Had my two pre-op appointments today. Got my final instructions, talked to the surgeon and the hospital, laid in my post-surgery liquid diet and got everything hopefully squared away. Turned out I was wrong about a couple of things... the hospital and anesthesiologist are not charging me up front; they're billing me with whatever insurance doesn't pay, which only looks to be 10%. Fine with me.
A couple things I heard surprised me. First was instructions to not shave beforehand, since that can apparently increase the chance of infection (makes sense if you think about it). Second was to take a Valium before bedtime to make sure I get a full night's sleep, and then again as I wake up tomorrow to make sure I'm relaxed for surgery. I've never taken Valium before. Should be interesting, to say the least. I expect I'll be quite loopy when I arrive at the hospital at 6am tomorrow. Surgery may take up to eight hours, and it could be evening before I'm wheeled out of recovery into my room.
Well, there's not much else to say at this point except... I'm ready. I've been counting down the weeks and the days for months now. I've wanted this for a long time, and I expect good things to come of it, albeit with a period of purgatory I will happily endure for the end result.
In short... I'm ready to sleep again. May it be so.
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