I have been on the liquid diet for 2 weeks!! Surgery was all set to go on the 20th. Had pre op labs yesterday as the final step. Call from my pcp....severely anemic. Have to cancel, see a hematologist, get blood normal then try to restart the process. Could be 3-4 months before starting over.

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope that they get the anemia out of of the way and you decide to go through with when you are all healthy.

O.k.....a real pain in the arse! BUT I would rather you go in "healthy" then not ( then your asking for problems my friend...some that you might not wake up for...if you catch my drift....). So do what they say and know that you had some good practice for the liquid part...you'll be all set. P.S. I am sorry that happened...

Bless your heart. I can only imagine how much of a let down it is. We get so hyped up and ready for surgery. My big fear was not passing my preop exam even though I'd passed the one for my sinis surgery about 6 weeks earlier. Hang in there. They will get your anemia under control and you will have your day.

Thank you all. As a nurse I understand the danger and reason. You just mentally get to a point where you are ready......saw my surgeon yesterday and had everything to go. I've accepted it just was not supposed to happen right now. But it WILL happen. Just not on MY timeline.....

But it WILL happen.

You betcha it will! Just think, you get to have more "last meals" now. :-)

The entire process again??!? DEVASTATING!!!

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry to hear this. What a let-down! But try not to let it get you down. You'll have the surgery when the time is right. You're in my prayers.

aww, I am so sorry to hear this happened. Of course it makes sense to start over but it has to be incredibly frustrating just the same.

With respect to the anemia -- make sure your doc gets you on prescription iron supplements, folic acid, and B12 (they help with iron absorption and suchlike). If you can afford the calories, take the iron with about a half cup of orange juice. I have been there and done that with anemia and one thing I will say is that for me, after just 48 hours of iron supplements I felt TONS more energetic. Good luck!

That certainly stinks. I sat in pre-op for 6 hours hooked up to an IV only to have my surgery cancelled due to complications with the patient in front of me. Had to wait 2 weeks to get back in but in retrospect that is nothing compared to you. Good luck and hang in there.

Oh my gosh, I know how you feel! The same thing happened to me, only I'm not anemic, I have hypothyroidism through the roof. I was scheduled for July 13th, went through the pre-op diet and everything; and they pulled the plug until I can get my thyroid level up.

I know how devastated you are, I've been so upset for days...you spend so long preparing for this and then to have the rug pulled out from underneath you. Obviously, I want to go into surgery as healthy as possible, but this just sucks!

I'm so sorry, for both of us!

Oh my gosh' date=' I know how you feel! The same thing happened to me, only I'm not anemic, I have hypothyroidism through the roof. I was scheduled for July 13th, went through the pre-op diet and everything; and they pulled the plug until I can get my thyroid level up.

I know how devastated you are, I've been so upset for days...you spend so long preparing for this and then to have the rug pulled out from underneath you. Obviously, I want to go into surgery as healthy as possible, but this just sucks!

I'm so sorry, for both of us! [/quote']

Uuggghhh!!! I'm sorry. Hopefully we both get healthy......to then make this huge change to become even healthier!! I had to call all my family coming into town to help care for me and my kids and tell them I just have to accept I need to LIVE through the surgery in order for it to be a success. For some reason, it's just not our time at this moment. It doesn't mean it won't. But it does mean I get a piece of cake for my birthday in 5 days.......silver lining??? Not so much But it will have to do.

Uuggghhh!!! I'm sorry. Hopefully we both get healthy......to then make this huge change to become even healthier!! I had to call all my family coming into town to help care for me and my kids and tell them I just have to accept I need to LIVE through the surgery in order for it to be a success. For some reason' date=' it's just not our time at this moment. It doesn't mean it won't. But it does mean I get a piece of cake for my birthday in 5 days.......silver lining??? Not so much But it will have to do.[/quote']

Absolutely,

We WILL do this...just not when we expected. I think the worst part is having my whole schedule flipped inside out and upside down. I've planned my whole life around surgery. I'm a teacher, so I can't do anything during the year. Also, I'm in my brother's wedding, and I don't want to make alterations until I know if and when I'm having surgery. The utter lack of control over anything in my life right now is what's really getting me down!

Absolutely' date='

We WILL do this...just not when we expected. I think the worst part is having my whole schedule flipped inside out and upside down. I've planned my whole life around surgery. I'm a teacher, so I can't do anything during the year. Also, I'm in my brother's wedding, and I don't want to make alterations until I know if and when I'm having surgery. The utter lack of control over anything in my life right now is what's really getting me down![/quote']

I get that!!! I had my whole summer already off from work, I'm the incoming pto president at our school so I planned recovery time around all of that. I probably realistically don't know if I can proceed during the school year. Really has turned everything upside down and inside out. At least I know that I am strong enough to make it through this process again. I have no intention of abandoning this goal.

At least I know that I am strong enough to make it through this process again. I have no intention of abandoning this goal.

Wow...I really admire your resolve! I have seriously been a puddle of goo these past few days. It takes so much strength to remain positive at this massive disappointment. But, we CAN do it, and we WILL do it!

Wow...I really admire your resolve! I have seriously been a puddle of goo these past few days. It takes so much strength to remain positive at this massive disappointment. But' date=' we CAN do it, and we WILL do it! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

Well.......I will probably be a puddle of goo in a day or so. This all happened today. I went from 13lbs down in 12 days (on liquids) to......you possibly need a blood transfusion, cancel your surgery, and your seeing a hematologist tomorrow!!! If it weren't for this forum and my family I might just crawl into bed with a cheesecake and not resurface for the next year. I just have always been of the belief that everything happens for a reason and there must have been some obstacle or hurdle that would have been to great for me to overcome no matter how ready I was. So another force (I happen to call him God) intervened to ensure I have the best chance at success. That's the only way I will get through this huge disappointment. My sister has called me 5 or 6 times already asking if I'm really ok. She had this done over 4 years ago and she is so upset knowing how far I've come to have it pulled out from under me this late. She's been willing me for 12 days not to cheat on liquids and helping me through. So after the last call she said "why are you still talking to me, I would have already eaten everything in the house! Go eat something!!" . It'll just become a peace you feel when you accept this was not your time and it's for reasons we may never see (I'm not quite there, but the process of sharing my disappointment and telling everyone has been therapeutic so far).