Op postponed - so disappointed

[thinkingslim70 0]

Hi Everyone

I went to my pre op appointment today, had my blood test all went well and then I got a phone call late this afternoon to say my surgery for Monday had to be cancelled as an emergency has come up. I'm so disappointed - I had just started to get prepared for everything. It's now scheduled for the 8th Dec which is a really bad time for me to take time off work. I was also hoping I'd be on solids for Christmas - not going to happen now.

To top it off I had been told that I didn't need to do the pre-op diet and now it seems my specialist has changed his mind and I need to do it for the next 3 weeks.

No longer a november bandster :thumbup:

[~Mauriah~ 0]

Hey cheer up! It's okay, at least you aren't starting from the very beginning. My surgery date is December 8 too in North Carolina. I know it's hard to hear but maybe there's a reason you weren't supposed to be banded yet. We have twenty-four days before we are new and improved!:thumbup:

We can be December Bandsters! Yipee!

Edited November 13, 2008 by ~Mauriah~

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I know that's a pain! BUT if you needed the preop diet and didn't do it (because they didn't tell you) think how awful you'd feel to go through the surgery and NOT have the band? The time will go past and doing a preop diet for 3 weeks will help you drop some weight; you'll feel great and be so ready by Dec 8!

[thinkingslim70 0]

I'm feeling much better about it all now. Apparently not doing the pre op diet decreases the ability to have key hole surgery. I'd hate to wake up and find I had to be completely cut open. So I'll count down the sleeps until the 8th and get through the horrible pre op diet