Why can't things ever be easy!!!

Absolutely fuming today....hope it is not a bad sign.  Surgery is scheduled for 2-14.  Hospital called today to get me registered and go over medical history.  Completely blindsided when nurse told me the surgery time had changed and the surgery was taking place at a different hospital (partly my fault).  It was bad enough when the initial surgery time was set for 12:30.  I was hoping for early morning to get it done.  Well the hospital rep. tells me the time was changed to 3:00.  Doctors office (which I called) said the time was changed the day before and they had planned to call me today.  Said something about running into scheduling problems...really didn't make since especially since they sent me a notice more than a week ago confirming my surgery date and time.  Now about the different hospital for the surgery.  I live about 2 hours from Charleston, SC.  There is a Roper Hospital in downtown Charleston and a Roper St Francis in the West Ashley area of Charleston.  When scheduling the surgery I specifically told the doctors office I wanted it at Roper St Francis, for a variety of reasons.  Apparently it went in one ear and out the other with them.  As it turns out the Da Vinci procedure can only be done at Roper in downtown Charleston so I really didn't have a choice.  However, I already made hotel reservations to be just blocks from the other hospital, which I now have to cancel and now I have to worry about my wife negotiating downtown Charleston (part of the reason I wanted it at Roper St Francis).  I guess I will get over this bump in the road, but the last thing I need is added stress with surgery a week away.  Next Thursday is going to be a long, long, long day....hope my surgeon is still fresh.  Just had to vent...thanks for listening and we now return you to our regular programming.

Tdnjam:

I don't want to minimize your stress because I can certainly relate to what you're writing. I also fully appreciate that telling people to manage their stress and reactions is like telling the hunchback of notre dame to walk straight.

That said, as someone who has gone through this let me point something out. Your current situation with prostate cancer and with treatment is, in all probability, a temporary thing that you will overcome relatively soon and then move on with some adjustments, probably minor ones. We get very involved with PCa and treatment because it overtakes our lives. But as someone who has seen others deal with far worse, sometimes repeatedly, including myself, let me just say that it might help for you to look at this as an isolated issue in your life that you shall overcome and that in all probability this is the only thing going terribly wrong in your life right now and that that in itself is a positive thing.

Sorry to sound preachy, it's easy to say two years out, I know that.

Good luck.

ps - I've been to Charleston once. FOund it to be a wonderful city with probably best food I've ever eaten in America. But isn't Downtown Charleston the past down by the battery? Where the sea meets those amazing mansions at the tip of the city?

Thanks for the comments and support. Wasn't really expecting any comments, I just needed to let off some steam. Already in a bad mood from everything that is coming up and just didn't need this bump. I know some might say if this is all you have to complain about then be happy. But it does seem that nothing has gone right since that December phone call telling me I have cancer. In any case, I have taken a deep breath and will make the best of it.