I am trying to be strong and brave and not a drama queen, but I am sooooo nervous ! I am going into hospital tomorrow for surgery ... The surgery will take about 2 hours (total thyroidectomy) which I am not bothered about .... It's the after effects I'm scared of ! I've warned them I'm emet and asked them to pump me full of anti emetics before I wake up ... But what if they don't work and I have a full blown panic attack semi conscious ?
What if I v* and the nurses aren't around ? Then there's the list of possible complications of this surgery, the most common being an infection ... For which I will need IV anti b's ... Then there's the possible collapsing of my windpipe (common for this surgery) ... I don't know what I'm more scared of ! To make matters worse my friends husband is on the ward I'm going onto, having had surgery last week and he's being kept in due to noro virus and a bad infection ! This hospital is renowned for being dirty too ... I feel like I'm going to have a meltdown ! I don't want to go but I need this op and have been waiting 4 years for it !
Any words of advice, encouragement ..... Anything ??