To ask you to talk me down from cancelling endo ablation this week

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Please.
I need to be told to get on with it.
I know I can’t cancel.

I am having an endometrial ablation on Thursday.
I’ve been booked for the surgery for ages, I need the endo ablation to give me a chance at normality instead of not leaving the house for the 3 days at the start of my monthlies, my children suffer because of it.

I know my consultant well and he is hopeful for a good result. He knows I have a difficult gynae history. He agreed to perform the ablation under general anaesthetic because of my history. I couldn’t face it under local/sedation and I’ve waited ages for a date. Also, my consultant is leaving the trust shortly so I’m keen to have him not someone I don’t know and haven’t built trust with yet.

But.
I am suddenly terrified. Not an impending doom feeling but a fear.
In the last 4 weeks my father and 2 friends have passed away - none under anaesthetic or due to surgery - but I am suddenly terrified I will die and leave my children.

I know I need the surgery but keep thinking about cancelling.

Please help.

Oops sorry didnt see your update.

Well done OP!

Honestly as long as you haven't got lots and lots of health problems so you are v frail then GAs are crazy safe. I remember when I was a junior anaesthetist my boss telling a patient that they were more likely to die from an easy jet flight to Spain than a GA

Theyre so so safe. I've had 2 deaths on the table in 9 years of anaesthetising and that often being up to 6 patients a day. One had a ruptured aorta before we started, the other would have died with or without surgery

If u wanted to be awake we can do it under spinal anaesthetic an injection in the back similar to an epidural provided you're not on blood thinners

I get it I cried my eyes out n lost the plot before my GA as an 18yo but now I wouldn't bat an eyelid now I know how safe and straight forward they are. Feel free to message me if u want to chat

I had an ablation and hysteroscopy under general. Wasn’t given option of not having the general.

mine didn’t work alas - my uterus was too bulky to inflate the balloon thing and I was under for quite a while as they tried various tricks to make it work but it didn’t. But the hysteroscopy was all clear. I’m sure you’ll have better luck and it will be short time under anaesthetic. My last GA was for a tonsillectomy and that was a super quick one, and no after effects.

@Destiny123 my surgeon
said today his preferred method is by GA and I was happy to hear this.

The anaesthetist was fabulous too!

But gosh I’m glad today is over with.