A Calm Before the Storm?

There's not much going on right now.

Over the course of the week I've been decreasing my estrogen so that I'll be completely off by 3 weeks before surgery. My last dose will be Monday. So far no PMS-like symptoms. I'm not sure when that would happen if it's going to happen. Supposedly the estrogen stays in your system for almost weeks after it's taken so it's hard to know when the effects of going off might kick in.

I'm a little paranoid that "something" might happen to disrupt the surgery: a cold, a rash, broken bone, wild fire, airline strike...

Michele has started filming me for a documentary. I asked if we'd be able to film at the surgery pre-op appointment but I was told no, for patient privacy reasons. When I asked about filming in my room after the surgery I was also told no, for the same reason. It was my understanding that the rooms were singles, so who's privacy could I violate? We'll bring the camera anyway and see what happens.