This post is to record and share my experience from pre-op to op to post-op. Day surgery is where you can go home on the same day after the procedure while inpatient surgery is where you have to stay for at least one night for recovery and supervision. I will be covering day surgery in this article. If I am lucky/unlucky in the future, I will write about inpatient surgery too.
Your experience might differ due to the hospital and type of surgery. In my case, I had my day surgery done at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. If there are any inaccuracies, please let me know as my memory of that day is not 100% and I wasn’t able to record a lot of what is going on on my phone.
Pre-Operation – Before The Day Surgery Date
Before the actual day of the day surgery, there are certain steps regarding the briefing on the operation...