Why start this blog?

72 hours ago I had a parathyroidectomy. The build up to this operation has been emotional to say the least, so I thought I would write this blog as a record of my experience from start to finish. I am hoping it will do two things. Firstly, to serve as a record for myself, just to help remember everything more clearly and help to organise my thoughts. Secondly, as a help to anyone who may have experienced the same thing, or something similar - I know that reading about the experiences of others helped me when I was looking into this procedure.