Annoying Details

I want nothing more than to be done with all of the annoying little details associated with my surgeries. My PJs and undies have shipped but have yet to turn up where I had them delivered. Will my wife's schedule allow for her to collect the packages? I spent a whole Saturday afternoon searching for the perfect PJs, and I finally found them at JC Penny, but they didn't have the short sleeved in my size in stock at the store so I had to order them. I want that task to be fully completed, meaning I want the PJs in my possession. The same goes for my undies. I searched and searched online for the least girlie women's underwear in my size, and when I finally found them they were temporarily out of stock, so they were back ordered. Supposedly they have shipped as well, and I want this task to be fully completed as well. It's just bugging me that they aren't already washed and dryed, folded nicely and put in a drawer with my new "belly buster" and the tank tops I bought for my post-op days in case it's really hot. One other thing that I've been wanting to buy is a lap table for when I'm in bed or on the couch so that I have something to put my laptop on in case I have an abdominal hysterectomy and it hurts to put it directly on me. The problem is I'm a bit on the wide side, so I don't know if commonly made ones will fit over me. I was going to order one from Amazon but decided thanks to my wife's advice that I should go to Bed, Bath and Beyond and try one on, so to speak, to make sure it fits over me properly. I hope to do that this week. BB&B is close to my home, and it would be one more thing I could check off of my to-do list.

And trying to figure out my hematology and lab work appointments is turning out to be a lot more complicated than it seems like it needs to be. My gynecologist's (Dr. Knox) office called today to discuss the deposit I am required to pay on the day of my pre-op appointment. They told me that my hematologist's (Dr. Terpenning) office called and said that they don't do pre-op bloodwork. The problem is that I need a medical clearance from Dr. Terpenning for surgery because I have some clotting factors that put me at a higher risk for blood clots, especially post-op. The clearance has to come within 90 days of surgery, and I saw her at the end of March which puts me within the 90 day mark. Dr. Terpenning gave me clearance at that appointment, but Dr. Knox may require blood work that was not done on that day. But Dr. Knox is out of the office until next Monday, so I have to try and wait patiently for this to be figured out. Something tells me I'm going to need to see the hematologist again, but the office won't let me make an appointment until the confusion is cleared up. I know *exactly* when I would want this appointment to be, yet I can't make the appointment for at least another week. Meanwhile, I called my chest surgeon's (Dr. Salomonson) office and requested that they mail me the lab slip for the pre-op blood work that she requires. I also asked them what lab they use in case I end up getting everything there and not at my hematologists office. All of my pre-op and post-op appointments are scheduled except for those relating to lab work, and it is annoying me that those cannot be scheduled. My first post-op chest surgery appointment has not been made, but I assume that they will schedule that at my pre-op and that it will be about one week post-op. I won't be doing anything but recovering, so I can go get my drains out and bandages off whenever the doctor wants me to do it.

Taking care of all of the details and logistics makes me feel a lot better, and so for just a few things to be incomplete is simply irritating. I don't know if it is a control thing or an anxiety thing or what. I think it's good to be on top of things, but if I'm too neurotic about it then it's not very good. And it wouldn't be good if I were totally lax and apathetic about everything, because everything does in fact have to get done at some point, so better now than later, right?! I just keep waiting for that point to come when everything that can be done is done and I can just relax and wait, enjoy each day and be thankful every night that I am one day closer to having my surgeries.