Still July 7

    Surgery is scheduled tomorrow for 9:30 a.m.  I'm to be there at 6:30.  The "Patient's Guide"  explains that it is necessary to arrive 2 hours before surgery because "sometimes there are cancellations and your surgery may be earlier.  It allows for the nurses to accommodate all of your needs in preparing you for your surgery. But if the surgery is scheduled for 7:30 , you may report at 5:45 a.m."     The scheduler told me to arrive not 2, but 3, hours before surgery, so I guess all my needs will be well met.  *I later learned that while all other patients are to report 2 hours before surgery, it's 3 hours for orthopedic patients.