Hi, my name is veryanxious! Worried about surgery.
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Sorry *during and prone , blooming keyboard thumbs
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Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 21,355 Disability GamechangerOptionsHello @veryanxious Welcome to the Community. I am sorry you are so frightened about your surgery. They will have lots of monitors to check your breathing. It is quite normal to feel anxious about any surgery most people do. Six months ago I had a procedure where I also had to lie on my front and had a tube in my throat and was on oxygen and like you I was concerned about my breathing. The staff doing the operation were great in reassuring me and I do not remember anything now. I am a lot better and could not continue how I was. I wish you the best of luck, let us know how you get on. Take care.
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Thank you so much Beaver79. Very glad you're feeling much better. I think it's the length of the surgery also, I known that the longest under the greateerthe risk. Take care
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Hi @veryanxious good luck with your surgery tomorrow. You will have all monitors on and will be checked all through the procedure. It's very easy to get worked up before an op. But you got this and the drs definately got you. Let us know how you get on
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Hi Sandy123, thank you, appreciate your positive comment, it does help having real time response rather than doom scrolling through Reddit. Positive thinking I can message in here when I'm out the other side..
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Yes let us know and then recovery after
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Hello @veryanxious
I haven't been in your position but know many people who have undergone serious surgeries and I think they would all say how you're feeling is completely normal. It's really important to be able to share your fear and worries, so it's good you can express them.
When you arrive in the morning, it might be a good idea to speak about some of your concerns to the staff taking care of you. They will be able to answer some of your questions and their safety measure and how they monitor you during surgery. Being informed might help alleviate some of the anxiety. Remember the team looking after you will all be highly skilled, very experienced and your well-being will be their top priority
Sending you strength and positive thoughts. If you feel comfortable, we'd love to hear how you get on and hear from you when you come out the other side
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Hello Adrian, thank you so much for commenting, I think that's a good thought. I'll write down the fears as questions and hope I can at least speak to the anaesthetist to try to get them answered and get reassurance. I just can't shake the feeling of doom and thinking I'm putting myself in potentially a fatal position. The surgeon himself said I was between the devil and the deep blue sea. I am trying (very hard) to be positive and think that I need to be brave for future me and my other half so that we can lead a normalife and that I won't in a month, two month's maybe six months be paralysed with them emergency surgery needed with little hope to walk again. This is my best chance to preserve the level I have now. Take care
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Thank you all for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.
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Your very welcome and good luck
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You're neurosurgeon has weighed up the 'pros' & 'cons,' which I'm sure they will have tried their best to explain to you. All surgery carries risk, which they have to say, but that's not to mean it's remotely likely that anything untoward would happen.The anaesthetist is also an important part of your team, &, as others have said will monitor your breathing, blood pressure & heart rate to keep you entirely safe.No surgery is necessarily easy for the patient, but you've got those who know you best (medically speaking) looking after you, & you couldn't be in better hands. I look forward to hearing from you soon, if you'd be so kind.
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Chiarieds, many thanks. I'm here wide awake having to be up in 3 hours. I'm trying so hard to be logical and brave, my tears betray me though. I thank you for what you said, I am determined to see it through and yes I'll be so happy when I come out the other side and will post in here.
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I know it's not easy, but as a long-retired physio, I've been there seeing patients once out of surgery. I've also been a patient, so on the other side so to speak a few years ago, when I had a few concerns of my own. You'll be back on the ward before you know it; you'll be fine, trust that.
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I hope it all goes well for you. I have had two surgeries on my spine, a cervical spinal fusion and a discectomy. I was also anxious before each surgery but can honestly say they were the best things I have had done, my spinal fusion resulted in me being without pain in my arm for the first time in years.
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Can I first and formost thank you for your response, care, positively and willingness to be open. It meant a lot. I'm currently still awake not a second of sleep unless you could the MASSIVE 9 HOUR spinal cord decompresion that the am currently in HDU for. Attached to a lot of stuff even cleg cuffs to pump my blood around as we'lo.as all the paraphernalia. I am utterly,, utterly so thankful to be alive. From what I can remember I couldn't thanke everyone enough. They could not believe how lucid and awake I was. I haven't yet slept, they are trying everything to get me to. They keep insisting I paid the morphine I resisted for2 and half hours. Still trying to get me to sleep. I had a full breakdown in the waiting area, whole surgical came, and I mean everyone to to reassure me. They were amazing, I was still petrified, but them. Having all my questions written down was a very good idea. It felt surreal, let me tell you. I didn't want pre meds, I wanted to be awake when all canulas were going in , they respected mein both respects, but explained that the needles were very big and pain registration affects dose of anesthesia which in case of my fear increased risk albeit to still safe levells. I could write volumes, but unimportant. Every
Person was incredible. Xx
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How are you now @veryanxious its good to see you keeping us all updated etc
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So good to hear from you @veryanxious - & of course you had a wonderful team looking after you. Thank you so much for the update, now please give in & sleep; a natural sleep will do you so much good
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Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 21,355 Disability GamechangerOptionsI am so glad it has all been done @veryanxious You just need to rest now and get some sleep. Thank you for letting us know how you got on. Take care.
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Hi it’s great your surgery is over and I hope you are having a good sleep now. Take care.
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I'm so glad the surgery went well @veryanxious, that's great news. And we're all here if you need to chat whilst you recover.
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