You are doing so well, Danielle. If he's working those long hours he would be tired anyway! I remember feeling okay before my tongue surgery in 2009 and working very hard for a month or less (?) to get everything in order before my treatment. I had to hand over to my replacement so everything had to be better than usual. Then there WAS a cancellation and I was called in two weeks earlier so I had only a few days to tie up loose ends. I don't know if exhaustion affected me or not but I wasn't a very happy patient in the first 8 -10 days after that surgery. This time (last year) I was retired so had a more relaxed build up to the operation. Although I was four years older (67) I actually tolerated it better. Might have been because I had the painkiller Fentanyl rather than morphine which I react badly too. But I wonder if I was better prepared for last year's surgery than I was in 2009. Make him take a couple of days off before surgery or at least work shorter hours!!!!