Rowan Tree and Red Thread

I'm back. More or less anyway. I was first in the schedule this morning and
was carted down to theatre just after 8am and went in about 8.45. Don't
remember anything from after they started me on oxygen prior to the
anaesthetic.

When I came round they watched me for a while in recovery (I guess; I'm not
very clear on that part) then brought me back to the ward. I've been in the
observation area by the nurses' station there since around 11.00

Unfortunately I haven't seen anyone from the surgical team yet, so I've no
idea on how the surgery went. There certainly a hole in my neck, so
something was done. I'm still pretty wiped out, but really at this stage I
wish I could talk to someone about the surgery itself and how it went.

However, I've just been given a cup of tea. That makes things much better.

And of course when I paused in writing this on my Blackberry to drink my tea
the team were in and told me that despite the inconclusive scans prior to
the surgery, they found a clearly enlarged right inferior parathyroid gland,
which they removed and saw an immediate 70% drop in the parathyroid hormone
levels. I'm to stay in overnight and they'll check the PTH levels and
calcium levels again then.

Which is to say all's going well. Phew.