surgery cancelled - Wilma

I just got a call from the hospital - my surgery on Monday has been rescheduled due to Wilma. My surgeon only does bypass on Mondays and I was told yesterday that he is booked next Monday, making it the 7th at the earliest and possibly the 14th (my bday is the 16th and I don't want to be in the hospital then). I can't believe the bad luck of this timing!! He requires a 2 week pre-op diet, which I should be almost done with, but now I am looking at 4 weeks of this crap. I am so upset right now. I just got home from all my final shopping and packed this morning, only to come home to that message. Sorry for the complaining, but I'm just feeling pretty sorry for myself right now. Brenda

Brenda, what a bummer. The storms have just caused way too much damage, and now they have invaded your personel life. I am so sorry. The best I can do is send you some ((((HUGS)))). Wish there was more I could do. Elaine

I am so sorry. I know that feeling i was scheduled for October 18th and found out a few days before that i was going to be rescheduled. Mother nature can be cruel. YOu just stay safe with that weather down there. Hopefully it will pass. It just sucks to have to wait. My new date is Oct 31st, i had to wait an extra 2 weeks. Hang in there and think positive. It will be here before you know it!

I know how you are feelin' and I'm sorry Wilma is ruining your special day! Rita postponed mine for a week or two. After the storm, they rescheduled me for October 31st but then my surgeon had a cancellation and I got to move my surgery to October 25th, closer to my original date. I'll be praying that Wilma dies out at sea tomorrow and that she leaves y'all alone! Peggy B.

I'm sorry to hear that "surgery sister"! Thus far mine had not been cancelled. Let's stay positive and hope something comes up sooner than the dates you mention. Take care and stay safe from the storm. Keke

brenda, I'm sorry this had to happen! willby

Thanks everyone! I'm still disappointed to have to move over to the November board while I wait for my new date, but I'm not quite as despondent as I was a few hours ago. I just moved to Ft. Myers and am waiting to be healed from surgery before looking for full-time work. I just wanted to get this going so I could move on to everything else that is coming up. I also wanted to be a few more weeks out before my birthday next month and the holidays, but there's nothing I can do about it. Last year, my brother and I had been planning for about 6 months to drive down from Atlanta to here to surprise my mother on her birthday (he was flying in from Vermont to meet up with me). Well, my mother's birthday was the day hurricane Charley hit - we spent the whole 4 days here without power. (Not to mention doing some daredevil driving on the way down!) We joked that it was the worst day of the year for that to happen. Now, one year later, I feel the same way. If I could pick the one day of the year for there not to be a hurricane, it would be Monday! I wasn't going to name my pouch, because I thought it seemed kind of silly, but I've decided to name it Wilma, because there will be days where it's going to be a real pain in my butt!!

HEY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME, MS BRENDA ... I FLEW OUT TO CHARLESTON, SC FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CA TO VISIT MY FOLKS & STEPPED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF CATAGORY 5 HURRICANE HUGO ... THE WHOLE VACATION WAS SPENT CUTTING & STACKING WOOD & CLEANING UP THE MESS ... DIDN'T HAVE FULL UTILITIES FOR 2 WEEKS. THEN, I FLY BACK INTO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE MY 1st HUSBAND WAS WAITING TO PICK ME UP & JUST AS THE TIRES OF MY PLANE HIT THE RUNWAY, THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE HIT. JUST AS WE GOT BACK TO MODESTO (90 MILES EAST OF SF), THE AFTERSHOCK**** & OUR CARPORT WAS SWAYING BACK & FORTH AS WE WERE UNPACKING THE CAR. LATER, WE DECIDED TO DRIVE TO PHOENIX, AZ TO VISIT HIS FAMILY & RAN INTO A FREAK BLIZZARD IN BAKERSFIELD, CA & SNOW FLURRIES IN PHOENIX, AZ THAT ACTUALLY LASTED OVERNIGHT. NO ONE WANTED ME TO COME VISIT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME! 3 CHEERS TO WILMA, THE "PITA" POUCH! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

AS DISAPPOINTING AS IT IS TO BE RESCHEDULED, ALL YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON IS STAYING SAFE, SWEETIE! DON'T TAKE ANY UNNECESSARY CHANCES & YOU'LL BE READY & ESCTATIC WHEN IT'S FINALLY YOUR TURN ... JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME ... FOR THE BEST RESULTS FOR YOU! GOD BLESS YOU, MS BRENDA DAWN & NICK

Oh hon, I'm so sorry. I know how much postponements hurt. I had to wait 17 extra days and it felt like the longest days of my life. But please keep a positive attitude, I know the next couple of weeks will be hard, but keep fast forwarding to the end of this year and knowing that you WILL be done with it by then and everything will be OK. Email me if you want to chat too. I've been through the same feelings you are going through now and I will help you in any way I can ok? HUGS, Vi