PLEASE HELP! Surgery supposed to be Monday and I need a pulmonologist clearance!

I am scheduled to have surgery on August 3rd, BUT the surgeons office called today and said that they were waiting on the pulmonologist clearance. I said I had it done back on April. (BTW, I have already had my endocronologist appt. who said everything looked good and my surgeon's office appointment where they said they had everything except the pregnancy test which they would do the morning of.)Anyway, long story short after numerous phone calls to the pulmonologist and surgeons office this is where I stand and I am so scared my surgery will be cancelled....I am scheduled for a pulmonary function test which my surgeon needs, BUT I don't have a pulmonologist to give the clearance as the one I went to for the sleep stufy who is ordering the PFT says that they don't write clearance letters. I am sorry to ramble, but I don't know what to do except to call as many pulmonologist that I can to try to get an appointment tomorrow. In addition, the surgeons office has not yet applied for approval because they don't have the pulmonologist clearance. PLEASE....has any one been here? How did you get your clearance? What steps did you take with the pulmonologist? Has any one had their surgery postponed? What usually happens?

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