thanks so much for your advice Bx!

Hadn't thought about speaking to the anaesthetist so I might do that next week as at least then I'll have a better idea of how much EBM I will need in stock to cover me. I've spoken with the surgeon but he just seemed to casual about it all and was like 'lets just see how you go!" kind of thing. I;m a bit of a control freak so I need to have solid plan A's & B's before I can relax.

I have my days. One day I'm actualy looking forward to it to fianlly get rid of the pain but then the next I start to stress about it all.

Thanks again :-)