I don't know if this has been mentioned in the thread so far, if so, then apologies for repeating...
A few years ago, (guessing, about 2007?) me and my girl were watching the Shoreham air show from the hills near Lancing College.
There were a few dozen of us there, when this bloody great jet...
Wow. Perhaps you could consider yourself somewhat fortunate-ish.
After waiting for 3 years, I think I may have my first op for hernias in March. (Botox?)
My main surgery after that is a 6 hour operation which will involve a huge open hole, and, of all things, a piece of pig to be sewn into me...