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My original clinic changed my dates on me (after I'd booked flights and hotels) and stopped communicating with me, so I've been having rather a stressful week. Bear in mind I was supposed to have surgery February 2nd so I didn't have a lot of time!

I contacted another provider (I'm self pay) and they said they had the date free, but I needed surgeon approval. The good news is I have now been approved! I can use my original flights, though I'm still losing money on the hotels that I now won't be using.

I'm so relieved, it would have been a real emotional blow to lose my surgery date so close to it happening. I do now have to do a pre-surgery diet, which I didn't have to with the old place, but it doesn't have to be liquid, it just has to be low carb (less than 50 a day) and low fat, so I've signed up to myfitnesspal to keep track of things. According to their literature they sent me, I would usually have to do 3-4 weeks on the pre-op diet, but fortunately they're willing to let me do it for a shorter time so I'm going to be really careful to follow it.

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Congratulations on being able to keep your date. You dodged a bullet on that pre-op diet. I wish you a speedy and uncomplicated recovery.

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Whew! I'm so glad you found another option!

Can I ask what the original clinic was?

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The original clinic was ISCARE in Prague, I've now switched to a hospital about an hour or so outside of Prague in Turnov, the company dealing with me in the UK is called New Leaf.

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