kayleystar
I was scheduled for surgery September 15th, 2014. September 12th, I was told I needed another pulmonology clearance, because I had been battling pneumonia for 4+ months, and they needed to make sure I could handle the anesthesia.
Long story short, my pulmonologist couldn't clear me, as my lung function was at 30%. Also found out that day that my previous doctors had been mis-diagnosing me for months. I likely NEVER had pneumonia. What a urine screen did show was that I had histoplasmosis (a fungal infection in my lungs). My surgery was immediately cancelled, and I was put on pills to clear up the infection, and told I had to come back in 3 months for a check up, and to check my lung function.
Due to the amount of scar tissue in my lungs, from being mis-diagnosed for months, and the infection taking a toll on my lungs, I can hardly do any walking/activity, without getting seriously winded. Even as a 400 lb woman, I've always been able to jog, walk, do the elliptical for an hour, etc.
I spent the next 3 months basically just in pain and crying over the fact that I didn't' have my surgery, even though I knew it was for the best, because it would have been risky to put me under with lung function being as low as it was. I disappeared from these forums and just stopped talking about WLS, because I was in such a bad place.
Last week, I had my 3 month follow-up. It included another urinalysis, and a lung function test. My urine came back negative for histoplasmosis (yay!), and my lung function is now at 76. He said an 80 would be very good. Then he said those magic words: "I don't see any reason why you can't be cleared for surgery". After I cried in his office for a good five minutes, he faxed the clearance to my surgeon as I was sitting there.
Two days later I got the call: my surgery is rescheduled for January 6th. 18 days from now. I never thought they would get me in so quickly. I'm back to being nervous, but ready to take control of my life, and start 2015 off with a bang.
