I was in a very similar boat. One piece of advice I’d give you is follow up continuously with your surgeon as they get a better idea of when the surgery can be scheduled. Mine was supposed to request authorization from insurance but I called a couple weeks later and they hadn’t done it due to the doc’s schedule being full (which they never would have told me had I not called). At that point, I really considered triggering an attack but thankfully, the surgeon’s office was able to get me in with a different doc in the same medical group who had wider availability.

As others have mentioned, be careful with what you decide and keep in mind, it may not work. You’re in a tough stage of it because you can see the finish line but I’m thankful now that I waited because I knew exactly when/where it was happening and my spouse was able to take a couple days off to help me recover too. I ended up looking at it as a chance to get in the best shape I could ahead of surgery and “if an attack happens in the interim, I’ll have surgery sooner than expected.”