Broken bones & surgery?

[algarf 5]

Hey everyone!

I'm scheduled for my surgery on March 6 but I had a nasty fall yesterday and I have a fracture in my forearm got to see a specialist tomorrow but Im in a temp cast so far.

I cant reach my surgeon till Monday....do u think my surgery will have to be postponed!?

[Newme17 3,444]

Unless you have to take some kind of pain medicine that will interfere with anesthesia meds, than I don't see how that would postpone. You'd be able to walk still, so that's good news. Hope it turns out nicely...and your forearm heals great too.

[1poundatatime 174]

Will you need surgery on the arm? An arm in a cast shouldn't cause any trouble for your WLS.

[Evie__82 4]

Surely the post op diet would mean you don't take on enough calories to help with bone healing. The last thing you want is a non union of your broken bone. I guess it depends on how bad the fracture is.

[1poundatatime 174]

46 minutes ago, Evie__82 said:

Surely the post op diet would mean you don't take on enough calories to help with bone healing. The last thing you want is a non union of your broken bone. I guess it depends on how bad the fracture is.

That's a good point. While, I don't think it would preclude surgery, it would be especially important to be sure to get your Protein in and be extra diligent with Vitamins.

[sally628 63]

I had my surgery postponed due to a hysterectomy back in January but only ended up losing ten days . So they might just push it back a little . I'll be 8 weeks between surgeries