I'm going in to the Hospital at 5:30 tomorrow morning. Surgery scheduled for 7:30 am. They have the O.R. reserved for 6 hours; but we've been warned that these procedures can sometimes take 10 hours, and occasionaly up to 13 hours.
I was at TGH for six hours yesterday for pre-op. That consisted of filling out the same information for four different filing clerks, talking to the anesthesiologist & the sugreon's P.A., and giving blood & urine samples. Should've only taken 45 minutes. But I suppose I don't want to start a thread on patients' experiences with the inefficiencies of hospital administration; I fear it would unleash a hurricane of repressed indignation that would overwhelm the levies of self-restraint and submerge us all.
But I digress. When I am able, I will write here to report on the outcome of the surgery. I have been reading what others have written following their operations, and have found it to be extremely helpful in my preparation.
I don't quite know how to express what I'm feeling; but it's as if the life that I have known is ending. That's not necessarily a bad thing. My life will be different, that's all. Kind of like when you move out of a home you've been in for a long time; you don't want to leave the security that comes with familiarity. But, sometimes fate shoves you into a new phase of your life without asking your permission.
See you on the other side.
