Laparoscopy surgery is a minor, out-patient surgery but you still have to go through all the medical talks anyone going under the knife has to go through. Which makes a minor surgery feel major, especially when this is your first ever experience of surgery!

When it was time to read and sign the consent form, I stopped reading and just signed when I came to the part where they were explaining "... as with any surgical procedure there is risk for cardiac arrest ...". No need to make myself more nervous with things that are highly unlikely but yet legally have to be said.

The only thing I cared about concerning that consent form was giving Dr. L and Dr. L only permission to perform the surgery.

From Dr. L's office I went across the street to St. Luke's hospital, where the surgery will be, for pre-op testing. They got me registered with the hospital, drew some blood and I had to read and sign some more papers.

So I'm all set and ready for November 6th. I intend not to dwell on the fact the day is fast approaching and just go on the day and get it over with.

Dr. L told me Thursday that if any endometriosis is found, he will remove it right then and there. Also, if anything else is wrong, he will fix it. I wasn't aware that he would fix anything right then - I thought the surgery was only diagnostic.

After the appointment I went to Dave's work (which is literally 2 minutes from the hospital). His boss let him leave work around 3pm so we went to the Pumpkin Patch to buy a pumpkin! Monday, Grace and Evan are coming over and we will pull the seeds out and roast them!

- Elaine