Dermot the Dermoid Cyst
Dermot the Dermoid Cyst and I will formally be ending our intimate relationship on Wednesday 3 December at a short* ceremony in the Gynaecology Unit at St James's Hospital in Leeds.
I'm seriously bricking it. I'm fearful about the general anaesthetic - relinquishing control, small risk of death, rather larger risk of nausea. I'm also very nervous about pain management afterwards - the ward sister told me to bring my own painkillers as the ones the hospital gives me won't be strong enough!
But. People have this surgery every day and they're okay, so I shall be too. Yes.
* I hope. If they have to bail out from laparoscopy into open surgery it'll take longer and the aftermath will be more horrible.
I'm seriously bricking it. I'm fearful about the general anaesthetic - relinquishing control, small risk of death, rather larger risk of nausea. I'm also very nervous about pain management afterwards - the ward sister told me to bring my own painkillers as the ones the hospital gives me won't be strong enough!
But. People have this surgery every day and they're okay, so I shall be too. Yes.
* I hope. If they have to bail out from laparoscopy into open surgery it'll take longer and the aftermath will be more horrible.