looking forward to hernia surgery and recovery

A fairly self-explanatory title for this reflection.

Back in January I realised I had a hernia. After visiting my GP I took things a bit more cautiously on longer walks. My last long walk was in March, but after the two weekends spanning the end of April and start of May I went back to my GP and was referred for surgery.

Since then there have been numerous contacts with health services in an attempt to actually get a date for surgery nailed down. At the start of this week that finally came through, and in this recording I look at how I got here and what's next.

I intend to follow this up beginning in a couple of weeks with a few accounts tracking my recovery after surgery.