Hello everyone,
Well, I went to my GP today to ask her to refer me to a dietician for after the op. I am having the op privately but decided to pay the cheaper package where the aftercare isn't included. (It was an extra £2.5k for the dietician and 3 band fills!). I thought I'd be able to pay-as-you-go with the dietician after the op, but it turns out I was wrong! So I have no dietic support after my initial 6 week follow-up!
Anyway, I thought the GP would be able to refer me to the dieticians at my local NHS hospital. But she seemed unsure about whether they would accept me - told me they might not want to treat me as I went privately!! I told her that surely they would be happy that I saved the NHS a few grand, and that as a tax payer, I'm entitled to NHS support... so she's going to write a letter and see what she can do.
Grrr I'm really annoyed by this. I thought there would be no problem getting a referral. I wonder if I can see a dietician privately somewhere else.... might go do some googling!
After the GP, I went on a pre-op shopping trip! I bought liquid nurofen and paracetamol, wind relief (after reading Livvy's thread!), syrup of fig, and some soluble co-codamol for if the pain is really bad (although I hate taking it because it makes me soooo constipated). I meant to get a small seive to seive out all the bits in my soup post op, but I forgot so I'll have to go get that another day.
So now it all feels very real. I've just popped my trakkie bottoms in the wash so I can wear them to go home from hospital in (glamorous or what?! lol), and I've changed the sheets on the spare bed in case I need to call any friends in to take care of me while John is in Amsterdam the week after the op.
Eeek! Is this actually going to happen?
Alice xx
glad that you are too now!! Not long to go!
