Two days left to go until surgery. This is just the arthroscopic surgery, outpatient procedure, should be simple enough. For the time being I'm trying not to think about it too much, although I keep worrying about dumb things like getting my house clean and laundry done and making sure everything is in order. Come surgery day I'll probably cry. I'm such a big wimp. I hate the idea of having an IV. Especially in my hand. (Why having it in my hand would be so much worse than my elbow, I can't tell you. Oh, and forget a spinal. That scares the living **** out of me. If I someday have babies and deliver them all drug-free, it'll probably be because I'm too afraid of the epidural to even consider it.) I also hate the idea of being by myself at any point. I want somebody there that I know, for as long as I'm awake. But I don't know how these things work. I assume Joe will have to leave before they put me out.
Really, it's a good thing this isn't "the big one". I think the "warm-up" surgery will do me some good. At least I'll know the whole anesthesia thing by then, and maybe the IV won't freak me out quite as much.
Oh well. Like I said, I am trying not to dwell on it. Joe is doing a great job of keeping me distracted. :-) Although I think all the distractions might be getting a bit expensive for him! Just this weekend, we spent Saturday going to a play at the Irish Classical Theater, followed by buying extremely marked-up Sabres tickets from a scalper. It was fun, even though the Sabres lost their third straight game. :-P Sunday we visited Locke, watched some movies and talked and had delicious ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery. Tonight I'm bringing Locke and Joe out to dinner at Chef's, and then who knows. Depending on when we get home I might do some cleaning, or I might just go to bed. Tomorrow evening I have RCIA, and then need to get to bed early. Wednesday we need to be at the hospital by 7:30am.
Tuesday, I have an appointment with Father Sean to receive Anointing of the Sick. That should be neat. Hopefully it will help me feel more at ease about everything.
Anyway, I'm supposed to be working, and it's not like I don't have a lot of crap to get done. Surgery or no surgery, I can't wait to have 2 weeks off from work. :-D