Frogs and U/FOs and Addiction (oh my...)

June 8, 2011.
That's the date I've been given. The insurance company has approved the surgery and the surgeon's office has called to schedule. It was the first date I could get. I don't want to think about it too much and chicken out. I have given this about eight years of thought and I'm ready. Well, as much as anyone can be about being ready for what probably will be a life-changing event.
I have asked friends, neighbors, family members and people I know to be in the medical profession what they thought. I have searched my very soul. It came down to this: the people who have gone through this and the medical professionals from whom I've heard all endorse it. Dear friends have encouraged me to think about it and other dear friends have warned against it. To all of them I say, "Thank you - I know what you've said to me has been out of love and caring and I love you for it, but I'm going to do this. I've tried it on my own and it hasn'…
That's the date I've been given. The insurance company has approved the surgery and the surgeon's office has called to schedule. It was the first date I could get. I don't want to think about it too much and chicken out. I have given this about eight years of thought and I'm ready. Well, as much as anyone can be about being ready for what probably will be a life-changing event.
I have asked friends, neighbors, family members and people I know to be in the medical profession what they thought. I have searched my very soul. It came down to this: the people who have gone through this and the medical professionals from whom I've heard all endorse it. Dear friends have encouraged me to think about it and other dear friends have warned against it. To all of them I say, "Thank you - I know what you've said to me has been out of love and caring and I love you for it, but I'm going to do this. I've tried it on my own and it hasn'…