Yes, wading through Limbo is truly energy-sapping, bit like being up to your shins in Grimpen Mire. I know there are people on this site who have spent much longer in Limbo than me, and my admiration knows no bounds. Keep wading folks!
Anyway, I spoke to Michelle, the surgeon's secretary again this a.m., and put the screws on a bit more than usual. (I am polite, but can be stern ). Anyway she is a lovely person, and said she was "more than certain" (I had to laugh) that I would be listed for Aug 20th. I pointed out that she had said I should expect August 9th, and she said yes, she knew, but apparently there are only two people per list, asnd etc etc. However, she did say that there was a possibility that one person on the Aug 9th list might not be OK, in which case I would get that slot.
In terms of knowing what's going on, this is great - and I did at the end, say I was sorry for being a bit more insistent than usual, to which she said that I could ring her as often and be as pushy as I wanted, because they don't want us to suffer from not knowing what's going on.
So from that point of view, I am reassured. However from the general perspective of the health service, is it right that a city of 700,000 people (the third largest in England in population) should have a surgery bottleneck of two lists per month with two places on each list? I'm guessing a lot of this stuff is done in other centres in the city area, but it still seems ludicrous. I shall be putting on my investigator's hat once I escape from Limbo (suck, suck)
Ah well, Michelle is ringing me back this afternoon, so I'll let you know....
