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An Update:
Well a very eventful 24hrs i can tell you..
After having x-rays, lots of waiting, shown to my temporary room, meeting the surgeon, physio and anesthetist, over to HDU for blood pressure and heart rate checks etc and 2 delays to my operating time (1pm then reschedule for 3pm, i was told to get ready for 4pm. The nurse brought me my gown and she said she' be back to collect me and to get my robe and slippers on.
At 3.50 she came in with an administrator and told me that my operation had been cancelled due to a failure with the flouroscope ( a machine that feeds live xray images to the surgeon). Its emergency back up battery had failed during the pre op test.
I was trying to take it all in as the build up and stress was massive. I hadnt eaten since 6pm the previous evening or drunk anything since that morning..they said that they would try and reschedule for August 30th or Sept 2nd..i couldnt believe it. I felt totally numb..we were all crying and dumbstruck (including the admin woman)..just a rollercoaster of emotions.
If the machine had developed the fault during the operation with no back up power i would have been put on a life support machine, but couldnt be moved as this would almost certainly have lead to paralysis or worse. Its never good having a 4" cut across your throat with metal rods sticking out of the hole.
The flouroscope is huge, you actually lie on a glass bed as the xray part is moved over you on a large hydraulic arm..i suppose it would have meant being kept in some sort of coma in a sterile environment until the thing could be repaired.
So, as if 7 months of hell wasnt enough, ive got another wait and more pain to look and stress to look forward to as i prepare to go through it all again...
My Dad called this morning and has been onto the hospital, theyre going to try and get me in on 17th so hopefully that will be confirmed this week.
At least i havent ended up in a wheelchair.
Well a very eventful 24hrs i can tell you..
After having x-rays, lots of waiting, shown to my temporary room, meeting the surgeon, physio and anesthetist, over to HDU for blood pressure and heart rate checks etc and 2 delays to my operating time (1pm then reschedule for 3pm, i was told to get ready for 4pm. The nurse brought me my gown and she said she' be back to collect me and to get my robe and slippers on.
At 3.50 she came in with an administrator and told me that my operation had been cancelled due to a failure with the flouroscope ( a machine that feeds live xray images to the surgeon). Its emergency back up battery had failed during the pre op test.
I was trying to take it all in as the build up and stress was massive. I hadnt eaten since 6pm the previous evening or drunk anything since that morning..they said that they would try and reschedule for August 30th or Sept 2nd..i couldnt believe it. I felt totally numb..we were all crying and dumbstruck (including the admin woman)..just a rollercoaster of emotions.
If the machine had developed the fault during the operation with no back up power i would have been put on a life support machine, but couldnt be moved as this would almost certainly have lead to paralysis or worse. Its never good having a 4" cut across your throat with metal rods sticking out of the hole.
The flouroscope is huge, you actually lie on a glass bed as the xray part is moved over you on a large hydraulic arm..i suppose it would have meant being kept in some sort of coma in a sterile environment until the thing could be repaired.
So, as if 7 months of hell wasnt enough, ive got another wait and more pain to look and stress to look forward to as i prepare to go through it all again...
My Dad called this morning and has been onto the hospital, theyre going to try and get me in on 17th so hopefully that will be confirmed this week.
At least i havent ended up in a wheelchair.
