Hi all
so I went for my surgery last Tuesday to remove my soft palate and it was cancelled due to extremely high blood pressure
i don’t have a blood pressure problem generally it was just down to anxiety I was supposed to be the first person in the op theatre but then found out they had not made my obturator plate because the impressions had been lost in the system so they had to be made again so they rushed me off to do them which is traumatic in itself with a limited mouth opening 8 hours after I arrived at the hospital I was finally taken into theatre but by this time my BP was sky high and they wouldn’t take the chance of the anaesthetic
I was kept overnight and had IV to bring it down then it dipped dramatically then they had to inject saline to bring it back up but they put me in 10mg Omladipine anyway until after the op which is scheduled for tomorrow
my BP is too low now so I’ve had a few dizzy days but I’m hoping that it won’t spike tomorrow above the safe level so the op can go ahead as the delays are really concerning because of the spread of the cancer
Sharon
Hi Sharon. That’s a horrid thing to go through. I suffer atrocious white coat syndrome. Let’s hope they are on top of it. Best of luck.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Maybe they could premed you.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
