Sleep, relax, eat and drink. Remember to take any medicine prescribed and change any dressings. If you are worried, phone your surgeon straight away and get medical advice. Remind yourself that resting is part of being a well-informed patient and pretty soon you will be back up to speed.
Send us your experience. You can do this by recording your experience with a voice recorder and sending it to us. This is a particularly good way to share your experience with others and repay those who shared their experience with you.
Send us a message and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Being alone with post-op anxiety may make it feel worse. If you have kept your surgery a secret - you do not need to feel alone. We will keep your details private and confidential.
It's easy to wake up in a panic after surgery. Panic and anxiety may go on for a while. You may feel terrible. You may be in pain. You may wonder what on earth you have done to yourself. We hope to have 24 hour helplines available soon but in the meantime, please fill out our Contact Form and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
More often than not, panic is just an after effect of surgery. It is helpful to remember that results will not be seen immediately after surgery. It can take as much as six months to see the final results and patience is important.
Men may be from Mars and Women from Venus but don't let that stop you from learning how to communicate effectively at your post-op consultation.
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We hope that you are not in the unfortunate position of having to go through a failed complaint procedure and need an Ombudsman but if you do we will try to keep you informed of contact details and procedure.
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