REAL fear-for me anyway!

[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.

[leezuki]

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.

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.

[neverending]

Call your doctor and explain why you would like a second pre-op. Follow his/her advice. If the advice is to go ahead with the operation, do it. They're trying to make you healthy.

I had a collapsed lung when I was 13 and had major surgery to have part of a lung removed. I'm glad I had the operation, as the alternative was to die. I spent a long time in the hospital recovering.

Get this taken care of. Your condition is not going to get better just because you ignore it.

[Fearonsarms]

Thank you both for your suggestions. Its difficult to know at the moment whether I'm just having last minute nerves or whether my instinct not to go ahead with this is correct. There's no way I'll be able to get any sleep tonight so as neverending said-I will seek medical advice from my doctor first thing and explain what I said in my post. Sorry for using this place as a medical forum-I'm just not thinking very straight at the moment.

[leezuki]

get advise,and take it from there,u will be ok.

[Fearonsarms]

Thank you much appreciated :)

[The Villain]

Make sure you dont watch Awake before you go......

[TheWickerFan]

I've had a couple of operations done that required general anesthesia, and had no adverse effects. You wake up a bit groggy, but otherwise fine.

Take care of yourself.:)

[Geddy]

Hope everything goes well today, bro. Good luck!

[Fearonsarms]

Thank you for the messages-my GP examined me properly and told me as I suspected that I'm not well enough for the operation so thankfully I don't have to worry about this any more-which is a HUGE relief-thanks again everyone.

[The Villain]

Well at least you dont have to deal with it now