"Disappointed"

BCC removal from the nose with full thickness skin graft with local anaesthetic was traumatic to say the least, I found the surgeon to be completely lacking in empathy,

I was given the wrong advice on the phone when infection set in & spent 3 days mopping up pus as it ran down my face, when the dressings came off the graft had failed & both the graft site on the upper arm & the excision site were infected, a Dr was called & antibiotics prescribed however having been told I couldn’t take Amoxicillin she decided she would give one containing it, fortunately the pharmacist insisted she gave an alternative.

All this suggests to me that something was wrong in theatre for both sites to be infected but I guess I’ll never know & im told “these things can happen”.

I then attended the dressing clinic every week for 5 weeks, where I found the nurses to be caring & friendly, while husband changed the dressings daily at home.

When I returned 7 weeks later for the results I’m told that not all the cancer has been removed & I have to have more surgery.

This time I’m to have a wide local excision with skin flap & Im filled with dread, terrified of what it will look like as the previous outcome is horrible, the nose is a huge hollow & the graft site still sore, red & uncomfortable in spite of it now being 3 months old.

This time I’m having a sedative as I’m unable to have a general but have not met the anaesthetist, this is now very close to happening & I can’t sleep for worrying & I have no trust in whoever is doing it on the day especially as I have yet to see the same Dr twice & they all seem to have a different idea.

Considering the QVH is supposed to be one of the best I couldn’t be more disappointed