I hesitantly explained my circumstances to my doc and she had no answer for me as her hands were tied by VA protocol. I did request a write-up of my conditions, meds, and personal consequences of not being allowed my medications, We shall see if she comes through on that. Regardless of if it were to help or not, at least it will be documented.
As far as what i'm going to do...not sure yet. I tapered my doses way down, but seemed ridiculous to stop completely before surgery since I will be getting doped up anyway. I will have to rely upon other means to kick afterward.