I'm slightly amused, but mostly flaily, about the letter I had today from the hospital. It starts:

I'm pleased to inform you...

And goes on to tell me they want to take my wisdom tooth out on 13th June. Two statements that I don't quite feel go together.

What's also amusing about it is that the letter is specifically from the Theatre Booking Officer which makes it sound more like I'm going to a play. It goes on to say that it will be in the [name] hospital. The address at the top is the main hospital, which isn't the same one or in the same place, but is part of the same hospital. Although I only know this because when I went in they told me it would be taken out at Church Road or in The West Wing. I was hoping for the latter, and only partly because I know where that building is. So I looked up the address of the hospital they want to take it out in and it turns out that was the other one they're referring to. They just don't want to tell you on their standard letter, it seems.

At the bottom it says that I'll get another appointment for a Pre-Operative Assessment, which given that I did that last Tuesday, I hope I won't.

My appointment is at 7.30am but from what I can gather from the accompanying bit of paper is that means that my tooth'll be taken out sometime that morning. Or based on my previous visit, sometime that day might be more likely. I'm glad it's not a 12pm appointment though because it says:

You may have a cup of tea and a slice of toast at 07.00

I don't drink tea and haven't tried toasting my bread, so that would be a problem.

In the space of three and a bit A4 sides of paper there are two typos:

...admitting people coming in to hospital for an operation on the same say as the operation

and

The hospital provides "Pay and Display% car parks...

Now the d and the s keys are next to each other, but how you can aim for 2 and hit 5, I just don't know.

Note for anyone else that's has a wisdom tooth out and wants to tell me about what goes on: I don't want to know. All I need to know is I go in with 29.5 teeth, go to sleep and wake up with 28.5.

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