Actually, the surgeon wanted to initially operate right away. I asked if it could be another month out, as I was having some other issues that needed to be looked at first. (My heart was skipping beats and I had to wear a heart monitor). I also had enlarged red blood cells. They never found out what that was about. I did have to wait for the needle aspiration post-op. Not super long, but long enough to make me anxious. Did they take any lymph nodes on you?