Time to Take the Leap

[Agnes]

Susie, I will be rooting for you Wednesday! You have such a good attitude and I pray your recovery goes smoothly. I see I am four days older than you and also am in Philadelphia, so we're practically sisters! Good luck

 

[sistersinhim]

I pray your test turns out fine and that you're on to your new knee tomorrow.

 

[SusieShoes]

Well, the test is in and my heart is completely normal. Nary a sign of heart disease. This is good on two levels: 1) I got cleared for my surgery tomorrow (yay!) and 2) my dad's side of the family all tends to die of heart disease, so knowing I don't have heart issues is reassuring.

A minor insurance mess up made things exciting this morning. My surgeon's office called to say they hadn't received precertification yet. This was more strange than alarming because just yesterday my insurance company called to wish me well on my upcoming surgery and discuss what kinds of post-hospital care my plan covers, so I would better understand my options. Cozy, right? They'd been paying for all my pre-op tests and appointments all along, so double strange. Turns out the insurance company was experiencing widespread system outages yesterday and today and the okay for surgery just got hung up somewhere. It's all settled (and covered) and all systems are go.

Surgery is scheduled tomorrow for 7 am. I'll be at the hospital by 5:30 am. Sure am looking forward to my new, improved knees!

 

[Celle]

Best wishes for tomorrow. See you on the other side!

 

[sistersinhim]

My prayers are with you! Let us know how you are as soon as you can! I suggest you go ahead and set up your recovery thread while you can.

 

[SusieShoes]

Thanks, all. Good idea about setting up my recovery thread. That seems hopeful. :smile2: Also might make it easier to find and report post-op. I will be on my cell phone then. I usually use my laptop.

 

[Faele]

All the best for your surgery today, SusieShoes! It is already nearly 7-30 a.m. Wednesday here. I'll be thinking of you today. Glad your heart test results were normal. You have an early start too.

 

[Jennszoo]

Bst of luck!!!

 

[SusieShoes]

All the best for your surgery today, SusieShoes! It is already nearly 7-30 a.m. Wednesday here. I'll be thinking of you today.

Thanks for getting tomorrow off on the right foot. :smile2: It's 7 pm here. In the "small world" category, our dog walker, who I called to give our sweet 13 year old poodle a break tomorrow while Mr. Shoes and I are at the hospital, just told me she had the same OS for her TKR in 2009. Thinks the world of him and has a great result. So that's a plus!

 

[KarriB]

Best wishes tomorrow!