Mustn't grumble

Five days post left knee operation and I'm amazed how well I feel compared to the same period after my right knee surgery back in February. The experience has been completely different so I thought I'd give you all the gory details again. I was so stressed in the weeks leading up to Tuesday. I was mostly nervous of damaging my right knee but figured I might as well get it all over with and get back to normal asap. I trusted the Prof wouldn't do the surgery if he didn't think I could cope. I had a different registrar (Rob) and anaethetist (Jan) this time round so I guess that in itself will change things. Deutscher Jan did his best to keep me calm and was lighthearted (saying he'd swear in German if it'd help), but took four attempts to find a suitable vein to knock me out. I reminded him that I'd probably need another cannula for my post-op antibiotics that he promised to administer while I was under. He also said he'd give me a local 'block'...