Hello MaryPatricia

I'm so sorry to hear about this situation. It sounds like a very difficult situation to have been left in limbo like this. 

Please do get in touch with the hospital PALS department. It's their role to offer confidential advice, support, and information on health-related matters. They provide a point of contact for patients, their families, and their carers and help resolve concerns or problems when you're using the NHS. 

I really do hope that this matter is resolved quickly. 

Best wishes, 
Jenn
Cancer Chat moderator 

Hi MaryPatricia,

A very warm welcome to our forum.

I am so sorry to hear this and can understand your frustration. However, having stopped breathing under anaesthetic before, I can also appreciate your anaesthetist's stance. I now have to have fibre-optic intubation for any surgery and swallow the camera without coughing before I am put out. I find that only a small number of experiences anaesthetists are prepared to take this risk and, it is not a pleasant procedure.

Contacting PALS is certainly the best way for you to go and, I hope that this gets things moving for you quickly. Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on. We are always here for you.

Kind regards,

Jolamine xx

An anaesthetic review with a consultant anaesthetist is probably the best thing for you, they may go ahead local and sedation,  deep seated breast surgery is really uncomfortable l have had a local for something that should have been a general anaesthetic. They started the surgery then said oh it's deeper than l thought by then its the end of the day and the anaesthetist has left. 
l just had to get on with it, they gave more local, but it's made me a bit nervous of local procedures. But sedation makes all the difference as you are almost asleep the drugs they give can make you forget the surgery. 
 They can  do hip replacement by local now. Many operations are now available to elderly patients due to sedation and local. 
lm sorry you have been left in limbo you could ring the consultants secretary and ask what's next, they are good at getting answers for you. I hope you have your surgery soon. 
take care 

Susie