It's funny but whenever I tell anyone about my 'problem' they always react the same way. First they say how sorry they are to hear the news and then they say something like 'it's just routine these days' or 'It's so common that they can do it with their eyes closed!'.
I know everyone is trying to be supportive and make light of the surgery, but somehow it doesn't really help. There is no real consolation in knowing that thousands of others have already had the same surgery with great success when I think about exactly what is about to happen to me. It's not that I'm feeling especially sorry for myself, but there is a very real fear of the unknown and only I can cope with the actual feeling. I just like to know that I have the support of my friends and colleagues, and that they will be thinking of me as I go through the ordeal.
