How do you deal with

How do you deal with fear? I will be seeing an orthopedic surgeon this week (torn meniscus, right knee) and even though it might be day surgery. I'm still afraid. I never had this type of surgery before and its fairly common, but my fears are showing...I'm trying to stay positive, but could use some help. If I don't get this in check then my asthma could flair. I've had bad painful experiences with surgeries before and I heal slowly...
Guess I need positive vibes, I will talk with the doctor on Wednesday and guess we will discuss what will be done. Need to make my list of questions...

hey chart, you will be fine. as far as i know it is at the back of the knee. you have ya questions, good. nursing staff will sort ya out. sports people cop them a lot. my nephew had his done. he plays cricket and football. he all good, you will be too.

hi -
I had this surgery a couple of years ago. It was a day surgery for me also. It is very quick; it seems you barely are out, and then it is over.
I'll be honest -- the first few days home were very painful. I had crutches. It just really hurt to get from standing to sitting to lying down, to back up again. After a few days it was not so bad, but it took several weeks to be able to do everyday activities again. I had PT afterwards which also helped.

Good luck. Be sure to ask your doc any questions you have, and don't be afraid to take pain meds as necessary.

Hope

Tomorrow I meet with the surgeon...and then we'll see. if I can get the surgery done on Friday, then I have the weekend at home to recover and I have cross-stitching all set to work on...need to get ice packs and crutches...but lets see what this doctor says tomorrow...

you will fine mate. heal well.

Was in a very dark place on Friday and placed a call to my counselor and worked some of it out, now just need to get pm to help with getting pain control meds for after surgery and then i should be good...
Daughter is coming to visit so I'll be out on here for a few days, just wish someone could be here to help when Husband goes away for three days this week....
Had a very bad tail spin and hope to pull out soon...

Finally got my meds all worked out, but still a little nervous, just slowly crawling out and I do see my counselor on Friday which will help a lot...Thank You...Baby steps...yes...

Will be praying for you. I've not had my knees done but have had arthroscopy on both shoulders. It wasn't so bad. Someone gave me a card once that said "Minor surgery is something that happens to somebody else." Ha ha ha!

What are you afraid of? The anesthesia? It is closely monitored, very closely. The surgery? Your doctor has probably had loads of experience with these. The pain afterward? Ice and pain meds will help. That you won't have the desired outcome? This too can be dealt with if it happens.

Me, my biggest fear is the I.V. I let them know that way ahead of time. They numb my skin first, so I don't even feel the needle going in. Then, someone stays with me until I go into the O.R. See, one time, they had too much fluid going into my vein and I started to black out. I sent my daughter to ask the nurse what she put in the IV. I had to have my vitals monitored for almost an hour before they were normal enough to do the surgery. It all went smoothly from there.

Try to figure out just what it is that you are afraid of, talk with them about it so they can help. And remember, we are here.