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To the Man Putting Off Surgery Because of Work
To the Man Putting Off Surgery Because of Work
"I want to have surgery, but I can't take time off work."
It's something I often hear in the consultation room. People whose minds are already made up, but who put off the decision for fear it will affect daily life and work. Today is the story of a man who came carrying the same worry.
He worried it would affect his work
What this patient worried about most before surgery was neither pain nor scarring, but work. The worry that surgery might affect his job.
After surgery, this patient said he's living and working without major problems. Of course the timing of return differs with occupation and pace of recovery, so in the consultation we plan the schedule together to fit each person's work environment. For those putting it off on worry alone, the order is to first check whether there's room in the schedule for surgery.
To those who ask about scheduling, I tell them the actual flow as it is. The surgery is done under local anesthesia using an injection around the areola, and the actual operating time is about thirty minutes. Through years of surgical know-how I've shortened the time considerably, and I believe a shorter operation is safer for the patient. For the 12 to 48 hours right after surgery there is a risk of bleeding, so we add compression beyond the garment, but when you come in the next day, we check for bleeding and remove the extra compression, and it becomes much more comfortable, with no great strain on working life.
The consideration of a single partition
When I asked about his first impression of the clinic, this patient, along with the kind and calm reception, named one more thing. The point that there were partitions in the waiting room, so there was no pressure.
The walk to visit a men's clinic is cautious for anyone. That while waiting you needn't mind others' eyes—small as it may seem, it's a consideration we deliberately created.
We hold as our motto the resolve to approach every surgery with the heart that a member of our own family is having surgery. We regularly train on kindness and on thinking from the patient's point of view, and I think that's why we hear such praise now and then.
The memory of pain and bruising
When I asked what was memorable in the surgical process, this patient wrote:
"There was less pain than I expected after surgery, and it was good that there was no significant pain afterward either, and I was surprised there was little bruising as well."
The degree of pain and bruising differs with each person's constitution and condition, so this patient's case can't be generalized. Still, as "than I expected" appears twice, reviews saying the reality was lighter than the size of the worry aren't rare.
"I don't think I'll feel stressed wearing a white T-shirt"
When I asked what he expected after surgery, this patient said, "Wearing a white T-shirt, wearing clothes—I don't think I'll feel stressed."
If there was a time when, before the closet, you chose not clothes to wear but clothes to hide behind, you'll know what this sentence means.
This patient also left, along with words that his satisfaction was high, a mention of indemnity insurance, but whether insurance applies differs by each person's policy conditions and coverage standards, so it's accurate to confirm in the consultation.
Still in week two, so a promise I make
This patient wrote his review at the two-week mark after surgery. So he also wrote a request that, should there be a problem a month later, we handle it well.
A natural request, and naturally our job. The result of surgery is completed not on the operating table but within the time of recovery, and the follow-up care during that time is as important as the surgery.
If you've been putting off the decision for months because of work, I hope you'll first come and have a conversation. From the moment the conversation begins, the worry starts to sort itself out. I hope you won't be afraid and will visit with ease.