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Shakti    55

Shakti
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Has anyone had this experience??? I was scheduled for today, but...

I'd had a sore throat for days, but was not really 'sick sick' so thought nothing of it, although I did call my docs office over the weekend to make sure. He said most likely it would not be a problem.

i got up at the crack of dawn, arriving at the hospital 6:00 am for my 7:30 surgery with my entire family in tow. Still had a sore throat. My temperature was just over 99. So between those 2 factors, and based on the fact that I have a narrow throat passage making intubation more difficult, they sent me home.

Mad? No. Disappointed? yes, very very. I'd been on 10 day Protein diet and 2 day all liquid and was absolutely starving by this morning. I was so ready.

I saw my primary doc who thought the surgeon may have overreacted, but nevertheless respected his decision. She put me on a course of antibiotics just to be careful.

Kind of hard to move ahead after this. I also can't go back to old habit of eating my emotions. : (

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justme29    76

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Sorry that happened to you! But it's best to be 100% before going forward. I hope that you can move past this and still be successful at a later date!

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Daisee68    2,493

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I'm so sorry that happened to you! They really were looking out for your best interest though. I had a nurse tell me when I was in the hospital once that they had a patient who hadn't revealed he had been sick and he ended up in ICU for a week. You do not want to go in to a surgery with a fever. I hope they can reschedule ASAP!

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BarrySue    602

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Ugh, that is AWFUL! I'm so sorry. I know the doctor simply did what he thought was best, but it's like "LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD, BUCKO!"

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shellyd88    463

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It was the elevated temp that did it I have a few nurses in my family and if your temp isn't normal you could have an infection or a virus they will postpone sorry hope you feel better and get rescheduled soon

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rking    484

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with any surgery I have ever had they made it clear that I could have any signs of 'sickness' or the surgery would not happen. I am so sorry that happened to you. Get on the phone and get that surgery scheduled. Tell them to make it soon!!!!

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Shakti    55

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Thanks all.

Due to logistics (on my side, not docs) I don't see this happening until probable early october. I can live with that, except for the fact that my head was so in the game for yesterday, and due to knowing myself and my old habits I have a fear of once again going on a binge (knowing how tough that 2 week liquid fast was, and in reaction to it) and putting back on those 15 pre-op pounds I fought so hard to lose.

I know it was for the best and my safety, of course. But that is the logical and not the emotional side!

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tera1982    194

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I'm sorry...I also got postponed(for different reasons). I am not handling as well as you, though. I'm not overeating, in fact, quite the opposite. Anyhow, I hope you have a speedy recovery from the cold(?) and are able to reschedule soon!

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Nylaj    45

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Having a fever & an infection while under the knife could lead to death.. Be thankful instead of angry. You will get a new day. Just be positive.. Thinking positive makes you positive. Hang in there! You got this!

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Shakti    55

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Nylaj -

Wow I knew it could make recovery more difficult but seriously, death?

I am actually good now. Rescheduled for October 5 due to my scheduling complications not theirs, and I'm fine with that.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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