Four days to go--and I'm freaking out just a bit...

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Hello all. First off I want to thank everyone who has shared their

experiences with their surgeries--it's been very helpful to see that

I am not alone in experiencing this thing! I am having upper and

lower done in four days.

I always find health/medical things stressful, to be honest. My

mother was/is a hypochondriac and this trait involuntarily crops up

in my every now and then when I'm under stress.

What's going on right now is that I am getting over a cold I had in

which I had no symptom other than extreme fatigue. Today, I feel a

bit tired, warm in the face (no fever) and have a little tiny bit of

nasal congestion (which is normal for me with my messed up septum!)

So, obviously, I shouldn't be worried about my surgery being

postponed--I'm in overall excellent health, have no fever or

congestion to speak of.

And yet I somehow in my anxiety convinced myself that this will get

worse and lead to a postponement for months on end. I know this is

irrational, but with so little time remaining until the pre-surgery

appointments and the surgery itself, the freak-out I was

anticipating appears to have arrived.

Sorry for the long-windedness. Just sharing this helps. I am

confident that this week's surgery will be a success. I might need a

few Ativan between now and then though!

One question: do the doctors ever give sedation to patients in the

pre-operative room when you're getting ready?

Thanks.