Nothing’s happening this week

Seriously, who clicks on a link entitled, “Nothing’s happening”?

Last week, after several days of not hearing anything, we were abruptly called in for an MRI on Wednesday night and a consultation with the surgeon on Thursday morning. We knew the surgeon was going to be on vacation all this week so we were glad to be able to see him before he left.

At our consultation we got the impression that he was going to send his office instructions to get me scheduled for surgery as soon as he was back from vacation. He named some possible dates around the end of February. So we’ve been waiting for a call from his office to let us know when the surgery will be.

After not hearing anything for a couple of days, I called his office yesterday. His assistant said she couldn’t schedule me yet because she doesn’t have the instructions. She estimated my surgery would be likely be on March 17. This was a disappointment. I was diagnosed in late January, and scrambled to get out here within a few days of diagnoses. We initially thought I’d have surgery in February and now it seems like we’re looking at late March. I think it’s still possible it could be earlier in March, but probably not this month.

Meanwhile, John has gone to Washington DC for the week. He had business meetings to attend there, and also DC is the closest place to Boston where his company has access to some specialized equipment that he needs to do part of his job. We knew the surgeon was on vacation this week, so we figured it was a good time for John to be away, working. And as expected – nothing is happening. Just waiting.