My Rollercoaster Day

May 19, 2009

I woke up this morning thinking thank GOD it's the last day of my pre-op diet... tomorrow's my surgery!  Yeaaa!  I was giddy all morning.

Then right before lunch, it all fell apart.  I got a call from the surgeon's office telling me there was a problem with my EKG, and before proceeding I would have to see a cardiologist and get cleared for surgery.  Long story short, I was lucky enough to get in at 1:30 with my hubby/daughter's cardiologist (how's THAT for service?), got a new EKG and stress test on the treadmill, just for good measure.  No problem - I'm cleared.  Trouble is, they didn't hold my surgery date for me at the surgeon's office, so now I'm back to not knowing when I"ll be able to get my surgery done. 

So I've just gotta vent for a minute... I didn't think to ask until when I was sitting in the cardiologist's office, but I have to wonder... since I got all my preop testing last Wednesday, how long has the surgeon's office had the EKG report telling them something was wrong?  Did they just look at it today?  Because I would have loved having more than a few hours' notice to have to get cleared.  Which I did, by the way (get it cleared),   WITHIN  FOUR  HOURS  OF  GETTING  THE  PHONE  CALL!   And I still lost my surgery date.  I am so frustrated.

The cardiologist is faxing the clearance to the surgeon today, but it's so late now, I'm sure nobody will be looking at it until tomorrow.  The scheduler said she *might* be able to get me on Thursday's schedule if she got the letter from the cardiologist right away, but no guarantees. 

So here I am again... sitting and waiting for my fate.

Can't wait til this surgery planning deal is OVER!

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