I got to my appointment at day surgery for a knee op which was 7.30 a.m. I didn't get taken till 3pm - woke up in recovery, got told previously I was getting keyhole but discovered I had 12 staples in my knee. The nurses were all lovely but I had to wait several times on help to the toilet as ward never had wheelchairs or nothing else to transport me back and or to loo so nurse brought a flimsy white plastic chair.
Long story short, what I'm mostly concerned about is I waited from 10 till 2 for a physio to come see me - they did apologise saying they didn't know I was there waiting nearly 4 hours. Anyway they gave me a set of crutches and exercise sheet - I got home to realise the nurse had sent me home with 10x 2inch plasters to cover 12 staples instead of 7 inch plasters - lucky my neighbour was able to go chemist for me.
Also I went to look at my wound to discover my dressing was disgustingly filthy and only had blue material on my wound it had not been cleaned or anything since the surgery the previous day. I also discovered the exercise sheet I was given was for a different operation procedure that I underwent.
"Knee surgery"
About: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France / Trauma and Orthopaedics Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France Trauma and Orthopaedics EH16 4SA
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