Re: Private v NHS - private definitely quicker, but not necessarily better. One of my daughters damaged a knee ligament playing football. The private operation was a failure which had to be sorted by the NHS.
Re: The fear - my partner's brother had a fear of needles and scalpels due to a really bad experience in his adolescence. He put off operations on Dupuytrens Contracture in his hands until most of his fingers were permanently curled up. He took the plunge last year and had one hand done (local anaesthetic). Now he can't wait to get the other (much worse one) done.
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