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Originally Posted by Fearonsarms
Ok I have an appointment tomorrow 7-30am in hospital for an operation to have my tonsils taken out.T his is because I was in hospital recently with a tonsil abscess (quinsy). Anyway they lanced the abscess with a needle (without giving me any painkillers I might add) and said I was liable to develop one again so they offered me the operation (which they don't usually do here in the UK anymore). Needless to say I am absolutely bricking it to the point where I'm so terrified that I may not turn up. The thing is I've never had an operation before or had a general anaesetic. I don't just hate hospitals (like everyone does) they scare the life out of me. Also I can't get rid of the fear that I might wake up mid operation out of my mind. Furthermore the nurse who did my pre-op assessment was a nasty piece of work (long story)but regardless a friend of mine who is a fully qualified doctor told me-when I explained what happened with the nurse-that I wasn't examined properly for an operation (he noted that suffering with occasional high blood pressure and other things I won't go into here should have been more taken into account)and in his medical opinion I should have requested a second pre-op.
Any genuine advice on this matter is MUCH appreciated.
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alot of people are scared of ops and waking up ,but dont worry my sister had her tonsils out and she was so terrified,but after the op she couldn't remember a thing,i know where u r coming from i have a fear of operations, but everyone oneday in our life will have some kind of operation.you will be fine dude.i would be bricking it as well,be just like going to sleep then waking up and it's all over.