I sure hope the schedule issues get worked out soon Anne, and that you breeze through your surgery. This health care system we have is really the pits, but we just keep doing our best deal with it don't we? I'll be going in for cataract surgery in a few weeks and am looking forward to being able to see better afterwards.

Oh wow. I remember my mom had horrible pain from arthritis in he shoulder. I hope this fixes you up as good as new. Best wishes to you.

I think when you can't take it anymore is the perfect time for surgery: it will make your recovery less obnoxious. The system, however, will still be annoying. Perhaps they can schedule you with another facility? It would suck to have to reschedule the surgery ...

Good luck.
Odd about the class. I've never heard of that.

We’ll be thinking about you…hope all goes well with the surgery…and the pre-op session too! Let us know about your progress.

Looking forward to hearing about a successful surgery. Perhaps you could call the instructor and see if he could send you the written materials for the class.

Good luck and I hope a speedy recovery. I get a hip replacement next month. Ugh...

That seems to be the standard with medical issues right now. Everything is months out and the various things you need from one to get the other don't line up. I had kind of the same issue with my carpal tunnel surgery. The surgeon wanted to schedule it for a week or so after our consultation, but I needed to have some electronic testing done to determine the severity of the problem. Except that the electronic test doctors were only scheduling 6 months out! So, the surgery had to be put off for almost seven months.