gregg glader
Surgery postponed...why?
Jul 07, 2010
On Tues 6/29 (day after original suregry date) I had my appt with the cardiologist. He does another ekg, then looks at the 2 previous ones (with "discrepency" that caused postponement).......he says, no problem all is normal. When I asked about the "discrepency", I find out that the technician who did the prior one transposed "right" from "left". So the ONLY discrepency and the ONLY cause for a 3 week postponement of surgery was due to a tech who didn't know right from left!! Initial reaction is pretty easy to guess...but, since surgery date was already cancelled and rescheduled, and since I'm already convinced that I'll change primary doc as soon as this is over, and since the only one who I could be mad at now is a technician (and see no gain in that)....I will take it as an opportunity to have had a "practice run" at the 2 week pre-surgery diet, and an opportunity to be better prepared for new surgery date of July 19. This has been a really frustrating episode, but looking back at it from 10 years in the future, I'll only recall it as a small bump in the road on my way to a happier and healthier life. Now, today I have to start back on the 2 week pre-op diet of protien shakes and bars. Not happy bout that, but I'll make it through.
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geneva, IL
Location
54.4
BMI
Surgery
07/19/2010
Surgery Date
Jan 18, 2008
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