What should have been a reasonably straightforward keyhole repair to my left knee, turned into probably one of the most disturbing events of my life.
Later the following week, a visit to my GP to review the report he had been given, resulted in in him marking up my medical medical records ‘No More G.A.’s unless absolutely necessary’. That I had been conscious some of the time, hallucinating at others and my heart had stopped beating at one point, I knew already. But he had asked me to tell him what I remembered and he was both deeply shocked, but not a little curious at my feelings of ‘deja-vu’ and the hallucinations I’d had. He had shook his head when I related the ‘back-story’, saying ‘My God. That has stayed with you almost all your life?”
I had nodded and laughed. “It never went away.”
Finally he had asked how I felt. I assured him, I was fine.
So. most of this tale is true, as you will gather when reading it.

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