Hey Cheryl

Yup the hospital visit is between two and four nights. It really depends on how long it takes before the drain is ready to be removed. That's a thing that's individual to each person - but on average it's between two and four nights for the stay. I was a bit worried about the drain - being familiar with what netballers go through when they have their knees reconstructed - but I'm assured it's pretty painless as it's not being pulled out of a joint!

Would you believe the only niggling doubt I have is nothing to do with my personal safety or fear of 'going under' or the scarring or anything like that - it's more to do with what my potential future partner/husband might think. Sometimes I worry that he (whoever he may be) might have issues with me 'tampering' with what God gave me. But then I think about people born with birth defects and how no one would question them wanting to get it fixed. In this case, it's not a defect as such - just something that causes discomfort and pain, not to mention difficulty buying underwear and clothing, and also makes me quite self-conscious. I won't deny there's some vanity involved in deciding to go ahead with it - and I guess if a man in the future had a problem then it's HIS problem. Nevertheless, the thought niggles.

Rebecca