Ride needed Tues. afternoon (June 8)

[xela]

I'm very much pleased that my surgeon so readily agreed with me that in my case, reducing the net number of unproductive days trumped other concerns. It's going to save me a net three weeks or more of serious visual impairment. But of course that means I now have 3 days to plan my end of the operation — when I'd expected to have a minimum of 3 weeks.

The first and biggest planning hurdle: They will not release me after the surgery unless there is someone there to drive me home. It turns out that Alyse has an inflexible work committment — so I'm turning to you.

I know it will be in the afternoon: I'm presently scheduled to arrive at MEEI at 11:00 a.m, but those instructions will be revised on Monday, almost certainly 1 to 3 hours later. Having been through the process once, I now know what will follow: They'll prep me, and I'll hang out on a gurney in surgery waiting for a while. A resident will give me five minutes notice when they're ready to roll me into the OR — at which point it will be just about exactly an hour until I'm released. So I can call you then, giving you an hour to get to Mass Eye & Ear, which should work from most anywhere in the Boston area.

Note: I am not sure it's strictly necessary to have someone drive me home; it's just the most obvious way to comply with a vaguely stated requirement. So if you don't drive, but could come to the hospital and go home with me in a cab (at my expense, of course), I believe that would do.

If anyone can help me out here, I'll be eternally in your debt.

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[siderea]

Arrg. I *think* I could do this, but I won't know until Monday: I may need to be at somebody else's medical appointment that day, and I don't know when, and I have no way to find out when until Monday. If you're stuck on Monday afternoon, call my cell to see what my availability is.