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Nervous of Surgery "Update"

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Hi Folks from my Hospital Bed and not without hassle. My dear old body decided after 3 months of no episodes to go into AF 9 hours before Surgery. It was to be a 4 hour op , removal and repair of a Nerve Sheath Tumour in my armpit. Panic stations followed which didn't help as that was the cause of the AF anyway, I doubled up on Bisoprolol and sat down to watch Casualty ( wrong choice) and low and behold after2 hours which is a record it stopped. I turned up at 7am and decided not to mention it as all was fine anyway when they did an an ECG , Home tomorrow, surgery went well and hopefully in 2 months time 1 won't have any lasting effects. SO the motto is DONT BE NERVOUS as you all said and I thank you for that but it didn't help. I was a jibbering wreck.

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BobDVolunteer

But you conquered so very well done.

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Nerja2012 in reply to BobD

I got some advice Bob 🤕

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Tapanac

I’m so pleased for you that all is well x

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Nerja2012 in reply to Tapanac

Thanks Tapanac x

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Ossie7

a great result ! Well done x

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Nerja2012 in reply to Ossie7

Thank you ossie x

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Snowgirl65

Interesting story -- I'm glad all turned out well!

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Nerja2012 in reply to Snowgirl65

Thank you Snowgirl 😊

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JaneFinn

Well done you! I’m so glad it could go ahead. And you did so well to hold your nerve. Wishing you a speedy recovery xxx

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Nerja2012 in reply to JaneFinn

Thank you so much Jane, pleased it's over.

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