Glen's Journal

It's not a long distance but I'm taking the scenic route. It's been just shy of 2 weeks since my cardiologist confirmed that surgery is now imminent and ten days since the referral to Mayo Rochester was made but I've had no contact from Mayo to get the ball rolling. I operate in a fast moving world and expected things to unfold more quickly than this. Being me, I created a nice timeline of how this was going to go and so far we are very behind schedule. I am scheduled for a Coronary Angiogram on Friday locally so I am clinging to that little bit of progress (and it doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun). I've tried to get information on what kind of timeline and expectation is reasonable but pinning that down has been elusive, days for some and months for others. Admittedly, a great deal of my angst is that I have support between Memorial Day and August 1, but I don't know where it will come from after that so I am eager to take full advantage of that timeframe. Plus, my teenage son's schedule is much easier to manage in the summer than fall. My cardiologist's office has confirmed a second request on their part and suggested that I call Mayo directly, which I will do tomorrow. I'm not sure how this is supposed to go and would appreciate any thoughts on timing that can better align my expectations with reality. It doesn't help that I've had a second bomb dropped in my lap, that quite frankly feels like a bigger deal than heart surgery, and it looks like the two situations are going to unfold concurrently. I'm not sure how that is even possible. I can't focus on work or much of anything else and I keep finding myself pacing through the house like a caged animal. I would really like it if they could just come to my house and sedate me, do what needs to be done and wake me up when it's all over and I'm back to 100%. That seems reasonable.