Thursday 20th March 2008
Surgery
Had an operation today at the Day Surgery Unit at Trafford General Hospital to remove two sebaceous cysts from my scalp. This was elective surgery; I've had the cysts since I was in my teens and they haven't really grown any more but the larger one at the front was starting to show through my thinning hair and so I decided in Autumn last year that it was time to have them done.
It seemed that everyone passing through the unit in the morning session reported there for 8am and the surgical team just went through everybody in some order that no doubt made sense to them. I was the penultimate patient of the morning, not getting changed into the operating gown until 11am and not going to theatre until 11:15. It was all over by 11:45.
On the whole it was actually quite an enjoyable and relaxing morning, where I was able to catch up on some reading whilst waiting, and to find out what it's like to have an operation (albeit very minor) for the first time after nearly 43 years of my life!
My thanks to the staff at the unit for a pleasant morning!