unavidanueva
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I am pre-op, my plan is to have the DS with Dr. Prachand at the University of Chicago. I have been in the seemingly endless period of appointments to get all the necessary parts of me checked out so that the surgery request can be submitted to my insurance.
The first part (labs, mammo, pap, cpap records, etc.) was easy, just took time. Next week will not be fun. I have atrial fib, controlled by meds, but that means I need an echocardiogram and medical stress test in order for my cardiologist to clear me for surgery. That medical stress test is something I had hoped that I would never have to repeat again in my life. I don't mind my heart rate being elevated when it makes logical sense to my mind, like in the middle of a good workout. But to lie still and feel my heart racing scares the crap out of me.
So that will be Monday's blessing. Then Tuesday night I get to prep for Wednesday morning's colonoscopy.
Trying to gear up for a challenging week. Please keep posting your stories of the blessings that await on the other side of this surgery. They are my lifeline.
The first part (labs, mammo, pap, cpap records, etc.) was easy, just took time. Next week will not be fun. I have atrial fib, controlled by meds, but that means I need an echocardiogram and medical stress test in order for my cardiologist to clear me for surgery. That medical stress test is something I had hoped that I would never have to repeat again in my life. I don't mind my heart rate being elevated when it makes logical sense to my mind, like in the middle of a good workout. But to lie still and feel my heart racing scares the crap out of me.
So that will be Monday's blessing. Then Tuesday night I get to prep for Wednesday morning's colonoscopy.
Trying to gear up for a challenging week. Please keep posting your stories of the blessings that await on the other side of this surgery. They are my lifeline.