Dm15086

[Bella28]

4d it's hard to find standard in heart of Essex (6)
21a Harry turned in Irish burglar perhaps (8)
25a dumbfounded ,like actor in walk on part? (10)
27a effect of water and ice ,or noise possibly (7)
Thanks for any help

[retrocop]

sparse
intruder
speechless
erosion

[Bella28]

Well done retro you beat off the competition!

[retrocop]

Thank you Bella. I think they must have gone to lunch. :-)

[MargoTester]

Retro - you guessed correctly. Good afternoon x

[retrocop]

Good afternoon Margo. The floor is yours. I am off to lunch now. :-)
How are you feeling at the moment.Still giving you pain ? :-(

[MargoTester]

Fraud so Retro. Going to hospital for pre-op assessment, whatever that is.

[MargoTester]

Blooming predictive thing - Fraid so

[retrocop]

Pre-op assessment
No real drama. BP check,blood test for cross matching and plasma.( only taken as a precaution. Maybe an ECG. Questions on drinking and or smoking habits.
The pre-op assessment was the best thing to happen to me.
The nurse was so rude to me and made me feel so selfish when I admitted to sort of trying to cut down on ciggies that I gave up there and then and never looked back. Nearly fifty years of heavy smoking stopped in a day. She achieved what Nicotine patches couldn't over 3 years. I love that rude nurse to bits bless her. :-)
Good sign that you have your pre op appointment because it means that you should get the job done quite soon. If there is a great lapse between the pre op and the operation then you have to go for another pre op to see that nothing has changed in the meantime. Won't be long. :-)

[MargoTester]

Retro. They said up to 18 weeks waiting but asked if a was willing to take a cancellation, to which I said yes of course. Will let you know how I get on. Be careful on 'what do you think' !!