Reconstruction surgery now scheduled

[annathepiper]

Just got off the phone with Dr. McMillan's office to follow up with them and let them know that leave shouldn't be an issue, and to ask what the next steps would be in getting reconstruction surgery scheduled. The receptionist said she could help me with that, and let me know that the earliest Dr. McMillan had open was September 18th. I said I'd take that; that's plenty of time for my team at work to plan for my absence, and for me to get current major obligations done and dealt with, project-wise.

Hopefully, it'll also give us some time to further beat down debt to brace for the likely large bill for staying in the hospital for a couple of days.

There will be a pre-op appointment on September 2nd to settle all pertinent details, and I'll need to do another round of FMLA paperwork. Here's hoping it'll be the last.

Cross your fingers, folks.

Comments

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

Good luck. *hugs*

[annathepiper]

Thanks! *snugs!*

[janne.livejournal.com]

All fingers crossed! (My, is typing hard with interlocked thumbs...) Good luck :)

[annathepiper]

Hee, thanks. :)

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Well, that's plenty of time to get yourselves organised, and at least you know you won't be losing pay now too. Plus maybe that will give that swollen area enough time to settle down before you disturb it again, probably not a bad thing.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, good things all around. And it's another nearly two months to keep at the exercise, and hopefully I can lose more weight by then. It'd be nice to drop another ten pounds before the surgery, if possible!

[akadriver.livejournal.com]

Fingers are crossed!!

[annathepiper]

Thanks!

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

You're getting a boob for my sister's birthday!

[annathepiper]

Har! Yay me! Yay your sister!

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

Yay ordering a new breast!

[annathepiper]

And doesn't THAT just sound weird! "Yes, I'd like to order a replacement part..."

[kissare.livejournal.com]

Few people get to custom-order their boobs. You can blame the sleepy-drugs when you wake up after surgery calling the doctor "Winnowill." ;)

[annathepiper]

*snicker* Quite. ;)

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

Hope it goes well!

Cathy

[annathepiper]

Thanks! :)

[poodlgrl.livejournal.com]

Do you get to have nicer, perkier boobs? Because that wouldn't be bad at the age we're getting to. Man, that would be cool to have new boobs. Of course, mine have been "num-nummed" to death by two kids, also.

[annathepiper]

That is in fact a side benefit. ;) Working on perkifying the rest, though, is entirely up to me!