cheers guys
i had a phone call on friday morning, can you come in early, yes sure, then they asked when was the last time i ate
well they said i couldnt eat after 8.00 for 12.30 afternoon sessions, so i ate at 10 to 8, thus they could do the op before 1.00, but asked me to get down early anyways, as i would be first, turned out that my hernia was the biggest op of the day, so they wanted more recovery time for me, they were right, the whole of the day surgery was empty by the time i left at 7.00, i was the last around, i had my own room though, all in all i was very impressed with the hospital ( though i did choose it, i turned down the 2 who were more local to me )
it all went well, it was keyhole they made 3 small cuts around the belly buttom, even though the hernia was right at the bottom of my groin, came around and was in such pain, it really was the worse pain i have suffered, had a bit of mophine that helped,
i had the dressings changed today, it turns out that keyhole has the least cuts / cutting, BUT its the hardest on your body, my insides are in a right pain, still taking the max painkilers and its just taking the edge off it
, they have to push all your insides around to work in the small space
i tell you what, ive never felt pain like this, i clean the windows for a retired RAF bloke, he was sent over to orlando to do a "work placement " with NASA in the 70's, he did the space program at Canaveral, he also test flew flighters for the UK RAF and the USA airforce, he said and i qoute " i had my hernia done a few years back, i know pain and it was painfull " i didnt expect it this bad though
cheers guys
matt