"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 531 | Thanks Pete sound advice....I truly believe and it has been documented already since my consult appointment. I thought I broke the nurse's hand when they took a picture of my throat through a scope down my nose....My doctor's right hand man (Wendy the nurse) is fully aware of my fears and I am going to talk to her next week again. I think that they will be fully aware and I plan on before surgery writing on my white board "anxious person!!!!" Please be kind...The social worker is fully aware to the point that they have made special arrangements for my husband to stay until out of the woods so to speak...they are making special arrangements if I need it because of anxiousness slackening the visiting hrs so if I need someone there they will arrange it. Also arranging for a TV so to take my mind off of things....So I think they are aware I even told the anestesiologist (sand man) my fears and he made a comment about putting trac in while awake ....and walked out the door so to speak...he was the only person who didn't seem real compassionate. But the rest were good and I want to think I will be ok... I feel like I am a broken record....I think I can...
Thanks everyone for listening to me....
Dianne
Dianne..treatment at cc at Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario...insulin dependant, Surgery Sept 8/08 Tracheotomy,composite resection and bilateral neck dissection, left radial forearm free flap... T2N0 squamous cell carcinoma. No radiation A little over 2 yrs clear YAY
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