffered from nasal polyps. For the last approx. 2.5 years my nose has been completely blocked to the point where I can no longer breathe through it, or smell. I have complete loss of sense of smell.
Well anyway. As you may know, I hate the thought of surgery, and although I thankfully came through my major surgery last year, I'm now at the point where my ENT has scheduled me for surgery for a nasal polypectomy. I am due to have the surgery this month.
And... I am absolutely freaking terrified. Yes, I survived my major surgery last year, but that doesn't mean I'll survive this one. There are:
Scary complications
Risk of infection
Risk of dying from the anaesthetic
.. to consider.
Right now I'm having major anxiety and convinced I'm in my last few days of living and that I won't survive the surgery, or I shall wake up blind or somesuch.
I don't know what to do. How do I get through this? Has anyone else gone through this surgery?
Am I blowing the 'dying from anaesthetic' risks all out of proportion? (It does happen).
I want to call the whole thing off and not go through with it - ENT says nothing much will happen if I don't (other than continuing to live with the symptoms). But... I've lived with the problem this long, is it silly to go through the risks of surgery?
Any comments or thoughts greatly appreciated.