Went to the hospital on Friday for a pre op assessment.
The tube was delayed “due to someone under a train at Mile End”. When did they change it from “an incident”? I call ahead to tell the hospital I might be late. As it happens, I was about five minutes late and terribly out if breath because I was rushing.
The good news is I’m alive! I’ve been told I’m heartless, but the ecg shows my heart is ok.
I’ve lost 5kg, blood pressure is under control, lungs are clear and the mrsa test was negative. A nurse swabbed my nose and my throat and I had to swab my groin. The one down my throat was bad. I gagged. Luckily I hadn’t eaten for a while.
I then met with an anesthetist who explained what would happen and asked about my breathing.
It didn’t go as quickly as it sounds. There was loads of hanging around between tests and meetings and bad Internet access in the phone in the hospital. Hope it’s better in the ward.
It was decided that I should go for a blood test, so I dutifully trotted down to the phlebotomy department only to discover it was closed! I’ve got to go back on Monday for that! I can’t have it done locally cos the it systems are incompatible. After all the money spent an the nhs it systems, they still dint work together.
Silver lining, I get another afternoon off.
Watch this space for more news and progress.
