Pre-Op And Scared

[bakawaka 108]

Fear is normal. I vomited all the way to the hospital pre-op out of stress before surgery. I am not post-op. It was hard. I'm now spending my 4th night in the hospital. I'm still glad I did it. It is normal to be scared. Even in the pre-op room when my IV was started I told my surgeon and the nurses I was scared. And they assured me it was normal. It helped me a lot to express that fear and it helped me to hear reassurance from my surgeon and the nurses. I wish I could say something to take the fear away. I can only empathize. My sister is a surgical nurse and does surgery every day. And she, also, gets scared if she is the one having surgery. My own PCP had a brain tumor and he was scared before his surgery. It's completely normal.

I wishing you the greatest of successes!

[bakawaka 108]

I can report it really is not that bad. The pain is manageable and the catheter removal is a nonevent. Hang in there!!

I was dreading the catheter but the removal was no big deal. And right after surgery I was grateful for the catheter. The anesthesia made it impossible for me to urinate. The catheter was absolutely essential. I certainly did not enjoy it, but it really wasn't that bad.

[bakawaka 108]

I have found the hardest part post surgery is the bloated feeling from the gas pain. Apart from that the pain has been manageable. The nurses at my hospital have all been wonderful - all are nice, all work hard and all of them ask, "is there anything I can do for you before I leave?" The nurses make such a difference.

[fireandice36 20]

I work in surgery as a surgical technician, I'm scheduled December 17, I'm not worried about the catheter they usually put that in when your asleep before the surgery, now the surgery I'm freaked out about, I don't get to see the results of the successful surgeries, but see the results of patients having to come back with problems, not that that happens often but it does happen. I just filled a script for Ativan for the day before and day of! I think it has a lot to do with the fear of the unknown and recovery, scared of failing, etc.

[Debbiebydesign 93]

I am pretty terrified myself. I probably won't have a date until February and I've been crying a lot lately. Logically I know it's normal and I just want to get on with it all. It's a big decision and once you make it, you have a lot of time to mull over all that could go wrong before it happens.

[tmorgan 87]

I am pretty terrified myself. I probably won't have a date until February and I've been crying a lot lately. Logically I know it's normal and I just want to get on with it all. It's a big decision and once you make it' date=' you have a lot of time to mull over all that could go wrong before it happens.[/quote']

Welcome you will be fine it's normal all of us went through the emotional roller coaster.