...a pre-op assessment for my sur-ge-ry.
Umm, anyway! :D I finally got my confirmation letter today, and my pre-op assessment is on the 22nd December at 10.30 (I wonder if I should come in an elf costume, or wear a red nose or something, it's so close to Christmas day). The letter said I may be there 2 or 3 hours (um, how long?). I suppose it's the usual humiliation of being weighed (well, I am a teenage girl, my weight is a sensitive issue!) and poked. I think it said I would also meet the staff who will be looking after me too.
For the actual surgery I need to be there for 7:00 (the hospital is about an hour's drive, so it's not too bad).
Now, I still have some confusion though. When I had SARME I was in the main hospital in the Ear, Nose and Throat ward. My letter is from the office of the 'Dental Hospital', which is god knows where, and all it says is to go to the Theatre Admins Unit.
So I get that I'm having the surgery in the Dental Hosptial, whereas I suppose SARME is minor and so was carried out in the general hospital. What I don't get is if my pre-op assessment is in the Dental Hospital or the main Hospital, because the directions are slightly different in the letter, so I don't know whether it's a typo or not. One part says Road A (for the assessment), and one part says Floor A (for the surgery). On the map included there is a Road A, which is nowhere near the Dental Hospital, so therein lies my confusion!
I know it will be something obvious, but I'm going to check it out just in case!
And let's hope my surgery date won't change in the meantime!
PS- the hospital is called the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital....my first thought was he's a PR man for Z-listers in the UK, isn't he? Or maybe that's Max Clifford...
Off to get a google map, now!
Still. Not. Finished.
7 years ago
Aw I went to Uni in Sheff first time round.. :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant news, am so excited for you! Do you have the actual surgery date yet?
I'm sure you'll find your way... hospitals are always confusing, believe me I spend 80% of my time in one!!
Pre-op assessment is a doddle, they just take a history, do a general exmaination, take some bloods. I didn't meet any of the staff, but then it was a dept in a general hospital, so don't know if that made a difference...
The actual surgery date is the 12th Jan- but they've told me cancellation rates are very high, so as of yet it's still a 'preliminary' date. But all my other appointments are still working towards that date. In fact next week I think I'm having my surgical hooks placed, so I don't really want to wear those for weeks and weeks!
ReplyDeleteIt feels odd having a date that *could* be cancelled- but I'll just have to go with it for now.
I rang the hospital today just to check, and I know where I'm going now! From SARME in the general ENT bit, I've been upgraded to the specialist part of the hospital, lol. And if we do get a little lost on the way, I'm sure we'll get there eventually!