Overnight or day case???

Hi,
I am due for a BA with Transform soon and I just wanted to see whether people would advise a first time patient to go with a day case or overnight case???
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I would have gone day case if I could, as lovely as the Nuffield was I'd rather of had the 500 quid!!! X

Nowadays theres not a nessciaty to stay overnight anymore. More and more are done on day cases and saves you money. It completely depends on your circs though Hun, medical wise, how far away hospital is from your home, etc x

Hey Littlewellies, thanks hun that was kinda what I was thinking.
Second question then, if there was no price difference what would you do? X

Thanks Mrsball, I dont know if it's the only way they could squeeze me in that day, I am due to find out on Monday, v nervous but I was thinking it might be easier on my parents if I am looked after the first night but not really sure if there really was anything much to the first night haha. Thanks for the info hun.
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i could have saved 600 but im def glad i stayed i had a rough ride i will stay next time too

i was sick as a dog so needed lots of anti sicknes smeds which i wouldnt have got at home and my pain was pretty bad too then they preped me for theatre cause they thought i had a bleed

but then u get people who are fine xx

I stayed over night and glad I did although I was absolutely fine and would have been fine at home its nice to stay in and no that if anything did happen ur in the rite place xx

also my surgeon. who is BAAPS/BAPRAS registered wanted me to stay in too as he knew looking at me it was going to be a struggle to get my implants in and thought id be right sore after it and he was right. i never went through a clinic i hunted my surgeon down. cld u get some money off at the clinic to cover ur nights stay xx

Oh god Tinkerbell that sounds super scary!!! Hope your ok now... Thanks, I am super confused so I am hoping for lots of answers and then I might feel a bit better about making decision with as much info as possible! :)
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still having probs with the height of my boobs but getting there.how farcare u from hosp. ask ur surgeon if u went home and.something like a bleed happened could u go back in if already discharged if not u wld go to aand e at nhs and they wld simply remove the troublesome implant xx

If money was no option I probably would have stayed just in case something went wrong, which it didn't for me, some ppl breeze through and some ppl have a rocky road, you won't really know until u come round but I was def ready to go home a few hours after I got back in my room I was up and about going to the loo after an hour... But the morphine and ga makes u feel a lot better than u actually are I think, day 2 was my worst because I did too much in the morning and when everything wore off in the afternoon I was in agony x

I had a daycase, I stayed near the hospital overnight just in case of any problems. If you do have any problems following surgery they usually keep you overnight anyway, which would be free

When I went for a consultation with transform the pcc told me to pay for day case because they won't send you home if you're not ready n u don't pay more if u do end up overnight. I didn't book with them, and who I'm going with now only do overnight but I'm a natural worrier so would like the peace of mind being there overnight even if I was offered day case x

Overnight all the way. If anything were to happen then you're in the right place x

I had an overnight stay and wouldn't have been happy to go home as a daycase, although I had no pain I was really tired and unsteady on my feet with the meds a night in hospital gave me a good rest and I also felt more at ease being around doctors etc for the first night x

Its personal preference hun. If you live close by the hospital and felt confident that you'd like to go home after surgery and your surgeon is happy for you to do this then make that decision for yourself hun. If you aren't well after surgery and the surgeon didnt feel comfortable sending you home for whatever reason you'd be be kept in the hospital. This comes within your aftercare policy and would be free anyway.

If you're a nervous patient and one who lived far away from the hospital, I personally think its best to spend the night in hospital lovely. If only for your own reassurance.

If the surgeon thought it essential for you to stay they would have told you hun. I didnt have a choice. I had to have overnight due to health conditions.

So if you're fit and healthy and there's no reasons why its essential to stay, think about where you'd feel most comfortable on that first day. I'd also take travel into consideration also babe. Xx

Im a day case, I like my own environment and I think my surgeon prefers to admit day cases only if your fit and healthy like cookie said.
Think its down to personal preference x x

transform told me if you live more than 30 miles from the surgery you HAVE to have overnight stay or book into a local hotel. As i live 3 hours away i had to have overnight stay but they gave it to me for free in the end and free transport! xx

willows wrote:transform told me if you live more than 30 miles from the surgery you HAVE to have overnight stay or book into a local hotel. As i live 3 hours away i had to have overnight stay but they gave it to me for free in the end and free transport! xx

I think that's a sensible approach, like I said in my post, you should take distance into account when considering day cases. If you were to have n emergency after surgery, you need know you're within a safe distance to be able to get back to the hospital. Xx

Hi everyone, I cannot believe how many of you have replied!!! :) i really really appreciate all of your help and info on this issue as I really didn't know what to do.... I am overnighting it as there wasnt another option after I had discussed it with them. Thanks again and sorry for the delayed response I have been in a bit of a whirlwind!!

Picking up my v pillow etc tomoz :)

Does anyone know how much smaller the implants will look once under the muscle compared with inside that big bra thing in consultations?

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I stayed overnight but I had an uplift too... although my surgeon keeps her BA patients overnight too. I am a day case for my revision in a couple of weeks but I am taking stuff to stay over just in case!!