It is getting closer

I have 33 more day till surgery and I can't wait I still have to do my pre op tests and i am nervous about that because I don't know what to expect so please Help I am going crazy.i can't wait to be a loser.

Donna, I don't know about Dr. Zahn, but Dr. Blackstone ordered an ekg, chest x-ray, and about a hundred vials of blood drawn. OK, maybe less. There was the urine analysis too. I had to fast for 12 hours before the blood tests. Have you had your pre-op appointment with Dr. Zahn yet? I'm sure he'll carefully go over everything then. Connie

I had about the same, but did not have to fast. It was not a real big ordeal, other than the hour wait! Joy

Hey Donna, We go on the same day!!! I start my preop testing next week -- psych visit (I'm worried he'll find out the truth, that I am crazy as a loon) Then I have Echocardiogram (ultrasound on the heart), Pulmonary Function Test (You blow with all your mite into a tube that tells how much your lungs can take) and a visit with the pulmonologist who will decide if I have to have a sleep study (that's just like it sounds they hook stuff up to you and watch what happens while you sleep, couldn't be easier). After that, it's Preop blood work, EKG, and Chest x-ray (I don't know if I'll have to have blood gas -- hope not, I'm a baby when it comes to needles and the thought of one in my wrist does not thrill me), and then ultrasound of the lower legs to check for deep vein thrombosis and a preop consult with doc. I may also have to have an EGD (I need to call Holly at docs office to check on this). No biggie really, just takes up a lot of time and $$$ Hang in there, you're not , just normal like the rest of us!!! Whitney

Hi Donna, OMG . you just put it in perspective for me. I haven't counted days, I was waiting until Sunday, when I would know it was 28, but I have 31 days today. *DEEEEEEEEP* breath. I am not nervous yet. I am still in the excited and impatient stage to get on with my life. I am going for my EKG and chest Xray next Thursday, and then for my pre op with Dr S on the 4th. My last week at work is the 19th of March and I have a list of things I want to have done before then. Well, let me rephrase that .. not WANT . but NEED to have done. I am going to be out of the office on the 17th for a conference, and the 18th for my IVC filter. I realized the other day that I need to have everything done by the 16th, in case after the trip to radiology for the filter, I am not up for going to work on Friday. I think right this minute, I am more worried about leaving my desk in an orderly fashion, than the surgery itself. I will just get back in time to handle some sort of sensitive stuff, and someone asked me yesterday what would happen .. and I said . IF I don't come back? .. and she quickly said .. no, but if you were to be in the hospital longer? So I told her that I would make sure she would know what to do if I didn't get back on time. My only advice, such as it is, is to trust in yourself. You have thought this decision out, and it is what you need for your health and your future, and no matter what the 'discomfort' might be, it will open a door to a whole new life for you!!! Hugs, Mo (doin' a happy Mo dance )