Dear Diary, it's Day Surgery Day
Dear Diary, It’s Day surgery day. That means an early morning start, with no sleep because I've been anxious all night about one thing. My last meal was at 2am and I am not allowed to drink any water. Today will be a lot of waiting and shuffling around. The nurse checks me in. Consent signed✅️ Not pregnant✅️. Time to wait. The next visitor is the anaesthetist. I always ask what she plans to give me after a bad experience many years ago. I mention being cold the last time I was coming to from being under K (relevant for later). A trick question - "what I ate for breakfast?" "Nothing" - and a few reassurances, she double checks of my allergies and I wait some more. The surgeon comes round next to check we are on the same page about today’s procedure. Consent forms are checked again. I make sure to request my sick note now because post anaesthetic delirium will make it hard to remember. This is step 1 of a longer term plan so it should be straight forward. I'm...
