Halloween Surgery date anyone?
I am too and I couldn't be happier!! I actually won my appeal in June, but Dr. Frezza wasn't open until September. We had had our Mexico beach vacation scheduled for a year and a half for Oct. 15-22 so I didn't want to have surgery and have complications in a third-word country, 30 minutes outside of a small town right on the Gulf of California. Soooooo, I told them the parameters and the gal instantly said, "How about Halloween?" Halloween has always been my favorite holiday, even as an adult. I got REAL lucky and found a wonderful man who not only treats me like a Goddess but loves Halloween even more than I do. I am a Pagan/Wiccan and believe, like most people, that on Halloween, the "veil" between this world and the next is thinnest. That means, to me, that my surgery morning, there will be even more of my passed Loved Ones there in the surgical room looking over me, including my beloved father and my best friend, who died a year ago last August - was super obese at over 425 pounds, had diabetes and probably died of heart failure. Halloween will now be my re-birthday and I will have my mom hand me some festive Halloween earrings as soon as I'm out of recovery just to be in some kind of "costume"!! Count yourself as very lucky to have a wonderful holiday as your re-birthday!!
Cindy
Halloween Lap RNY
Me, too! My best friend was devastated - She planned a Halloween party for her 2 girls already and won't be there to hold my hand. I told her that it was okay- I'd probably be out of it, anyway.
Although, I really will miss the party.
So, we can all walk the hospital corridors halloween night, trick or treating for thermometers and gauze pads with our bedpans as trick or treat bags - maybe tp-ing a few IV stands - just to keep up the festivities.
Nevertheless, it always was a special holiday for me - and when my son was born, I was thrilled to put on once again my red velvet cape and go Trick or Treating with him as Red Riding Hood.
I can hardly wait for the surgery - it almost feels like Christmas when you were a kid.
I am so glad that I am not alone. I thought for sure everyone would think I was nuts for having surgery on Halloween. My daughter is 7 she will be 8 on the 22nd of Oct. Her due date was 10-31 but my OBGYN pulled me aside and said "Girl since you are a scheduled c-section lets go ahead and plan this before Halloween, because I have a 3 year old I have got to take trick-or-treating" I will never forget that. I assumed most doctors wouldn't want to have any "scheduled" surgeries around that time. And my Dr. is maybe 40 so I would think he would be somewhere with some kids. LOL. This will be the first year I have not passed out candy since I was 20 and got married. That's actually 14 years....Well maybe I will bring candy with me and if there are kids anywhere around I can at least give them candy. 
Let's all keep in touch with each other.
I had my EGD and it was a piece of cake, so much that I left there and had my Psyche eval less than 1 hour later. It was the only day the Psych could see me. So despite what he thinks I have to be NUTS to leave a EGD have my hubby drive like a bat outta heck to get me to a psyche eval that I am sure I can't remember some stuff he asked me. LOLOLOLOL
Now that I think about that I am the perfect patient for Halloween Day.
Let's all keep in touch with each other.
I had my EGD and it was a piece of cake, so much that I left there and had my Psyche eval less than 1 hour later. It was the only day the Psych could see me. So despite what he thinks I have to be NUTS to leave a EGD have my hubby drive like a bat outta heck to get me to a psyche eval that I am sure I can't remember some stuff he asked me. LOLOLOLOL
Now that I think about that I am the perfect patient for Halloween Day. 
I'm not at all superstitious about October 31st. 
Would'nt it be 
if the nurses were dressed in costumes 
Good luck & May God be with you every step of the way 
ML 
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