Moving Along

 Decision made, things started to move along quite quickly.  

I was scheduled for a CAT scan of my head.  I had a CAT scan done in 2009 but things can change, I guess.  The CAT scan was done at a private facility in Mississauga, not at a public hospital.  They do CAT scans but also MRIs, ultrasounds, etc.  My appointment was at 9:00.  No, not 9am as I thought but 9pm.  The place seems to run 24/7! They were running on-time so no long waits.  

Those horror stories one reads about where people in Ontario have to wait months or years to get medical imaging don't seem to be our experience.  OK, it wasn't quite next day but in this case there's no rush and I only had to wait about a week from the initial requisition date.

CAT scans are the best thing since sliced bread!

I also had to get a couple of vaccinations against pneumococcus infections.  This, apparently, is a bit of a risk for surgery generally and for older people especially.  Well, I'm over 65 now so I guess I'm 'older' even if I don't feel it.

The vaccinations took a bit of time, mostly because of some confusion over which vaccines the local public health unit (Toronto) provides and pays for.  This seems to have changed recently thus the confusion.

One change from my first operation is that it's now done on an outpatient basis.  So no overnight stay in hospital.  It will be in at 7:30 am, the operation will be 9:30 to 10:30 and I should be out sometime in the afternoon.  We won't be taking the TTC for this one!

**Update: it's now scheduled for 9:00 am and the operation will be at about 11:00.  I should be out around 15:00 if all goes well.