Monday is the BIG day!
 The OR Nurse called me today and told me that i need to arrive at the hospital at 6am. My surgery is at 7:30am. WOW. I am kind of in shock. i don't know how to feel. I am just numb. I am not upset or nervous. Its like its happening to someone else. I am worried about having to stay in the hospital more then i am about the surgery. I don't like sleeping away from 
 home. Plus I have Dogs that don't like being away from me. So, I hope its not too stressful for them. But it will be worth it when i can go outside in the yard and play with them and take them for walks. 
 Andre, 
I am 6 days post-op.  I also had no emotion going into the surgery.  Even the nurse said my pulse and blood pressure were very calm for what I was about to do.
I was in the hospital 3 days and it was so good to get home.  The beds at the hospital are awful and being woken up every 2 to 3 hours you get no rest at all.
I have cats and you would of thought I was gone for months.  They followed my around like a herd of sheep for days after I got home.
Even now I can't believe I did it. I went thru everything and I still feel like it happened to someone else.  I have lost 13 lbs since Monday.
And the early in the morning the better.  I was at the hospital at 5:30 for a 7:30 surgery.  I was in my room at 10:30.  And sitting in a chair at 4:00.
I see you are in Baltimore as I am.  Keep in touch if you like.  Take care. 
