Hey Hun, My admission time was 7.30am but I got there at like 7. Had to fill in a form then was shown to my room which was pretty much like a hotel room with a hospital bed! Nurse came and gave me gown and had to give urine sample to check I wasn’t pregnant (bare this in mind – try not to go to the loo before they do this!!). Then was hanging round until about 9 when anaesthetist came in to see me (she just said hi really and asked if I had any questions) and then the surgeon came in 5 mins later to draw on me and also to ask if I had any questions and to sign the consent form. Was taken down to the theatre by the nurse at about 9.30am. The next thing I remember was waking up in recovery but must have fallen straight back to sleep because I don’t remember anything else about recovery and the next thing I knew I was being bought back into my room at 11.30am all done! My boobs were all wrapped up so I couldn’t see them which was frustrating and I had drains in. Was given some tea and toast and then was just in the room sleeping/resting. The surgeon popped his head round the door about 4pm to see how I was and said he’d be back about 7.30 to discharge me. Had dinner about 6ish and then nurse came to take drains out which was much less painful than I thought! Then more sleeping/resting! The surgeon didnt come back until about 8.30 when he had a look, asked if I had any questions and then I was ready to go home. By this time I was more than ready to go home! I would suggest if anyone is staying with you to make sure to tell them to bring plenty to do – it wasn’t so bad for me because I was sleeping etc but my mum almost went out of her mind with boredom waiting around from 7am – 8.30pm!
Feel free to add me as a friend if you want hun and ill be happy to answer any questions!!
Hope your surgery goes well next week!!
