Hello fellow travellers on this forum . You might remember me pondering long and hard on having an ablation. It’s done and I am back home, all in a day. It was done in Hammersmith and took a bit of organising travel wise.
The hospital offers convenient but very basic Housing Association Studio Flats at reasonable cost and I stayed overnight. The hardest part of the arrangements is having to be there at 8am and not knowing when you are released until the very last minute, mine was 8pm.
As usual I proved to be a challenge for finding viable veins for cannulas and the whole gamut of medical ranks from the ward nurse to the consultant had a go until it was decided to knock me out and do it at their leisure. I had GA and knew nothing of the next 3hrs. Coming to I believed to be an astronaut taking off, so that can now be ticked off my bucket list.
All the staff were helpful and kind, but seem to be under a lot of pressure and most were very recent recruits, desperately trying to find supplies and of course beds for overnight stays.
I so envy you men for the ease of use of bed pans, mine was a bit of a disaster, but at least it provided some warmth for a short period. Once I was able to shuffle to the loo myself I found that the toilet seat was very loose, which added a certain element of jeopardy to that mile stone.
After a bit of translation on the release papers, I believe I had pulmonary vein ablation, cardio version and two transesophogeal echocardiograms and two later scans for small pericardial effusion, but was fit to go home. I suspect partly because the cardio ward was full and there were couple others walking wounded calling for transport as they were being “kicked out”. That was their words, not mine.
Feeling a bit sore and running a slight temperature, but not too bad. Taking it very easy for now.
Its a strange feeling having at least ten people in the room looking after you during the operation and then being closely monitored for hours to be turned out to your nearest and dearest tender care. Feels a bit like having a baby, you definitely think you will never do it again and at loss what to do with your newly tender heart.
On the whole, a good job, good care, although a bit rushed and here’s to new better life hopefully,
Thank you for all your support to get me this far.
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