Thanks for all the good wishes ladies! We're home!
The op itself went well, Dr Harris described it as "difficult" but was able to join both sides, vas to vas
Hubby had a bilateral hydrocele operation 20 odd years ago that had left scar tissue but we'd already warned Dr H so he was expecting the op to be a little more challenging.
Hubby was taken down last from a list of 7 .... Which meant LOTS of waiting around. We had breakfast on the way there at 7am, got admitted at 12.30, waited around in the room until 2pm when we met Dr H for the first time (lovely lovely man!), then was given a cuppa and told to wait as OH wasn't in the first 2 going to theatre - but wasn't sure when he'd be operated on. Cue lots of tummy rumbles, wall climbing and pulling out of hair. Hubby eventually got taken down to theatres at 6.50pm which meant that by the time I was able to leave him, I'd missed the dinner time at the hospital restaurant
I waited outside (fresh air!) whilst I awaited his return from theatres and met a lovely lady whose hubby was also having his VR - I've told her about BnB so I'm hoping she'll find it and join us, with everything going on, I didn't get chance to swap numbers which is a shame
I was absolutely ravenous by this point but far too nervous to eat - just as well because the local Pizza Hut wouldn't deliver and I didn't want to wander across to the pub on my lonesome (Nelly no-mates
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Hubby arrived back on the ward at 8.15pm still absolutely spaced out and mumbling "damn! I gotta get me some more of whatever it was they gave me"
(gotta love the morphine huh??), ordered sweets and chocolates, then promptly fell asleep for twenty minutes, giving me the time to drive to the petrol garage a few miles away to stock up on sandwiches and said sweets.
Hubby eventually woke up and was like a bear with sore - well, bits! Starving hungry with a pout any toddler would be proud of .... was not impressed by the fact he wasn't allowed any painkillers until he'd had his dinner. I had to chase up his dinner at 11.30pm as they'd forgotten about it, then it arrived stone cold with only half of what he'd ordered
I had to make do with sandwiches from the garage.
We're pleased it's over with now and hubby can heal at home - we didn't realise it until today, but waiting for the operation was pretty stressful in itself.
SO - I'd recommend Dr. Harriss for the VR but my advise to anyone booking their VR with BMI Park Hospital would be;
1. Be prepared for a long wait! Go armed with pre-packed food so that you're able to eat something if you've missed the restaurant opening times. The Burnt Stump pub is supposed to serve lovely food though if you're brave enough to go alone.
2. Take plenty of change!! They have coffee machines but drinks from them are 70 pence each .... and they don't give change if (like me) you only have 1 pound coins.
3. Look into local hotels - I booked a room at the hospital for £50 and the bed wasn't the most comfy! (plastic covered duvets, pillows, matresses ect) Breakfast isn't included and, being a hospital, is quite noisy throughout the night.
but it heals so quickly, make sure you follow the guidance, keep it clean etc and loosen the strap as when it started swelling, the strap was causing my hubby the most pain as it was digging in. The brave man didn't take any pain killers until 2days after 
lol xxx 
funnily enough, Dr H said the exact same thing to us about expecting more swelling and bruising than that!!?? Maybe it's a way of making them feel better? I was gobsmacked as I thought it looked horrific, like 'it' was wearing a black polo neck!! 
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