I woke up this morning feeling surprisingly calm. My admission time was 12.30pm so I woke up early at 6am to eat breakfast, I wasn't hungry but I knew it would be a long day without food. My friend Gemma came with me to hospital and she did an amazing job at distracting me from feeling nervous throughout the day. I arrived at the hospital at 12 and was taken straight to my room which I was sharing with another girl who was in theatre when I got there. Once I had put on my gown and stockings the nerves really hit me. The nurses took my blood pressure and also took my height and weight measurements again, they were all amazing and made me laugh so much throughout the day. I was told that Dr.Giannitrapani was running late due to procedures from the day before so I was expecting to wait a while before I got called for surgery. Dr.Giannitrapani came in a few hours after I arrived and went through the procedure with me again and took more photos. He explained to me that he thinks I must have fractured my nose at some point and I was unaware. After his visit, the anethesist came in and I had more forms to sign. I was called for surgery at 4.15pm. I walked down to the theatre and laid on the bed. This was my major fear, being putting to sleep. A nurse laid a blanket over me and took my blood pressure again. Monitoring pads were placed on my chest and the anesthetic was injected through my hand. I felt my fingers go numb and a cold sensation through my arm. A nurse held my hand as she told me I looked really nervous and asked me to take breaths into a mask. The next thing I remember was waking up in a room I didn't recognise and asking for a quarter pound meal with cheese, I was clearly hungry. I asked what the time was and it was 7.20pm. I was taken to my room and waited for Gemma to arrive. I had a sore throat, dry lips and was extremely thirsty. My blood pressure slightly dropped so I was advised to keep drinking sips of water. I was so hungry I was brought tea and toast. I had to wait four hours post op before I could be discharged. I face timed my family who I think enjoyed how delirious I was because of the medication I had been given. Dr.Giannitrapani came in and said he was confident everything went well and that my surgery took 2 hours and I was in recovery for 1 hour. At 11pm I was discharged and given antibiotics and pain killers to take with me. My drip pad was changed before I left and was given spares to take with me. I was feeling no pain but was apprehensive about when the pain would kick in. I arrived home about 1am and my dressing already needed changing. I barely slept as I struggled breathing. I had such a sore and dry throat because I was having to breath through my mouth that I was waking up every 15 minutes to drink water and sleeping up right was extremely uncomfortable. I was worried that the pain medication would wear off and I would wake up in pain. I cant believe I've finally had it done, seven days until the big reveal of my new nose.
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