Pre-admission check up : 29th June 05

Had my pre-admission check up this Weds and had the all clear to go into surgery next Thurs 7th July.

I need to be in for 7am and surgery starts at 8am. I was first on the list when I went for my original bleph and ptosis repair in December 2004; and it'd be great if I could be first on the list again.

I feel uncomfortable with the questions from fellow workers who keep asking about my eyes and what I am having done this time. They think I'm having eye surgery ie for my eyesight though some (women) do suspect that it's for cosmetic eye surgery cos I look different; especially after having Isolagen done as well and IPL (Intense Pulse Light) to help my hyperpigmentation.

I'm keeping myself fairly busy and trying not to think about it too much; until the last moment. I did some shopping today in preparation for the days after surgery.

I felt annoyed at my mother yesterday when I took her out for a meal and a movie and the atmosphere is tense between us so I may well not ask her to pick me up after my surgery (I'm staying in the night before) and will check myself out and take a taxi home myself and just do things by myself ie like feed the kitties etc when I get home etc. My mother just annoys me anyway cos she's just not very up to date and panics really easily.

I forgot to mention that I'm having a canthopexy and not a canthoplasty. There's a link on the Dr Meronk's site http://www.drmeronk.com/blephnews/canthopexy.html which has step by step surgery pictures and http://www.drmeronk.com/insidersguide/19.html this one discusses Canthopexy in more detail.