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They wanted to keep me in but I managed to negotiate my release and will go for surgery either tomorrow or over the weekend. Can't wait.
My medical knowledge is close to zero, but I do think some hospital doctors are over keen to admit a patient.
I suppose it's a risk averse business, and if the doctor didn't admit there would be lots of patients who would see that as an earning opportunity through a medical negligence claim.
Seems to me the knee is one of the more complex joints in the human body, so the earlier the (skilled) intervention the better.
Fingers crossed your knifeman (or woman) is skilled at knees.
Chances are he will be.
I reckon NHS surgeons and post operative care cannot be beaten.
When I was in for my hip, I came across two other patients who were in because a private hospital had cocked it up, or lacked the resources and expertise to deal with a complication.
In my case I leaked more than most patients on the table, which meant a blood transfusion.
My surgeon had delayed starting the operation by a few hours to enable a litre of suitable blood to be identified and reserved.
Because of his foresight, I had my transfusion in the 40 minutes or so it took for a courier to get from the blood bank in Newcastle to me in hospital in Durham City.
Fingers crossed your operation will be straightforward, but however it goes I'm sure you will be in the best possible hands.
I don't venture into that debate and I think I'd rather do the surgery than get involved in it here. 
