Planning soothes my soul so after scheduling and rescheduling and then rescheduling again, I settled into making sure everything would go perfectly until the day of surgery. I bought a dozen wireless, seamless bras, a handful of button down shirts and zip up hoodies; I laid in a stock of kale chips and superfood, I found a pair of temperpedic wedges that would cradle my recovering body in weightless perfection. I stopped taken anti-inflammatories, vitamins, salicylates, and paid dearly to have every last hair waxed off my body.
Then everything fell apart.
My job imploded under the pressure of a massive product and structural reorganization, my manager and friend of 7 yrs left the company, and my role changed under a new Senior Vice President.
My annual exam revealed a nasty case of Costochondritis - no, not when you spend too much money at Coscto and pull your back out trying to shove all the bulk items into your car, but an inflammation of the cartilage at the sternum. So sorry, no anti-inflammatories two weeks before surgery, suck it up buttercup.
My mom informed me that I had multiple allergies to every major antibiotic known to man, confounding my surgeon and prompting me to try using one of my last days to get an allergy test. When my allergist promised that she would load me up with forbidden pre-op antihistamines should I react to the drug test I turned to my pharmacist for a history of what I had taken successfully in the past.
My annual mammogram showed a new hypo-density, sending me back for more pre-op boob squishing. The special views showed that the hypo-density was actually nothing, however it unexpectedly revealed a cyst that had never been seen before. I spent 90 minutes undergoing an ultrasound for the radiologist to report that the cysts were benign, but that I would need to go back for a re-viewing in 4 to 6 months. With my neck in full spasm I wasted the next three days chasing second opinions and a final clinical report.
My surgical spot was kicked to Friday the 13th.
After an agonizing evening spent second guessing every single last thing, I resolved to go through with my plan.
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