Maria,
I had my R/C done at MD Anderson last year and they were WONDERFUL... treated me like a "princess", as my husband says. He's going through treatment for lung cancer down there at the moment and apparently is not happy that he's not being treated like a "princess", too.
I had Dr. Randall Millican for oncology and Dr. Barton Grossman for surgery. Who do you have? We've spent a lot of time in the ER with my husband and you are right, they are GREAT!
The docs gave me about a month-long break between the chemo and the surgery, which was nice. It gave me a bit of time to feel a bit more normal. As we found out though, my energy levels were still VERY low. My husband treated me to a "Congrats for Getting Through Chemo" trip to Key West 2 weeks before surgery and I ended up spending most of the trip sleeping in the hotel room. In hindsight, we'd have been better off planning the trip after I had recovered from the surgery. Oh, well. It was still nice to get away!
You have a great attitute! It will all be over before you know it and life will be back to normal (for the most part) in just a couple of months after your surgery. If you need anything or have any questions, let me know. We're at MD Anderson pretty regularly these days, so maybe we could meet up and chat?
Best of luck,
Christine