Yesterday we went to London as planned - drive to Redbridge, Uber to London Bridge - arriving half an hour or so ahead of our appointment time of 12pm.At just about the same time that a batch of emails arrived saying (paraphrased) "Very sorry, we can't do your operation on the 3rd, can't find a top-notch anaesthetist for that time". Apparently the man originally booked for the early morning (0800) operation on the 3rd is on call the evening before and felt had to cancel.They had been frantically ringing around but couldn't find anyone sufficiently qualified and experienced. I understand it's trickier than usual because of the face-down position needed for access to the back of my neck instead of the usual on-your-back position with the head tilted back to help keep the airway open.
We're now moved on to Monday May 9th at 1300, which is a rather better time for the journey than 0800- we have to arrive two hours before. I don't know if it's the original anaesthetist or someone different.
The trouble is that you build up so much mental preparation for something like this, and then it'all blown off course and you go back to square one. I've now got to do it all again...
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