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OH NO! TIMBY HAS RETURNED! LATEST UPDATE.

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Good luck with your pre op today, WL.
 
We're all thinking of you. 🙂
 
I hope your pre-op assessment went well and that you have a date very soon for your op.
 
UPDATE.
So - I attended my pre op assessment this afternoon (I re- scheduled the time) and was greeted by very friendly staff - completed a form then taken into a small room to begin my assessment.

First on the list was to measure my height - I am definitely smaller in height by 2&1/2 inches than I was 2 - 3 years ago! (Gravity taking over here I guess!) Then i was weighed - oh shucks I've put on a couple of pounds but I'm not unduly concerned at the minute. My BMI was calculated and I'm pleased to say it's down from 28.86 to 25.4 - and my B/P was 141/62 which the nurse said was good. A tad higher than on the 06 March when it was 126/55.

Then an ECG was performed - this was satisfactory - nurse said I had a very healthy heart - so glad to hear this. My sats were 98.

Following the ECG I was invited into another room by a different nurse where I was asked several questions about my health and - did I have this or do I have that sort of thing! Having answered all of the questions my nurse then promptly took my bloods for liver and kidney function etc - and the dreaded HbA1c 😱 Aghast! Not due for that til 22 April but they need to know the result before giving me a general anaesthetic. Not sure why & forgetful madam as I am - I didn't ask! But never mind.

So all in all my pre op assessment went pretty well. Phew!
 
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Northerner said:
Great to hear that things went well @wirralass - all sounds very efficient! 🙂
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Thank you Northie - I didn't really know what to expect with regard to the assessment. Yes it was all very efficient as you say and very organised - I'm definitely not going to worry about my HbA1c result at this stage tho I think I should!!! 😱 I'll say no more! x
 
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happydog said:
Just caught up with this. I am really sorry to hear your news, but glad to hear that it is being dealt with. I totally understand your worry about anaesthetics but as Amigo has said they are so much better now than they used to be. My husband has a pacemaker and lots of other medical complications and is elderly but has recently had to have one and did not seem to have any problems at all. I was the one who was worried! I am sending you lots of hugs and positive thoughts. It will soon be over and hopefully all will be well. Try not to think about it too much, easy to say but hard to do I know. Everything crossed for a good outcome 🙂
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Thank you happydog x
 
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