Well, I went for pre-op testing yesterday, and was passing all the test with flying colors, that is, until...THEY GOT TO MY BLOOD PRESSURE!!! It was off the charts at 160 over 110. OMG, needless to say surgery has been cancelled for 10/21/03. This whole thing is the pits and I am so ready to give up. I went to my doc and he prescribed me some Verapemil. I think I will just disappear for a while and crawl off into a hole somewhere. I am truely at my wits end.