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I am six days away from surgery and this morning I get a phone call from the doctors office I had originally hoped to do my surgery.

Here is the back story, About a year ago, I attended a seminar of a relatively new surgeon, and I really liked him and hoped to get an appt with him, however, I was told he didnt currently accept my insurance, which is medicaid.

So, I began looking for another doctor and found one in a town about 45 miles away. I have gone thru the process of getting my approval and am only days away from surgery, but have been struggling with the decision to have the surgery and if I should take a little more time, get some counseling on my decision, make sure I am both physically and mentally ready. I have recently had a recurrance of an electrical problem with my heart that causes my heart to take longer intervals between beats, it feels like a rise and fall and while I was approved for the surgery, my Cardiologist didnt want to approve me until I had further tests, now, I had been going back and forth the last week about should I have the heart tests and put off the band a while longer until I find out if this recurrance of this heart blip is anything I should worry about or not.

So, this morning the doctors office I had gone to to begin with calls and says he is now accepting new patients and I am on his call back list and am I still interested.

My heart jumped and I was so excited, then I rememebered, wait, shew, I am already getting ready to have the surgery, I had been asking for a sign and praying and asking friends to pray for me to make the right choice and now I have to wonder, is this a sign? Is this a way for me to take a little more time and really give it some thought, or do I just go ahead and get it done???

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If your cardiologist was concerned about approving you until further testing to determine the cause of what is going on with your heart, then maybe you should wait. Why did he approve you if he wants to run more tests and does not know if it is something to worry about or not? I would be putting the surgery off if it was me. But you are the only one who can decide that. Good luck to you!

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