please take care and best wishes for smooth appointments with the docs. may they be humane and kind and treat you with the dignity and respect you deserve.
sorry it isn't easier to do these things but it is so very important to address health issues before they become larger more dangerous issues.
good job on making the appointments fb. fingers crossed for you to make it to both but we'll settle for one

since we know how challenging it can be to get to those places.
(((fuzzette))) tc and keep breathing through all this.