Patient View | Joan, retired

Severely affected by the wait for surgery: 

• Could walk only about 1000 steps
• Shooting pains in leg affected her sleep
• Felt ‘really down’

Information provision:

• Found reassuring comments on the local health forum

Anaesthetic: 

• Fearful of spinal anaesthetic
• Felt ‘110%’ better about the spinal anaesthetic once staff talked her through it

Overnight stay

• One night due to sickness.
• Her preference had been discussed before surgery

Recovery at home

• Needed to get dressing changed on 6 January but the GP initially offered an appointment on January 17.