So today was my surgery date. I checked in, was admitted, had my IV in and lab work done. Waited 2 hours, anesthesiologist comes in give info, etc. BOOM. Surgeons PA comes in and informs me my surgery is cancelled. First blow. The reason, I have tested positive for being pregnant. Second blow. The reason I say second blow is because I am married to a woman!! There is no way what so ever I am pregnant. They wouldn't even redraw my blood or anything. Now I have to wait to see my OBGYN and get clearance. Came home and have taken 4 pregnancy test all are negative!!! I really feel like there was a mix up in the lab. I am so upset. Especially having to start the pre-op over. I feel just crazy right now. Has anyone had anything like this happen?

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Maybe the doc thought you had Jesus in your womb? (Sorry lol feeling snarky)

I did get called The Virgin Mary several times lol

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It sound like a false positive, but sometimes a positive HCG test can be a sign of medical illness, and the surgeon is not allowed to do surgery after a positive HCG test without clearance. I don't blame you for being pissed, but keep in mind every test has potential to show a false positive, especially screening tests, so potentially no one messed up. OTC tests are probably less sensitive but have a lower chance of a false positive, but a usually for pre surgical test you want something more sensitive to make sure you don't miss anyone. In other words, just because one test kit showed positive, another could be negative. It is a know statistical possibility that a most medical a test kits, especially antibody based tests, can give a false positive, and that usually increases with sensitivity, which is why confirmation is always needed by a more precise and expensive test. My hospital tested my urine right in front of me.

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