Yes, I think my Drs will be pro-active when the time comes. I believe it's just that surgery fear. I was petrified the first time. I was the first surgery of the day, so the hospital was empty. My BFF drove me, a nurse took me back to pre-op and would come into give me directions. Every time a nurse left I'd start singing (quietly I thought) Great is Thy Faithfulness, it calmed me and helped me to pray. Well, apparently I could be heard, the staff thought I was having a break down and sent my parents and friend into pre-op.
The day I scheduled the TKR I cried while answering all the questions. The nurse taking the report kept saying that I didn't have to have the surgery, my BFF who was with me and sitting across the room replied that I did NEED to have the surgery. She knows what a baby I am and how small my knee had made my life. She also has had her own TKR. The nurse unaware of my wussiness and my lack of hospital experience kept throwing daggers at my friend. When I tell people that if I can do this anyone can, it is true. I went into the TKR totally oblivious except for what I knew from my friends experience. If I had gone to the class and learned what was happening, I would have cancelled. So even though I know what happens, it scares me a lot.
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. On to year three!
