I too was very anxious going into my surgery. The most invasive procedure I had before this tongue and neck surgery was a knee scoped, which is less than an hour. I was in for about 8 hours.

I had to be at the hospital early and as soon as I woke I was feeling nausious just because of the anxiety. Lucikly, I had some generic xanax around for other reasons and took one. I told the nurse who was prepping me that I took it and she said it was fine.

I was very naive going into my treatment and was most afraid of the surgery. It is the easy part unfortunatly.

I remember going into the operating room, my doctor was there and the positioned me on the table and then said night! Next thing I remember was waking up to some lady next to me who kept saying, "I'm going to puke." I hadn't yet opened my eyes but was putting my hands in that direction to block anything that may come my way. Again, my humor helped me deal with yet another situation.

Bottom line, do whatever it takes to get yourself to the hospital. Everything else will be taken care of for you.

Good luck.

Jim