I did the pre-screening process for my surgery yesterday.

Unfortunately, they neglected to tell me to quit taking one of my medications, naproxin, a week ago. One side effect of that drug is that it thins the blood (causing you to bleed more freely when cut). This can be undesirable during surgery.

They did a bleed test on me (they scooped a small chunk of flesh out of my arm and timed how long it took to quit bleeding). It’s supposed to finish between 2.5 and 8 minutes. My test took just over 17 minutes. If that doesn’t come down by tomorrow, they’ll have to reschedule me for next week (where they test again). That will screw me, both financially and professionally (as I have to get back to work to prepare a server for a beta that begins on 6/2/03).

*sigh*

In other news… I’m going to miss opening night of “The Matrix – Reloaded”. I can’t begin to tell you how much that pisses me off. I am a geek after all!