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So far, my schedule looks like this:

Wednesday, 6-15-11: consult for sleep Study at 10:15 (in B'ham)

Saturday, 6-18-11: Support group in Birmingham at 1:00

Tuesday, 6-22-11: bloodwork with GP at 8:30 (in Selma)

psych evaluation at 2:00 (in Selma)

appointment with GP to clear me for surgery at 3:15 (in Selma)

The Sleep Study unit is going to put me on "the cancellation" list so I can, hopefully, have that done soon. After that, I'll have nothing more than the Nutrition class and the pre-op visit with my surgeon, which I'm planning to schedule for the same day. The Nutrition classes are held on Wednesdays, and the dates available in July are the 6th and 20th. I'm hoping that I can get everything done in time for my appointment to be on the 20th (and certainly the 6th, if possible).

I'm trying to plan as many things as I can in one day to keep from taking any more time off from work than I have to. As I was looking at my "schedule" today, I thought, "this is a lot of time off", but it's really only a day and a half. I'll go back to work after the sleep study consult since Birmingham is only an hour and a half from where I work. I can be back at the office after lunch and work half a day. I'm also thinking of going in after my bloodwork is done and leaving at lunch, so I can get in a couple of hours, at least. If I have my surgery at the end of July, I'll only have 65 hours of accrued leave time. That doesn't count the time I'll be taking off for these appointments. So, I don't want to use any more than I have to.

Thanks for letting me "talk" all of this out.

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Sounds like you are really organized. It is good to look at a plan and map things out. Good luck to you!

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