Deposit paid, flights booked, I’m on my way…

You have to send payment in advance via bank transfer for Dr Suporn, so I did all that today. After filling in a lengthy form and waiting for it to be scrutinised I asked how much their charges were. Twenty quid they said. Bloody hell, it’s about 7 quid at the Thai end. "Gosh", I said.

"Well you could have done it by relay payment, that’s only a tenner and takes about one extra working day…"

They could have given me that option to start with, but I wasn’t going to start filling out forms again. I’ll do it that way next time. Twenty quid though, bleedin’ daylight robbery if you ask me.

A good friend of mum offered to donate his many thousands of air miles to the Lucy Diamond Surgery Trip Fund, which was very kind of him. He travels a lot on business so he really did have lots of air miles, so many in fact that we can afford to go Business Class. Luxury! Mum says she doesn’t want to travel with all the plebs anyway, but she’s not a snob really, she’s lovely. Anyway we shall get special treatment and our bags carried and loads of legroom, which will be much appreciated on a long haul flight, especially after major, major, surgery.

I saw my friend Gillian last weekend on a night out with the girls, and asked her a few things about the Suporn experience, it’s good to know someone else who’s been, though I’ve actually met several "Supornistas" now. I need to get together with her again on our own so I can really pick her brains. She’s already showed me pics of her actual op in progress (not for the squeamish) and her "gift box" of stents and things, so I do know what to expect really, I just love fussing over little details, you know how it is. One of my other friends who was also there last weekend had her SRS with Phil Thomas (Brighton) in January, she’s had a couple of problems, which is not at all unusual considering what they do to you, but you know, she really should have gone to Suporn…!

Anyway, I’d better not criticise other surgeons and their techniques before I’ve been through it myself.

I am though, really looking forward to it!

xx