July 29th. Wed.

It is starting to sink in that Monday they are going to cut this thing out of my arm. If all goes well it should be no big deal. Try to tell your mind that when you know darn well that things can go wrong. They don't ask all those questions about your health and your heart and your breathing and if you have any kind of allergies. It also is a little disconcerting that they wanted to take the BUMP of my Leg not my bicep. It they are good as some of the nurses that stick you I'm in deep trouble. I know my Dr has a great reputation, I just hope his support staff is as competent as he is reported to be.

I had a very interesting happen when it came time to get a hotel room today. We were told that the University Inn was next to the Hospital and they will give you a special rate if your are going to be in the Hospital. So I went to the Internet and put in University Inn and it brought up four or five sites for the place. The first one was a site called hotel rooms or something like that, but I did not notice it's name until I heard the person on the other end speaking in an Indian accent. I almost hung up but decided to talk to him and see what kind of a rate he would come back with. I explained that I was having surgery on Monday and wanted a room for Sunday night through Wed.. He then left for about ten minutes and I was ready to hang up when he came back and said he was able to get a very special rate for me and was very sorry to hear that I had cancer and was having surgery. The rate was $78.80 and he said that he gave me a $53.00 discount of the published rate. As it so happened Sharon had taken my wallet to work so I was unable to give him a credit card. I asked him to call me back in an hour and I would have a credit card for him.

Since I had some time I decided to call the Inn myself and see what kind of rate they would give me. When I talked to the reservation girl she was in no way friendly. I was trying to explain that I was going to have surgery etc. and she just said we just have our standard rates left. It will be $167.50 plus tax of $35.00 dollars. I said I had gotten a much better rate than that on the Internet, and she just said, well that's our best rate for this next week. I then started to worry that maybe the $78.00 rate was some sort of scam or something and started to worry. I then went back to the site that I had called originally and it was a good site located in Dallas. In one hour and ten minutes my man called me and got me that rate. So the lesson here is don't always think that the best rate is directly with the hotel. Some of these sites have some great deals.

I'm felling pretty good, I swam today and also took the time to sweep the entire pool and added chemicals etc. It then started to rain so I had to get out. It's a lot nicer now than it was at 11:50. It was only about 70 then, but it feels at least 76 or 77 now. This has been one crazy summer. My blood sugar is still screwed up, I hope this surgery will allow me to get back to somewhat normal.

I'll keep you all informed.