Operation Date set

[Richard In Wales]

I go under the knife on the 6th October now, and to be honest I'm shitting it I know its not a rational response and I'm in a lot of pain and should be looking forward to getting it sorted but for some strange reason I'm scared. I even had a bad dream last night of some ward sister running around the hospital chasing me with a huge syringe trying to inject me, I woke up all scared and I didn't even have the date then.

I suppose its a logical fear to have but I've never been scared of anything before

So if anyone else if having it done and are worried remember if a 6 foot 2 tattooed biker can be nervous then so can you. I'm not ashamed of being scared and wanted to post this in the hope that if anyone else is nervous you are not alone. Also if I can't say this here then where can I say it, after all it is a group for support and help

I'm off to see of I can find someone to talk to about it, no point bottleing it all up and making myself worse.

Thanks

[Rob Armstrong]

Don't worry Dave, they put a catheter (I think that's right) in your arm as you go into theatre - so no nurses with big syringes!

They also stick pads on your chest to wire up to the monitors etc - I commented how they'd leave baldy circles on my chest, they said not to worry - they whip them off before you come around!

Seriously though, I remember being increasingly nervous as the day approached (my graft was my first operation), but on the actual day I was surprisingly calm about it all.

Good luck!

Rob.

[Richard In Wales]

Thanks, the thing is I used to be a nurse and been in the Army faced many a strange thing without batting an eye lid, I guess its just age and the pain and feeling low through lack of sleep etc. I know there not rational fears and all will be fine just thought I'd get it off my chest and also let other people know theres nothing wrong with voicing their fears here.

After all the best place to be if anything goes wrong is surrounded by Doctors