Day 73
I’m frustrated tonight. I didn’t sleep at all last night because I had to be up at 5:30am to be at the lab for my pre-op blood work at 6am so Chuck could take me before work. I ended up falling asleep mid morning so now I’m not tired at all. I’m totally not up for another sleepless night. I have an appointment with my new oncologist tomorrow afternoon. I’d like to be in a good frame of mind when I meet her. *sigh*
But what’s actually frustrating me is the phone call I received this afternoon. The plastic surgeon’s office called to let me know that something has come up and my surgery has been rescheduled to next week. I wonder if doctors and hospitals realize that it’s not just the patient who is affected? With the surgery scheduled for Friday, Chuck was able to be home with me Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Now he’ll only be able to be home the day of surgery and maybe the day after. Not to mention that I’m scared to death and just want this all to be over. I don’t want to be put to sleep and I don’t want to have a breathing tube down my throat again. I’m afraid and pushing surgery back just gives me more time to worry. Ugh!
Thank you for coming back each day and reading.
Love,
~ Carol Anne
I know. Don’t they realize that not only the patient, but fam/friends also have to reschedule their days around us. I’m going through the same thing. Have to go to the Cleveland Clinic Tues, Wed, and Friday. Every morning we’re getting phone calls from them adding more appointments. Very frustrating. Hope things go well for you tomorrow and you won’t have to be there long. {{HUGS}}
Thanks Jeannie! Good luck at all of your appointments also. It is such a nuisance to have to have Chuck take days off then change days off. While I was in the hospital the plastics dept. said I could go home after the neurosurgeon said that it was up to plastics when I left. Plastics said I would be able to leave the next day. I called Chuck told him I was coming home and he needed to take the next day off. Lo and behold general medicine actually had the final say and they put the kibosh on my leaving for another few days. That was a day Chuck could have worked. *shakes head*
Hi there,
How frustrating that they are jerking you around, hospitals sure don’t care about their patients or any arrangements they have to make. I do hope you have a good meeting with the oncologist and that you bond with her which I think is more important. I didn’t sleep well last night either, we could have had a girl talk going. Anyway back to you. Can’t wait to see what you say tomorrow and hope its good news. Just hang in there and do the best you can do. I’m rooting for you with all I’ve got
(((hugs))) Thanks Suz.