How do you deal with Pre-op Depression and Anxiety when your surgery is postponed?

My surgery was supposed to be on the 24th. I spent so much time researching and getting everything I needed prepared. I went to my pre-op and my surgeon missed the appointment. So I rescheduled for an appointment the next day only for him to postpone my surgery pending neurologist and a neuro-opthamologist clearence -- two days before my surgery! While I have gotten the neuro-opthamologist clearence easily, getting in to see a neurologist has been hell. The first appointment isn't until mid-March and that was after begging and pleading! I am so depressed and stressed out over the idea of having to wait an additional month to get in to see a neurologist and then another month before having the surgery. I am just at the end of my rope with waiting. My friends and family have been telling me just to be patient and everything will happen when it is supposed to. Now I am just so frustrated that every time I think about it I want to just cry. Has this ever happened to anyone? How did you get through it?

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