I have an 8/2 flight to give a presentation at a conference on the other side of the country, and must be on regular foods by the time I leave. I timed the surgery for 7/1 for right after I finish teaching in June, and be recuperated by my August work. They just called to reschedule for 7/7. That means I would have to be a month after surgery to fly and I am LIVID! LIVID!

That's just not right! Sorry to hear that!

I have an 8/2 flight to give a presentation at a conference on the other side of the country, and must be on regular foods by the time I leave. I timed the surgery for 7/1 for right after I finish teaching in June, and be recuperated by my August work. They just called to reschedule for 7/7. That means I would have to be a month after surgery to fly and I am LIVID! LIVID!

I would be so mad! Is there another surgeon in the practice you can go with instead?

Please give your surgeon a little mercy -- They work SO hard all the time and deserve to take time off to recouperate. I know last week, my surgeon was in surgery all day Monday (from the earliest surgery to mine which ended around 8 pm). Tuesday he had office hours all day and came to see me during lunch and then again after hours (around 7). Wednesday he does surgeries again but I don't know for how long. Thursday he has hours in his other office and Friday in the office where I see him. He came in over the weekend to see me when I was readmitted for pneumonia So, he's probably putting in 60 hours a week regularly. And those 12-15 hour surgery days have to be so stressful and demanding.

Given all that, I can understand your frustration. I have a big trip to Belize planned for August and wanted to be sure I was at least 7-8 weeks out from surgery before going. On my plan, I'm ok for soft foods after 3 weeks, so at 3-4 weeks you will have some "normal" food choices you can do while traveling. But, if I were you, I'd just plan to take things that are still OK -- lots of Protein shake powders and maybe unflavored Protein powder to add to a soft baked potato... thinks that can let you pump up the protein in the softer foods you know you can tolerate.

You've come a long way and sometimes any little bump in that road seems like a road block but in the long term scheme of things, this is just a speed bump and you can get over it.

Best wishes!

Hang in there. Look at it this way - your surgeon probably puts in very long hours and probably really needs some down time to recharge his batteries. I would much rather have my date moved out than have an exhausted surgeon working on me. I realize it's very frustrating, but try to understand and make the best of it. Good luck to you!

I ended up making some grown-up noises, and I was set back for June 26, next Thursday. I'm delighted.

Good to here that you were able to resolve. I am having problems just getting through the prescreening. My Cardiologist just bumped me out three weeks. I am hoping that they are not going to require a lot of testing. Now that I have made my mind up, I just want to get everything done.