I’m scared about surgery
I’m finally getting my gallbladder removed next Thursday, I’m so happy but I’m so scared. I’ve never been in hospital before, apart from A&E or visiting people, so I don’t know what it’s like, and I’ve never had anaesthesia before and seeing death listed as a possibility has really freaked me out. The letter from the hospital says no one will be allowed on the ward with me and that’s making me panic because I’m going to be all on my own waiting to go into a surgery I’m terrified about and I’m going to have to have needles put in me and I’m terrified of them too. And then what about after surgery? Like how do I contact my partner to come and pick me up? How much pain am I going to be in? When should I eat and what should I eat? There’s just a million things going around my head and I don’t know anyone else who has had this surgery so I’m hoping someone in here can offer me some sort of reassurance??? I hate not knowing exactly what is going to happen.