Question:
surgery canceled

Has anyone ever had there surgery post-phoned because af a abnomal appt test. If so what was the turn out    — monique C. (posted on March 23, 2002)

March 23, 2002
I was suppose to have surgery on feb 19th but since I had an abnormal ekg the surgery was postponed until I could see a cardiologist and have a stress test. I passed that with flying colors then. They said I needed to have a cbc blood test got that then they asked for me to be tested for hepatitis took that test everything is fine now they are saying that I need to see a urologist. so hopefully after I see this doctor and get cleared for surgery I will actually have surgery or either switch doctor's because I can't take to much more of this.
   — Samitra D J.

March 23, 2002
Thanks for asking this question and allowing me to vent a bit...The absolutely worthess psychiatrist I went to was (is)TRYING to give me grief about writing a clearance letter because she was going thru my med records and my last dr. consultation (in Sept.) mentioned I was depressed and recommended therapy. Duh. It was after 9/11 (the whole world was depressed!) and I had just left a great career as a hotel Concierge and was having trouble finding another position due to the hiring freeze at all hotels...Anyway, the first thing this joke of a psych said when I sat down is "Why are you here" (how insulting! check your appt. records before hand!) then she spend 1/2 hr griping about how stupid it was to need psych clearance for this, and then she referred to a choice I had made in my life as "weird"... but the topper is that she hadn't even reviewed my med. records until a week and a half after my appt. (AFTER I made a follow up call to check on my clearance letter - clearly she hadn't done anything!!!). Upon discovering my depression, she tries to get all medical "Well we should do some pre-op counseling, etc. etc." Needless to say, after juggling my schedule, lying to my job about why I am having surgery, jumping thru a million other hoops for ins. approval, etc. NO WAY AM I GOING TO ALLOW THIS STUPID WOMAN TO CREATE A PROBLEM FOR ME. So she promised to write the letter stating that although I am mentally healthy enough to go thru WLS, I will definitely need counseling afterwards. Okay, fine. But (and I'm almost done, I promise) you know, after begging her to do it last week, I still don't think she's done it (my surgery is scheduled for 4/4 and I NEED her letter for ins. approval). Needless to say, I am ready to GO OFF. So I'll be in Florida next week, bugging her across state lines. I swear this whole testing/ins. approval thing is a pain in the butt and a real study in perseverence... I sure hope WLS is worth it. Best of luck to you...Rebecca Mayhew
   — rebeccamayhew

March 23, 2002
People do have their surgery postponed or cancelled because of abnormal tests, but it would help to know exactly which test you had that was abnormal.
   — garw

December 15, 2003
I had my surgery cancelled twice because of a high white blood cell count. My records showed it was in the upper normal range a few months back, so i had to go thru a million tests to figure what the cause of the elevation was. After about 2 months they couldnt find anything wrong. They said that obesity itself can cause WBC elevation. So i was finally cleared for my surgery..which is tomorrow morning!
   — Katie G.

December 26, 2003
I would like to know how many people over 50 have had surgery
   — marie S.