Got a call from the surgery scheduler. They hadn't gotten the allergy test results so after I spoke to her, I called to get them faxed over there. In the meantime, I now have a surgery date: Wednesday Sept. 17 at 7:30AM. He does surgery at the Health South Surgical CEnter (outpatient stuff) the week of Sept. 7, which is when I wanted it, so I had to go for the week afterwards. I've now scheduled my pre-op with Dr. Maki (changed my annual check up appointment with her into a pre-op appointment) on Sept. 2. On Sept. 4, my birthday, I see Dr. Schweitzer for a pre-op with him at 10AM and see Dr. Abrams the hematologist at 11:30, for a platelet count. Dr. Abrams had wanted to see me a week before the surgery but since he'll be out of the office that week, I had to make it for the week before. He'll do a platelet count and determine if I need any treatment, which I doubt I will, since Dr. Schweitzer said a count of 50000 or more would be fine. And since my count is always higher than that, it shouldn't be a problem. I won't tell work about the surgery until closer to the date.
Feeling nervous and excited at the same time.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
June 9, 2008: A decision
Late yesterday afternoon, I finally made a decision about when I want the surgery. The week of September 7. It's after my birthday, it's after Labor Day, not too hot, not too cold yet. I'll call the surgery scheduler the last MOnday in July and hopefully by that Wednesday she'll have a date and time for me. If that week isn't possible, I make it for the week after or however it needs to be done.
Meanwhile, I've been enjoying playing Wii now that we've inherited Andy's (son's). I played a lot of tennis and bowling yesterday (actually played a 180 point game a couple of times yesterday) and tried golf which I was terrible at. It's nice to sort of do some exercise without really doing some exercise. I think I sweated enough to fill a bucket while I was playing, though.
A heat wave is continuing here from this weekend. I'm working some on Tuesday and Wednesday and it'll be good to be in air conditioning, assuming it works where I'll be working.
And I'll enjoy this week as I have no doctor's appointments finally!
Meanwhile, I've been enjoying playing Wii now that we've inherited Andy's (son's). I played a lot of tennis and bowling yesterday (actually played a 180 point game a couple of times yesterday) and tried golf which I was terrible at. It's nice to sort of do some exercise without really doing some exercise. I think I sweated enough to fill a bucket while I was playing, though.
A heat wave is continuing here from this weekend. I'm working some on Tuesday and Wednesday and it'll be good to be in air conditioning, assuming it works where I'll be working.
And I'll enjoy this week as I have no doctor's appointments finally!
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