No Heavy Lifting

Listen to the Podcast.

Tom had

emergency surgery
a routine surgical procedure at a Day Surgery Clinic
major surgery and he had to stay in hospital for a week

He had surgery to repair

a hernia
a broken arm
a heart valve

Listen to the podcast again.
Complete the sentences.

1 Tom delivers..............

pizzas
furniture
fruit and vegetables

2 Tom started to experience pain

in his upper leg
in his abdomen
in his shoulder

3 First he went to se

a chiropractor
a surgeon
his family doctor

4 He had

no anesthetic
a local anesthetic
a general anesthetic

5 He couldn't have anything to eat or drink

after 5 pm
after midnight
after 6 am

6 The surgery would take less than

15 minutes
half an hour
an hour

7 He was picked up and taken home by

his wife
his boss
his son