Hi everyone. I have Kidney removal surgery in a week's time, where they'll take my aortic lymph node and adrenal gland at the same time. It's going to be done as keyhole with the help of robots.
I've never had any surgery before so don't know how I'll deal with anesthetic and if I'll have bad reactions to it afterwards (my Mother always feels very ill afterwards). They told me there's a chance they'll open me up properly if they need to but obviously I hope it doesn't come to that.
I hope they'll let me go home the next day but I guess it all depends how things go and what state I'm in. I'm an anxious person so am anxious about all sorts of "silly" things about being in hospital that most people wouldn't even think of. My brain sure loves to make every situation worse than need be.
I've read that once you're put out, you have no sense of the passage of time so when they wake you up, it feels like they've only just put you out. I think that'll be great to have surgery done yet not have any feeling it's happened.
I don't have any questions. I just don't have anyone to talk to at the moment so wanted to share my thinking and situation. Hope that's ok.
Hi BeefyMoo
I can totally understand your worry about having surgery. I was the same before I had my first general anaesthetic but the theatre staff are really good at putting you at ease. As you say, one minute you're awake thinking this anaesthetic isn't working and the next minute you're waking up in the recovery room!
You might also want to post this in the kidney cancer forum, which I can see you're a member of, as you'll then connect directly with others who have had/are having the same type of surgery as you.
Wishing you all the best
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Everything you're feeling is completely normal BeefyMoo and my best advice would be to try and only focus on what you do know and not what might be. Easier said than done, I know.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
