The sleeve that may not be..

[sarahh1828 4]

Hello all,

My journey began last October, while in nursing school(LVN Nursing) I realized that if I am going to do the job I plan for, I needed to lose a lot of weight. At the end of a 10 hour clinical day my back and hips hurt!

So I contacted Kaiser, and they signed me up for the Bariatric program. After 12 weeks of attending their night classes during my lunch break from school, I finally completed the program last March. I scheduled my surgery for the first available date, April 14th. I took my NCLEX test while on the liquid pre-op diet required for surgery. I'm glad to say that I was still able to pass my test, even with the tummy distraction:) Anyways, the week before surgery I began to get sick, and woke up the day before with a temperature of 102. So I had to call my surgeon, and he cancelled my surgery.

I took some time to think the surgery over and try to lose weight on my own like my family begged me to do. Then I saw the pictures of the girl had her surgery a few days before mine was scheduled to be. She had lost 50 lbs. and looked amazing, healthy, and happy. As I looked at her pictures, I was reminded of why I want this for myself.

So I called my surgeon and met with him. Set my surgery for the soonest available date (Sept. 8). Well, my husband's birthday is September 4th, and he wanted a Harley. We went to pick it up August 28th, so we could go on one Harley ride before surgery. Well, I wanted to get on and take a picture with it, and burned my leg. I didn't think anything of it for a few days. August 30th I woke up because of a pain in my leg. The blister from my burn had come off, and it was a painful red mess. I just put a bandaid on it and went back to bed. The next morning, I could tell it was infected. I cleaned and bandaged it, and yesterday(Sept. 1) it was finally starting to look better.

Went to my obgyn today, and she noticed my bandage, so she asked to take a look. She said it still looked like a very slight infection. She notified my surgeon, and now he is thinking of cancelling my surgery. I am so disappointed. I will not know until next Wednesday if I'm having surgery or not. I have an appointment scheduled then so he can take another look at it.

If this is cancelled, it will be my second surgery cancelled for unrelated acute medical conditions. LAME!!

Praying that it heals up well by Wednesday.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Sarah

[M2G 1,836]

Oh my gosh, that does sound like a mess. Here is what I would do (if I were in your shoes) I would not CANCEL my surgery, but rather postpone it. I'm guessing that maybe you need a 10 day (or so) antibiotic, (you didn't say if your OB prescribed one or not) but I would talk to your surgeon. If he is going to cancel it, then just reschedule it rather than leaving it off the table completely.

And, BTW, -14 is awesome...but I totally know what you are saying. I know in my heart of hearts that I could not accomplish the weight loss AND keep it off without the sleeve. I have hopes for the future that for once in my life I will be able to keep the weight off. At least you gave it one more try, and you will never again question "what if." Good luck with everything and I hope your leg is feeling 100% again soon!