- 19 days

Curbed ball alert in the grand scheme of things which constitutes my life and I did not see it coming. I have to have a hysterectomy, found out last Friday and will have the operation on Monday 16th of June. At least I can go private and do not have to have the nauseating long wait so many women suffer on the NHS.
Since I found out I spend a couple of evenings drunk, a whole day moping about like a little lost lamb and a sleepless couple of hours not being able to get out of my head all the things which could go wrong with such an invasive operation. Done that and am fine now. I am doing lots of research on how I can prepare mainly physically but also mentally to give myself the best chance of a speedy recovery.

The list of things I need to purchase includes so far:

• Big knickers (think Bridget Jones)
• A favourite special pillow (to aid coughing, sneezing and to use as a barrier under a seat belt)
• Peppermint capsules (to relief 'wind' issues apparently common after big operations - did I really need to know that beforehand?)
• An elastic tummy band (which might replace the favourite special pillows' job if it suits me and wow - one can even buy chilled ones which can aid the healing process)
• A couple more sleeping T-shirts with silly slogans fit for the occasion