This morning two letters dropped onto my doormat both bearing the local hospitals stamp.
The first one I opened contained a letter advising me that an appointment has been made for me in the pre operation clinic were I will see the surgeon doing the operation, the aim of this appointment is to inform me about the operation and to gain my consent to allow him to operate.
The second one is a letter that provides me with a provisional date for my operation and also to ask me to go to the ward next week for a pre admission appointment where I will undergo various test and they will also take my medical history and ensure that I am fit for surgery.
It now feels for the first time, real and at the moment I feel a little overwhelmed by it.
I am not even sure how best to prepare for surgery, I want to be as physically fit as I can but all my googling reveals is information about how to prepare your child for surgery or how to prepare for going into hospital to have a baby. I am guessing by this that that there is little info out there on preparing to go into hospital for surgery or I am simply looking in the wrong place.
The first one I opened contained a letter advising me that an appointment has been made for me in the pre operation clinic were I will see the surgeon doing the operation, the aim of this appointment is to inform me about the operation and to gain my consent to allow him to operate.
The second one is a letter that provides me with a provisional date for my operation and also to ask me to go to the ward next week for a pre admission appointment where I will undergo various test and they will also take my medical history and ensure that I am fit for surgery.
It now feels for the first time, real and at the moment I feel a little overwhelmed by it.
I am not even sure how best to prepare for surgery, I want to be as physically fit as I can but all my googling reveals is information about how to prepare your child for surgery or how to prepare for going into hospital to have a baby. I am guessing by this that that there is little info out there on preparing to go into hospital for surgery or I am simply looking in the wrong place.
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