Surgery Postponed after starting Opti

Sep 16, 2017

I know it has taken me a while for this update but I was completely shocked and upset when I got the call that I was no longer eligible for surgery. I was already on day 3 of Opti Fast!

Don't think that they can't stop the process at anytime right upto the minute you get on the table. Apparently, as I found out, you cannot have mental health issues or the bariatric psychiatrist (pdoc) has the ability to stop the entire process. 

My surgery had been scheduled for Feb 14, 2017 (that did not happen). After Christmas I became manic (which at the time I had no idea what that meant) leading up to the pre-op appointment. My own pdoc thought it was a problem and decided to involuntarily admit me to the hospital for a psyc evaluation. I explained to the pdoc on staff that I was just excited for my upcoming surgery and everything would be fine if they just let me out... apparently not.

Long story short my pdoc contacted the bariatric pdoc and the whole thing came to an end just like that. I got the phone call to stop Opti because I was not able to continue on with surgery.

Let me just say that the whole situation caused me to be hospitalized for 2 weeks very shortly after that phone call.

I'm not sure why I am telling my story but I guess I just want people with mental health issues to know that anything is possible because it happened to me.

On the bright side, I get to see the bariatric pdoc on October 18th to discuss my readmission into the program. It sucks but here we go again.

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