I had my op on 18th December so hurrah for that!

DH and I set off at 5am to arrive at the hospital at 6.45am. I was taken straight in to have my bloodwork done then told to wait 'half an hour' in the waiting room.

Around an hour & 15 min later we were shown to my room which was very nice and clean and told to shower and change into the (highly attractive!) gown.

And then it was just a waiting game really. My ETT (Estimated Theatre Time) was 2pm which in the end turned out to be 3.30pm so we spent a nice morning watching crappy day time tv and snoozing.

We were interrupted periodically by various staff members coming in to check my history, to chat about anaesthesia, to run me through the procedure again but mostly it was just a long old wait.

When the time finally came the nurse walked me through to the OR to 'hand me over' to the anaesthetist team who then strapped me with velcro to the cross-like table (never in all my life have i felt so vulnerable!) and then that was it.... I woke up a short time later, chatted to the Recovery nurse for a time then was wheeled back to my room where my lovely husband was waiting anxiously (although I later found out he'd nipped out for a sandwich! LOL!).

I had some wind which I had to burp up and then I was brought some water and later on some peppermint tea to help with dispersing the left over gas.

I then snoozed through the night, waking occasionally. Once I went padding down the corridor to find a nurse for some more peppermint tea (well, I am self pay so I thought I'd make the most of it!! and also the pain in my side from the gas was increasing).

The following morning I would have been woken at 6am had I not already been awake and was brought a yoghurt and a cup of tea. I couldn't manage the whole yoghurt but I needed to take some of my regular medication which I couldn't take whole so mixed it in with a couple of spoonfuls.

And then we were bundled out by 7am and were home by 9am.

Simple, really.:biggrin:

Simple, really? That's great! Thanks for sharing, this was really helpful! -BG