Am I being selfish?

I have arranged to have my surgery scheduled during a 2 week break from law school, on April 22. A friend's graduation from med school is May 10, with festivities planned the whole weekend. I have known about her graduation for a long time, of course, but I have been researching and jumping through hoops to get the surgery for a long time, too. I will be about 2 1/2 weeks out of open surgery when her big day comes. A mutual friend is giving me a hard time for scheduling the surgery so close to that time, telling me I should just wait 4 more months to have it done during the next school break. She says I shouldn't think of myself now. Well, pardon me for thinking about myself! Do you think that realistically 2 and 1/2 weeks after open RNY I could sit in a stuffy auditorium for hours while some guy drones on and on, then go out to dinner that night (of course not eat anything)? And help put on a brunch the next am? I healed very quickly after a c-section (3 days and I felt wonderful). I just feel so angry that this friend is trying to make me feel bad for doing this. I think it's because she is MO herself and maybe she's afraid I'll succeed.

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