The big day draws near......

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.  ~Winston Churchill

Wow!  Only 3 more days until the "big day" arrives.  Yes, I will admit that I'm starting to get a little nervous -- not about losing my boobs, but more about being in a hospital (they give me the willies.....not to mention fear of MRSA and other things lurking behind the hospital doors) and about my work.  My job has gotten so busy, and I can't stop worrying about dumping it all on somebody else -- in this case, 3 somebody elses.  However, they are all very qualified, capable, and willing, so I'm slowly convincing myself to stop worrying about that and concentrate on my health.  (It's not really working, but I'm trying.)

We had a good weekend.  Had a really fun day at Universal Studios on Friday.  The Vitamix arrived on Saturday!  Man, that thing is turbocharged!  It's really cool.  Ken whipped up some fabulous vegie drink on Sunday morning with all kinds of good stuff in it.  The only problem was that he is used to the juicer where there is so much waste from the vegies.  With the Vitamix, you get it all, so I was drinking that one drink for 2 days!  There was a ton of it! 

On Saturday night, some dear friends took us out for a delicious dinner and fun evening to celebrate our birthdays.  On Sunday night, some other dear friends had us over for a delicious dinner and fun evening to celebrate our birthdays.  Great evenings! 

And yesterday was Ken's birthday.  We went out to breakfast, did a few errands, and then went to the gun range for some target practice(!)  It's what he wanted to do......and it was his birthday......  We basically spent the afternoon "chilling out" at the RV.  It was a gorgeous day -- sunny and 80 degrees!  We went for a nice walk around 4:00, saw a couple of alligators sunning on the bank of the lagoon, and then we sat outside at the RV and relaxed.  I cooked lobster tails and oven-roasted vegies for his birthday dinner.  I offered to buy (not make -- we don't own any flour, sugar, etc.) a birthday cake for dessert, but he declined. 

The hospital called me yesterday to get my health history and give me instructions for the surgery, etc.  I have to be at the hospital (Wuesthoff Hospital - Wickham Rd - Melbourne) at 0700 on Friday (2/25), and the surgery is now scheduled for 0915 (instead of 1000).  The surgery takes approximately 1.5 hours, and I will be in recovery 1-2 hours.  Then I will be taken to a room -- supposedly a private room -- and will spend the rest of day and night there.  Hopefully, if I'm doing well, I will be discharged around noon the next day (Saturday).

Oh, I just discovered something else to worry about -- not that I'm lacking in that department.  I just went online to see if I have met my $5200 deductible yet and discovered that there are lab charges for the biopsy I had done on 2/1 in the amount of $3020.  However, the 2 labs were OUT-OF-NETWORK, so these charges will not go to my deductible (i.e., I will have to pay this in addition to my $5200 deductible!).  Like I had a freakin' choice on what the hell labs they used!  (By the way, that makes the total charges for the biopsy  -- procedure took about 20 minutes -- $5261!  Reasonable, eh?!)  Welcome to the freakin' medical/insurance world!  I'm sure it will continue to get more colorful, annoy me more, and send my blood pressure soaring as time goes on....... 

On that note, I will sign off for now because, as usual, I am swamped with work.  I'm procrastinating and would rather vent in my blog than do my work.  But, alas, reality is setting in, and I MUST get back to it. 

Stay tuned.......I'll be back when time permits......  Thank you all for your continued loving thoughts, prayers, support, good wishes, positive vibes, etc. etc.  This would be a very tough journey without all of you......