What do you remember from the day of your surgery?

Okay, well, I mean, my feeling was I was quite, I was quite anxious. I was very confident with the surgeon who had basically guided me, you know, in terms of advice, you know, remotely sitting on just like now sitting on a zoom call with this fantastic surgeon. So, but I mean, I was anxious because I was conscious that there was a small, but still significant risk of it going wrong. And I didn't know how I was gonna feel after the surgery. I have had surgery before. I had an appendix removed. And this sounds as if I'm a bit of a globe trotter. I suppose I am in a sense. But I had an appendicitis, appendix removed when I was a child in the West Indies in the 1960s. And that, but I mean, I just couldn't remember what that was like. And I remember remotely feeling however of the anesthetic starting to work for that. And then I had anesthetic for a wisdom tooth to be removed. So I was a little, I'll be honest with you, I mean, I was, you know, it was a bit frightening. I didn't know, A, you know, I knew that I would almost certainly pull through, don't get me wrong. But any kind of surgery, let alone major surgery like this, always carries a risk. So I was a bit fearful. But by the time I got to the hospital and you just get, you know, you just get sucked into the system and he was very thoughtful and caring, without making it seem a big deal. And so, you just move along through the system until you're put to sleep. I remember waking from the surgery very, very clearly. It was only 16th September and it's early December now. and, you know, just being obviously very groggy from the drugs and from the anesthetic, but my wife was there, the surgeon was there, which was very reassuring. And I immediately realized, you know, that I'd been through the surgery and I'd come out the other side and the surgeon immediately said, very exceedingly successful and all is well. However, I did have a slight bleed, which caused a bit of anxiety on that part. And my wife was ushered out. And so, I put, I mean, it turned out just to be a surface issue. So, you know, the dressing was just tightened and I didn't need to go back under surgery. So it was a really bizarre experience, but I can assure everybody who wants to watch this, I had no pain at all because of the extensive nature of the anesthesia. And I had had an epidural fitted at the appropriate place in my spine so that that could dull out any of the pain.