Pre-op assessment...

[happyseal]

I’m doing the pre-op assessment right now and it’s a lot to take in hehe. I thought it was pretty simple and straight forward. Didn’t expect all the extra steps. But it makes sense since I have severe endo and the lap will have the colon doctor as well as urologist.

[plotments]

Hope all went well

When's your date for surgery?

[happyseal in reply to plotments]

Thank you 😊. It’s Monday. I’m just starting to feel itchy about it hehe.

[plotments in reply to happyseal]

Good luck for Monday will be thinking of you

let me know how you get on

take care xx

[happyseal in reply to plotments]

Thank you 😊 I’ll update afterwards.

[Moon_maiden]

What sort of questions did you have?

I had pretty run of the mill questions last week and Bloods, ecg, etc today.

[happyseal in reply to Moon_maiden]

I had some questions but the nurse couldn’t answer them. I didn’t feel that there’s communication between the departments. Te pre-op was at the outpatient and not the gynae department.

But they checked blood, ecg, urine, etc. And gave directions on how to prepare and showering with a special body wash for 5 days before surgery, as well as all the cleansing products for the bowel.

Overall, it felt that the lap is more complex than what Was explained initially. And there’s a lot of it depends how things o during the surgery.

[Moon_maiden in reply to happyseal]

Many thanks. I was told I didn’t need bowel prep, the nurse said that technology has superseded this part the other week. I’ve just added a post querying what I’ve been told.

I had the practical bits yesterday, but they can’t give any answers.

It’s hard to tell what’s what with endo, even with scans, it needs a visual. Hopefully they will come up with a more suitable solution. I am intrigued as to what’s going on though.

How are you feeling about it in general?

[happyseal in reply to Moon_maiden]

Ohh, interesting that they told you no need for bowel prep. I was given a bowel prep to take the day before and this juice to speed recovery of the bowel in case they need to operate on the bowel. I guess if she didn’t explain you why it isn’t needed it’s hard to understand it.

Yes, they don’t give clear answers. I get it but it doesn’t make me feel at ease not knowing exactly what will happen. It’s a lot based on us trusting everything blindly, but I feel that nowadays no one will want to just blindly trust the system.

In general... I don’t actually feel comfortable with everything because we just get to meet the whole team on the day of the surgery, which is probably not the most comfortable day. I wish we had the opportunity to meet the team before then so we’re comfortable with it. And having a very clear idea of what is meant to happen would make it easier as well.

Good luck on your journey to lap as well. When is your surgery?

[Moon_maiden in reply to happyseal]

I understand completely where you are coming from in what they do. When I had lap the people there who put you under seemed really nice, but from then on you haven’t a clue who’s doing what. This will be a second op on Tuesday. Currently self-isolating.

[happyseal in reply to Moon_maiden]

Good luck on your op...all the loving and healing energies 😊

[Moon_maiden in reply to happyseal]

Many thanks 🙂