My surgery was Oct 17 and I was called about pre-op appts. in the being of September.  I was able to arrange to do all of my pre-op stuff in one day.  I saw Nooshin, Dr. You, the pre-op nurse, had blood work, ecg and chest x-ray and then had some time to grab a bite to eat before waiting for the anesthestist to arrive and had a short appt. with her.  I also had to do a 60-90 minute assessment with someone from PAL for the research that they're doing on the benefits of this surgery.  I believe that for those of us that are from out of town they generally try to arrange everything for the same day to minimize the number of times that you have to travel to Richmond.  Good luck with all of your appts.

 Hello - I'm doing the Changeways course...I recognize you, prplady, and Clover Girl :)  See you both on Thursday! 

Hey I am two days away from surgery in Victoria . if you would like to follow my blog , this is it

http://cathy-todayinanutshell.blogspot.com/

have a good day

 Thanks Rhonda, mine is more digestive tract probs, so surgeon already cancelled me :( i think i might just take it as a sign i shouldn't get the surgery

 really? i'm finding it strange that nobody wants an earlier surgery date haha