Surgery Tomorrow in TX with Dr. Stewart

Well, after a 6-hour drive, I settled into the hotel near Dallas around 1 a.m. today. Had the appointment with Dr. Stewart's office this morning. It included a vitamin D shot that is supposed to last one year. I'm very interested in seeing how my labs are in a few months. Then I had the admission/X-ray/blood work appointment at the hospital this afternoon. The hospital is swanky! It's like a super luxurious hotel. And everyone I spoke with was wonderfully friendly and seemed happy to be there. Maybe hospitals that are privately owned (by surgeons) are the way to go!

So I sit here sipping my broth (isn't white wine a clear liquid?!?!) watching trash TV and ready to pop my Ambien. No real anxiety. No real anything. This just doesn't seem real. It's no longer this thing I want to do that's been floating around on this unreachable cloud, but now it's this life-changing thing that's actually happening.....tomorrow. This must be what denial feels like. But I'll take this over an anxiety attack any day!

Oh yeah, and the *******s at the hotel just made fresh chocolate chip cookies. They must be piping that smell through the AC system! Sick *******s! I'm ignoring the most awesome smell in the world and raise my glass of warm broth to you all. Cheers to all those up next! And thanks to the vets for so much great advice.

Best of luck to a most successful surgery! 

I am starting the process for a revision with Dr Stewart!  I will be watching your posts with a great deal of interest.  Bless you and I hope and pray all goes well for you!  Its never fun going through surgery (I've been whacked open 5 times now between my RNY and hernia repairs.  Sending a big Okie hug!  

Dawn

All the best!

Good Luck to you! I pray for Your speedy recovery!

wishing you a speady recovery.  dr stewart did me surgery june 5. he is a great doctor.

Good Luck to you! I've just started the process with Dr. Stewart's office and will eagerly be watching your posts and progress. I hope all goes smoothly with a speedy recovery.

Thank you all for the well wishes. I'll try to post after surgery. Maybe it can give some of you an idea of what to expect. We'll see. I'm ready to be on the other side.

I'm having surgery soon with Dr. Stewart also.  I wish that there was a group or something for Dr. Stewart's patients?  I don't have a lot of information yet and my surgery will be in a few weeks.  Hope it is ok to try to friend you and other patients of Dr. S.; I would love to trade info. and support!

Hope your recovery is smooth and textbook-awesome.  Take care