3rd TIME LUCKY FOR JULIE47pf

julie47
julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
edited 18. Oct 2011, 10:17 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi Everyone

Well as you all know I am waiting for my neck operation and on the 5th oct,I went for my 2nd pre op re-assessment because my pre op had expired.

Today at 4.45 on a FRIDAY (gasp) I got a phone call saying that because I have been waiting for this op for 16 weeks and 1 day they are refering me to a different hospital (private). BUT I have to have the pre op again (3rd time lucky).
I go for this pre op on sat.29th oct.
Hopefully they may be able to give me a date then for the operation, but if not, the wait shouldn't be long. :smile:

I now feel a little better knowing that they haven't forgotten me because for the past few weeks this op has been getting me really down.

So fingers crossed again everyone that very soon the pink flamingo WILL get my date :grin:

Love Juliepf x
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  • Poppyg1rl
    Poppyg1rl Member Posts: 1,245
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Im all set for Sat 29th Julie, I'll be there in your pocket. Positive thoughts Julie, and all will be fine :grin: love and hugs (((((()))))) Xxx
    'grá agus solas'
    'Love and Light' translated from Irish. X
  • lalla
    lalla Member Posts: 138
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Julie will be on pocket duty 29th hope all goes well and you have your op done very very soon, be nice to have your own room and ensuite, no one snoring in the next bed and peace for your recovery((((())))) Take care Linda
  • cloud9
    cloud9 Member Posts: 385
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'll be there too for you. xx
    Sue (Cloud9)
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    julie will be with you good luck val
    val
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Julie
    Thats great.....when you hear something and realise they havent forgotten you its great.....I'll be there on 29th but please remind me......I've got my CT scan on 28th and might forget :lol::lol:
    Hope you get your op dae when you are there
    Love
    Hileena
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi Julie,

    oh at last its moving forward for you! i hope this time you do get a date and it sounds like you will. you know the pre-op will be ok and the new hospital is bound to want you to have another with them i guess.

    you know from Elna how good this will be for you and i so hope a date will be set and it will be done for you so you can get on without it hanging over you like this.

    leaving love and a hug as well as a bucket of get a date. Cris xx
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    you know me and Ra will be there hun.. Thing is, we go to Keilder on the 31st I think (monday) and we are back on the Friday. So tell them to hang on with actual op till we get home :???: :wink:
    Oh I do hope that they get you sorted out hun... You've been such a patient patient.. Get that snazzy hat of yours out of the box, you'll need it for the posh hospital..

    Xxxx


    Hileena, count us in the day before too hun :grin::grin:
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Tony.....Thanks for the support....I will post closer to the time

    Love
    Hileena
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good Luck, I hope all goes well this time. Love Sue
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Dear Julie,

    I am SO happy for you. I know that sounds a little odd but I am sure you know what I mean. You also know that I will most definitely be there to support you. Having been on a very similar journey myself just that little while before you, I hope I have prepared you, the best I can. You will be nervous like I was, that is perfectly natural, but you will be fine. You have already been through an extremely tough op some time ago. I really do admire you and your fighting spirit.

    You will be getting very used to these pre-op appointments, won't you? :wink: A small price to pay for getting an op date at another hospital quickly. Great that you shall meet the surgeon and team too.
    You will also have time to do any planning you wish to do. Sounds as if it is all working out for you this time around.

    Lots of love
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • elainebadknee
    elainebadknee Bots Posts: 3,703
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Julie

    Heck, you will be getting a master at these pre-op assessments eh? I think you should insist as youre at private hospital that you get the five star treatment, best pillows and sheets, gourmet food and a personal nurse to wait on you hand and foot - lol....
    No seroiusly this must be getting you down being messed about and I'm happy you got this 29th appointment then hopefully a date given then....

    Will be thinking of you n crossing all digits possible.....Sol will be puffing his beans up too for you...

    Elaine & Sol
    x x
    julie47 wrote:
    Hi Everyone

    Well as you all know I am waiting for my neck operation and on the 5th oct,I went for my 2nd pre op re-assessment because my pre op had expired.

    Today at 4.45 on a FRIDAY (gasp) I got a phone call saying that because I have been waiting for this op for 16 weeks and 1 day they are refering me to a different hospital (private). BUT I have to have the pre op again (3rd time lucky).
    I go for this pre op on sat.29th oct.
    Hopefully they may be able to give me a date then for the operation, but if not, the wait shouldn't be long. :smile:

    I now feel a little better knowing that they haven't forgotten me because for the past few weeks this op has been getting me really down.

    So fingers crossed again everyone that very soon the pink flamingo WILL get my date :grin:

    Love Juliepf x
  • daylily
    daylily Member Posts: 619
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope it all goes according to plan this time and you finally get the date for the operation, the waiting is awful isn't it?

    Good luck Julie
    xx
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you every one for your support once again :grin:
    I am so very happy at the moment and so looking forward to my own room :grin: I will feel much more relaxed, because with out the leg I am about as elegant as an elephant and I wont have to worry about showing my wears :oops: :lol: to some poor ward mates.

    (tony, sorry mate but if they were to say we want you in tomorrow, I'm off :lol:, doubt it though :wink: )

    Hileena, good luck with the ct scan, I will be with you in spirit cause I will be at a rhummy appointment :smile:

    Elna, I know what you mean about being happy for me I was spinning round the room in my chair after the call. I was shaky but so relieved.
    I just want this over and done with and all the advice you have given over the few weeks before and after your op has been such a help, thankyou.

    Skezier...cris. Thank you for popping in and for your support it is really kind of you as I know things are not too good for you at the moment. Hugs ((((()))) and hope you feel a little better soon.

    To every one else..........Thank you so very much for all your support. :smile:

    Have a good week-end
    Love Juliepf x
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It has well been worth the wait, Julie. Things have turned out for the best and you will certainly get VIP treatment at the private hospital. :wink::grin: My old arthritic bones are telling me it will all go well.

    Love
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh my lovely, what excellent news. I will be there (with me mum) and cheering you on as loudly as I can. Get you going all posh - it's the least you deserve, my wonderful pink flamingo. I am so pleased - and I am sure it will be a case of third time lucky. Hugs and love. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Julie
    Thanks....but CT scan or not I'll be in your pocket the next day :grin:

    Love
    Hileena
  • Beebopaloo
    Beebopaloo Member Posts: 26
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Congratulations Julie - I am sure it will all go well and you have nothing at all to worry about and it sounds like you just got the hospital equivalent of being upgraded from economy to first class!

    I know I haven't been here long but I do know how nerve-racking these op's can be so - chin up, good thoughts and it will be over before you know it. There will be lots of people thinking of you on the 29th :)

    I would say good luck but you don't need luck!

    Keep smiling, Beccy xxx
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,155
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Julie.
    i will be there for you on the 29'th and any other day you want me.
    i'm so pleased you had the phone call.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,027
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Wow Julie

    you is going to be a posh bird then?!!! :wink:

    wahay caviar and beujolis for your tea then :grin:

    Seriously fingers crossed for you. 29th was my Mum's birthday so l have a good feeling.

    Love

    Toni xx
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You know I’m dead chuffed. But I couldn’t resist saying it again. Things seem to be really, really, really moving now. And about time too.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Elna,dd,sticky,toni,dachsund,hileena and welcome to beebopaloo

    Thank you for all your good vibes and good wishes. :grin:

    I am still smiling and today went out to buy more christmas presents and wrote a good few of my christmas cards. I have never been so organized :lol:

    Juliepf x
  • cacyhi
    cacyhi Member Posts: 150
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good luck with the appointment Julie and it sounds good to be going to a private hospital - at least the food will probably be better! Hope you get a date soon. You really are organised what with getting all your Christmas pressies etc , and as I now myself, the waiting is a different kind of stress to the actual thing. x
    CAROL (Cacyhi)
  • bertyboy
    bertyboy Member Posts: 1,860
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    so pleased for you Julie the pre op will go fine , and you will get a date i have heard these private hospitals are very good , will be in your pocket xx
    I know i am a lady ,all life is a journey xx MAY xx
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Julie,

    been thinking i am really glad they have done this one cus the date will be more solid in the private hospital.

    they tend not to have the emergencies etc that can lead to delays and bed shortages and like you said to have your own room will help as well.

    be i your pocket as i hope you know. love and hugs. Cris xx
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    carol, berty and chris

    thankyou for your good wishes.

    I just worry about catching a cold :roll:

    will do my best not to.

    juliepf x

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