well I'm on count down now , my admission letter arrived this morning so at least I don't have to wait over the long weekend, I'm going in for surgery on 20th June - 18 days and counting, At last I have a time frame , I can sort out work, tidy the house and organise my sky + ( very important)
one thing I'm not too thrilled about is that the hospital I'm going to has a system where everyone having surgery that day goes to the surgical admission unit then to theatre and then they are taken to the ward, the letter says that they unit is small so you can't have a friend or relative with you and you can only take a small bag with 'clean slippers, nghtie, toileties and a book . I have to go in a 7.30am and my operation will take place between 9-5 ! so I could be sat there for up to 8 hours alone . I'm sure it very efficent and if I was just having bunion done I wouldn't mind but support is vital for cancer warriors and I'm going to call the unit manager as it suggests just to talk it through. I think my problem is --- confession --- I'm a nurse and I remember the good old days when people where admitted to the ward the day before and you cared for them and they went from the ward and came back to the same bed. Now hospitals are getting more and more like production lines, I have also been told that the hospital works towards a 23 hours discharge !! I think soon if you are having surgery you will just sit on conveyer belt and travel through the different areas till you end up out side again.
I don't want to stay in hospital for weeks like my patients used to but I have 3 new pairs of pyjamas to wear !!!
