Thanks. Pasting this in from a email I've just sent to a friend who is a doctor and who wanted me to keep him informed;
"....everything went just as I was told it would. The last thing I remember before the procedure was the anaesthetist, - a bit of a wag, (as they all seem to be), said what’s your profession ? I said “artist”, he said, painting ? I said “yes,” he said abstract? I said “no”, he said erotic? and all the women assistants laughed and I didn’t have the chance to answer - I was 'gone'. The next thing that I noticed was waking instantaneously with a beautiful nurse’s face looking down on me, I said “success?” and she said, “success!”, and I said, "ausgezeichnet!" (excellent) – to more female laughter.
So it began and ended with laughter, and I feel great, what more could I want? ".