You'll be right as rain 🙂 just remember to NOT look at the needle going in... infact... if you can play music with headphones on while that part is happening; might help a bit.

Best thing to keeping calm for me without substances etc is to just breathe.

Close your eyes, breathe in very deep through your nostrils, exhale through your mouth as slow as you can. Do that 3-5 times, helps me. Stupid/common advice I know but it helps. 

Another is to join your thumbs together or certain fingers on one hand with the fingers on your other hand. Brings me great tranquility at times and I have no freaking idea why 😅

What part of the whole surgery experiences stresses you out the most?