Surgery canceled today. Now what?

I was supposed to have my surgery today, and arrived at Sinai at 5:50 a.m. to be told all Dr. Gandsas' surgeries were canceled. At first I thought they had to be kidding, but given my luck, no - it was true. They claimed that someone had tried to reach me and told me to call his office. I had spent the night at my daughter's because she was taking me to the hospital, but I had my cell phone with me, and no one called it, and no one called my daughter's number, which is my emergency contact number. If this wasn't an emergency, I don't know what is! She is 8+ months pregnant and has a 2 year old, so she was unable to catch up on the sleep she missed by getting up with me at 5:00 a.m. Anyway, I figured they had called my home and left a message there. But when I got home, I discovered that no one had even tried to call me at all. They just let me show up and be told to go home! There was no message, and nothing showed on my caller id that could have been an attempt to call me. I think the world of Dr. Gandsas and his staff, and I certainly understand if the man was sick, he was sick, but the courtesy of a phone call from someone would have been nice. Now I have to wait to be rescheduled. I have no idea when my new surgery date will be, because Karen said they have to wait until Dr. Gandsas returns to find that out. It seems to me that the other person scheduled today and I were next on the agenda, so we should be moved to the next surgery date. But I know that won't be the way it will be. They will leave everyone as scheduled and see when they can fit us in. It doesn't seem fair.

Bless your heart! I am soooo sorry that your surgery got canceled. I hope that they do schedule you all who were cancelled asap. Hang in there. It WILL happen! Let us know your new date when you have one. You will be in my thoughts and prayers for a new date soon! Hugs, Laura

I am so sorry to hear about your surgery being cancelled. I can imagine how disappointed you are about this. I hope your Doctor will be better soon and reschedule you quickly. Let me know if you want to talk or if I can help in anyway. Debby

Poor thing. I can't even imagine how you feel. Hang in there & keep your chin up. Use this extra time to pamper yourself before your surgery. It will be here before you know it. Keep us posted on your new date. My thoughts & prayers are with you. Tammy

Thanks Tammy, Laura, and Deb. I am not upset with the surgeon, who was sick. He notified the OR and they in turn needed to notify everyone else. They notified the nurses, anesthesiologist, etc. but made no effort to notify me. None! They lied and said they had tried to contact me, but caller id does not lie. The nurse in Dr. G's office has sent a complaint to the OR manager because someone should have at least made an attempt to reach me. Fact is, they have my home phone, my cell phone, and my emergency phone number, which is my daughter, and that's where I was. Just the simple courtesy of a phone call would have been nice. I really appreciate the sympathy, the thoughts, and the prayers. I will let you all know when I get another date. Hugs, Barbara

Bmore Granny, my surgery was also supposed to be August 30th, and I called all day Monday to make sure I was still on because of the hurricane, and they kept telling me to show up at 5:30am. I live in Mississippi, and had to drive to Jackson and made it there at 5am, and was told to wait til they knew if surgery was a GO or not, which I didn't mind because of all that was going on. And it turned out to be canceled. Sometimes things are just meant to be. God has his reasons and you just have to keep believing that. I am sure you will be scheduled asap due to all the recent testing that was done at Pre-Admission, bc they don't want to have to request you to have those tests redone. My heart goes out to all the victims of the hurricane and ever since it happened I haven't been able to worry about surgery. It is a disaster here in MS and in LA. You stay safe and I hope your surgery is rescheduled asap. Buh Bye! Amanda

You're right about God having his reasons. I was mainly upset for two reasons - 1) because they made no effort to contact me, and we were not hit by the hurricane so there was no excuse; and 2) because they really didn't view me as a priority once my surgery was cancelled - my new date isn't until September 12, so they are making me wait two weeks from my original date. They would not adjust the schedule to accommodate the other person who was cancelled and me. Having a bit of a self-esteem problem to begin with, it wasn't fun feeling like I wasn't important. I'm pretty much over it now, other more important things going on in the world. September 12 will come soon enough.

Good Luck today!!!!!!! I hope all goes well for you today.