1 pill down, surgery to go

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Had a BPAS appointment this morning. Given the first pill to take and will be scheduled in for a surgical termination via local anasthetic tomorrow.
Would anyone like to share their experiences?
Pain, recovery etc.
I'm happy with my decision after a lot of deliberation, I'm just wondering about the ins and outs of the surgery.

Thought I would do a follow up incase of any silent readers.
Went to the clinic today, was seen by a lovely nurse who explained the procedure to me and it was a great opportunity to ask any questions. Name band given, consent signed so went back into the waiting area to wait for my name to be called.
When called I was taken through to the recovery room to get dressed into a gown (take your own nightie for extra comfort!) And some slipper socks. Had to empty my bladder and another lovely nurse asked me my hot drink preference.
Was then called into theatre, legs up in stirrups while they went through all my details.
I opted for local anaesthetic as I needed to be able to drive.
Speculum popped in, 3 injections into my cervix (I was told this would hurt but honestly it really wasn't that bad) then a tube inserted into my cervix to remove the pregnancy. This is where it hurt. It was a sharp pain which seemed to last ages. I told the surgeon and the nurse holding my hand to keep talking to me whilst I did some breathing exercises. Another nurse was scanning my tummy at the same time to ensure all that needed to come out did.
All in all it was around 10 minutes in theatre, I was expecting it to be longer to be honest.
The pain afterwards was a strong cramp and that again lasted a while.
Taken to the recovery room where I was lightheaded and dizzy. Sat and drank my tea and had a biscuit whilst talking to one of the nurses. After around 15 minutes they walked with me to the loo and waited outside incase I passed out.
Got back to the recovery room and asked for more pain relief as I was very uncomfortable and crampy.
When I felt fine I got dressed and met my husband in the waiting area.
Got called back in to see the original nurse and she talked through what they did and gave me contraception advice.
It's now about 6 hours after and I am getting period pains along with bleeding which is obviously to be expected.
I would absolutely opt for surgical management again if needed (I won't ever find myself in this position again) and everyone working at the clinic was fantastic.
I hope this helps anyone going through the same thing as I have today, I was extremely nervous but honestly looking back now it wasn't that bad.