NHS has come up trumps

Wishing you well ?

Fingers definitely crossed, tanith, good luck.

Fingers crossed you are on the way to your op Tanith.

I hope all goes well and you are reasonably comfortable later today.

Have a good day tanith don't suppose you'll know much about it but the end result will be definately worth it.

Thinking of you today. You'll be a new women soon

I hope all goes well today, tanith. Hope you had already started to do your strengthening exercises!

Best wishes that it all goes well Tanith. The same thing happened to me, - I got called in suddenly because of a cancellation. Isn't it wonderful, instead of all that waiting. Good luck.

Fingers very firmly crossed that this is going ahead, Tanith! My little DGS1 should be having surgery today too - I am,waiting to hear whether it is actually happening. This is the fourth date he's been offered since Christmas, and he's never been 100% well on the day to allow them to operate.

Hope things go/went well for you.

Well you wouldn't believe it if I told you, needless to say I was cancelled after an 8 hr wait. I'm fine about it apart from being exhausted, the surgeon came straight from theatre to explain what happened and apologies. He is checking for the first available slot hopefully on April 18th.

So thanks everyone I'm not too disappointed at least the weekend weather is going to be fantastic...

Here in France before you have an op you shower the day before in Betadine and also the morning of the op. It smells like T Gel shampoo. I think it is to kill any bacteria on the skin.

Pity you were cancelled but at least you had an explanation and a hopeful new date. Everyone I know with new hips is so pleased with them - amazing what they can do these days.

DD went for a scan this week but it could not be done due to shortage of radiographers. She still saw the consultant though. Then she was called in to have the scan yesterday - luckily it showed she definitely does not have bone cancer but a huge hard ganglion with extra bits - it is in the ankle region - but as yet she does not know what will be done. She does not fancy the operation as it has a long recovery period and it can regrow. She is due to see an orthopaedic surgeon now - but I am so relieved!

Sorry you were let down tanith - but not too long to wait now.

Poor you, Tanith. Hope all goes better for you on the 18th. Well done for being so laid back about it.

Ah, no, tanith, that's a shame. DGS's op did go ahead and despite my warning DS that he might do what DS did as a child and react badly to the anaesthetic, taking ages to come round, he came to straight out of theatre and proceeded to eat a whole packet of biscuits. That's my boy!

So sorry tanith. As I was reading the thread I was preparing a positive response, only to reach the point where you didn't have the op. Fingers crossed all goes well for the 18th.

Maggiemaybe Good news your DGS had his op and came round without worries

So sorry it was postponed tanith, after all that anticipation. I hope they didn't starve you!!

All the best for the 18th (only 11 days).

Maggiemaybe
Well done to your DGS and I hope he continues to make good progress

Thank you, Jalima and Swanny. We're glad it's over with at last.

I'm glad all went to plan Maggiemaybe I hope he has a good recovery.
I fasted for 8pm Thursday till they told me it was off at 2:45 today so by then I was starving. I had to grab a sandwich and a banana before I set off home at least they let me sip water till noon.

Well I hope it all goes better for you next time, tanith. Not too long to wait...

Oh dear chin up tanith glad your looking on the bright side and girding yourself for next time. Enjoy this weekend weather if you can.