My appointment was for 1:30pm and i had to have a small breakfast. So i was working, and ha looked at my phone for something and saw the missed notification for it at 1:40.
For some reason i had thought it was Thursday that it happened, not weds! So i was literally crapping myself.
The way the hospital works for these things goes like this. Bunch of people turn up for morning stuff, and a bunch for afternoon stuff.
All morning people turn up at the same time, regardless what time their thing happens, and the same for afternoon. I just happen to know this because my husband has to have cancer checks every year, so i was hopeful that i could still get in for the afternoon stuff!
Rang the hospital in a panic, and asked if it was ok to come in, she said unsure, she will get back to me after asking somebody. Meanwhile i literally was yanking shoes on while talking.
As soon as i hung up, i left, driving as fast as i could within the law. I got a call after leaving that Yes they could still do it!
I arrived at the hospital at 2:!5pm, and it was all good!
So the scope was something i had not done. The paper work said sedation, and sleeping for 2 hours before going home, then no driving for 12 hours. This seemed over the top for a 5 minute procedure.
I researched that online to see how bad it was without the sedation, and it seems its just as bad with or without, you just don't recall how bad, and then you feel like shit for 12 hours.
I decided i would go without sedation - i knew i would be gagging, and it would feel like shit, but its literally 5 minutes long! The worst part was getting it down, once its down all is weird but fine, no pain, just weird.
I almost panicked a bit going in, and the first time they went down i gagged gagged gagged and literally was unable to swallow to get the thing down. They let me rest, i was shitting myself at this point thinking i should have gone sedation.
Mental slap, determined, gave it another go, gagged gagged and was literally willing myself to swallowing, only at this point my body just automatically did its thing gagging, and then suddenly SWALLOW! WE ARE GOLD!
So maybe 60 seconds of really awful gagging shit, and then the rest was just really uncomfortable , me counting down the seconds, and then we are good.
I could hear the doctors talking, the Doctor who is doing my gastric surgery was there for it, and conferring lots.
It seems i do have some acid in stomach causing issues, but nothing too major that will stop the surgery.
Doctor had a brief conversation with me and was super happy with weight loss so far (lost 10.5kg!!!). The diabetes is controlled by diet, blood tests show thats just fine.
So day is the day after, and im glad i went without sedation - it was hard, but it was only 5 minutes. I have allowed myself a cheat day today, having fries with salt to ease my sore throat.
I won't get many more cheat days, if any. In fact this is the first full cheat day i have had in a month. Other than a single time i decided to have a cheese toasted sandwich, i have been on the ball with the diet.
I have had a lot going on elsewhere including my father-in-law dying , so i have funerals to go to, going away overnight, a sick chicken, and in all that, i managed to paint my lounge blue :D
Im going good, can't wait for best friends wedding, and surgery!
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