Growlithing, there are other surgeons. Ask your surgeon for a referral to a colleague in the Boston area. As you know, it's one of the best medical areas in the country. All you need say is that your studies make it increasingly difficult for you to leave campus.

Does your college offer work-study jobs? Especially ones that would continue between terms? One of the things I did to avoid going home, besides taking a summer class, was to work shelving books in the library. It was a great job for me: cool inside, interesting books to look at, and largely solitary work--very low stress. And the library was open all year.