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Well my big day had finally come it was ,it was tuesday the 24th of october ,and not being able to have any solid food today do to the ops ,i just made do with some coffee and orange juice for my breakfast ,and waited for my collection to be picked up and taken to the hospital . I had my little pink sued hand luggage case packed with the things i thought i would need for anovernight stay at the hospital ,and sure enough the car arrived ,and my sis michele and myself got in the car and headed across bangkok . It was hard to try and explain all my feelings ,but to me it was a real special day and a day i had waited so long to get too . We quickly arrived at the entrance of the hospital and i was led in to start filling the forms and giving all the normal hospital requirements you would normally get on being admitted for an operation ,including all my details and perticulars .

The hospital on my big day

Inside the hospital

Another view inside the hospital

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My sister Michele and myself sat in the main waiting area ,and she instinctavely new that look of anciousness on my face and she sqeezed my hand and said dont worry dear ,and smiled ,you are hear to collect your dream . a few moments later i was led bye one of the wonderfull thai ladies up an escilator and to another desk and all my belongings were taken off me and all listed in an itinary and placed in safe keeping . Ihad no jewelry on me ,i left it all at the hotel including all my rings ,i evan took my bright shiny red nail varnish off the night before as i felt it looked more sterile in the hospital enviroment . The next thing i remember i was taken to a small room and asked to change and take all my clothes off and put the hospital smock on ,and to put my clothes in a bag provided ,and these were then taken from me and i was led to another room and asked to lay on a trolly ready to go for my surgery . Iclimbed on the trolly and just closed my eyes and i could feel the trolly being wheeled along corridors to a lift and we went up several floors and came out in another area ,we sorta docked upto another trolly and i was transfered to it ,a few minets later after moving down more coridoors i was in a theatre and surrounded bye thai nurses in theatre attire and one of the persons attending me was dr chettawut . I dear not open my eyes ,but my feelings were hard to explain ,from makeing that initial enquirey on the internet from my home ,hear i was in an operating theatre in bangkok thailand ,and just about to have the first of my operations ,a truly unreal feeling . Afew seconds later ,my left hand was lifted up and a needle put in it ,and a quite voice asked me if i was ok ,and i replied with a dry mouth do to anxiety ,yes im fine ,and then i felt a liquid beeing put into my arm ,a few seconds later i was out ,i knew nothing more to be honest ,i was gone to the world

Please excuse the mess i must look but this is the day after my two ops

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The next morning i awoke in the hospital room ,and i took me a while to get my bearings to be honest ,and my first instinct was to try and sit up in bad ,and as i tried to move ,the pain in my chest area was like nothing ive ever felt before . From under my arms were the drains to drain off the access fluid and blood from in my chest area ,and i was wired up to a drip ,and all this was wrapped round the frame of my bed ,so the combination of all the pain and the pipes sorta rendered me prity helpless . As the morning went on ,i had a steady flow of wonderful nurses coming to check me out and my first food for a couple of day s ,that cheered me up alot

One of the wonderful thai nurses thet looked after me

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Despite the pain and discomfort my thoughts were on trying to get out my bed and get to the bathroom to clean myself up .and with all the drains in me and the pain from my chest this was going to be a major feat . I knew i needed to pee and rang for assistance and the nurse bought me a bed pan to pee in and ,gave me a menue to choose somthing to eat and drink . Iguess about every half hour i got a viset of some sort from a nurse there to check my pulse ,blood presure ,and other things. Eventually i managed to get a nurse to hang all my pipes and drips on one of those upright stands ,and i managed to get myself out of bed and make it to the bathroom . having managed to freshen myself up a tiny bit ,when the next nurse came in i asked her to go and bring all her freinds in and have a group photo together , i thought it would be a great keepsake for my photo album ( the next photo is the result )

Well with my neck swollen after my trachial shave op and in so much pain ,this is a photo ill treasure

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Well later that morning ,the nurse came again and took the drains from under my arms ,with a great amount of care and attention i must say ,and seemed worried that she may be hurting me ,but i asured her this was no problem ,and i felt no pain from her doing this . I was given a dose of pain killers to help with the chest pain and told that later that day i would be ok to leave the hospital and go back to my hotel . Some time after that my door opened and my two great freinds arrived to see me that was Michele ,and Lianne ( the next photos are of michele and lianne at my bedside )

My sis Michele at my bedside

My great freind Lianne from Hawiie

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Well later that day Dr Chettawut came to my room to check me over and see how i was doing after my operations ,and i guess he knew i was so pleased with the results ,he could see with the smile on my face . Iasked him if he stuck to what we agreed on at the consultation of useing 400-450cc inserts ,and he said that ,no he had put 550cc ,smooth cohesive gell inserts in my chest ,well i trusted his judgement ,and i feel that it was a very good decision on his part and great judgement . While the doctor was in my room i asked what would be the possibilities of getting my ears pinned back while in bangkok ,he thought a moment ,and said tina i can do them next wednesday for you . Iguess this just put an evan bigger smile on my face ,because now i had secured an extra op i hadant planned for while in thailand ,he just said you will need to get the stitches removed after a couple of weeks after you get back to the uk ,and i replied no problem dr chettawut ,and he left my room to carry on his rounds . Shortly after i was told i could get ready to leave the hospital and asked the nurse if she would bring my things that had been put in safe keeping for me at the hospital . My freinds Michele and Lianne were hovering around and must have overheard the conversation and were told they could now take me back to the Bann Siri hotel ,and i could bid fairwell to the hospital and its great staff there . Igot myself dressed and packed my little flight case with my things ,and along came a wheelchair to get me down to the main entrance of the hospital , we got in a cab and travelled back to the hotel . Ifelt so proud i had completed my first round of my operations ,and i felt a great scence of contentment and joy at this ,and truly happy .

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