The Risk of Telling Your Wife Before Surgery

Your wife could accidentally find out before you tell her. No amount of claiming that you were definitely going to tell her xxx point in time and wait was justified because yyyy will be convincing. This is not a thing where you get to decide when she's capable of handling the information. I would be upset if my spouse found out something that monumental about me and thought that I couldn't handle hearing it immediately. She might be upset but I think she will be understanding.