Well, it seems I made it through another one. I was so chilled, so relaxed when going into the surgery on the Monday morning. Until one of the anaesthetists decided to try his best to change that. First, he came in and said: ‘have you seen an anaesthetist yet?’‘No…’ I replied.‘Oh, well, I’m your anaesthetist…
Category: surgery
Taking Stock
After a surgery, especially one so big with so many unknowns, you’re left trying to regain consciousness while also piecing together the bits of your body. What’s still there? What’s gone? What do you have attached to you that wasn’t there before? You move certain parts of you, touch things either with your hands or…
Anaesthetics, eh?
Not a great one this time. When I spoke to the anaesthetist the day before, we talked through the process and what drugs I did and didn’t like (NO KETAMINE). Among other things, she basically said there are two options to anaesthetise me – one that involves putting monitoring patches on my head and one…
Once again we find ourselves on the eve of surgery…
Well I sort of dropped a bombshell on you all with no details and then disappeared for a few days, didn’t I. To be fair, that’s kind of how it went for me too. I didn’t get many details on that Wednesday, but I’m not even sure they knew much at that point. I went…
From the biopsy through the night…
I should have written about it at the time because now things get hazy. It was around 4pm I think, when I made it up to the ward. I wonder how long between when they finish the surgery and you wake up? Is that a long process? My phone was dying, I’m not sure what…
Biopsy hospital admission – part 1
So I went in for my biopsy. I had to get in for the 7am admission, though I knew my surgery wouldn’t be happening until around midday. The nurses tried to tell me I was up first so had to get ready, but I said I didn’t think that was likely. I got moved around…
Clinic Day
10:30: I get to the hospital and wait for my appointment. I walked in, along the canals. It was a beautiful morning. 12:00: First thing that happens is that someone comes to get me for a pre surgery assessment.I say ‘ok… I don’t know what I’m being pre assessed for but sure…’‘Wait, has no one…
So where am I at right now?
When I was about 7, I went to a gymnastics day at my local sports hall. For some reason I put sunscreen on… perhaps it was the day before that I put it on? Perhaps I’m mixing my memories, but this feels right. That day I found out I was allergic to sunscreen. Banana Boat,…
Surgery part 2
I think we tend to build up our medical professionals as wizards, magicians, Gods. And in a way, they are. The work that they are doing is beyond belief, and I have gone into my surgeries with complete trust in these people, putting my life in their hands. Lay-people have said to me all along…
Surgery part 1
Well I don’t know about you, but I was getting tired of the will-they-won’t-they game when it comes to implant surgeries and cancellations. After the last cancellations they said there would be nothing in the foreseeable future. Yay. So I was back onto waiting, and I tried to put it out of my mind. When…
The Cancer Chronicles 