Is this really going to ever happen

[Grams2016 16]

I am really getting frustrated. My first surgery date was suppose to be today the 13th. They said that they want have a or open for this type of surgery until the 18th. I was OK with that. Now I get a phone call yesterday and they have to change my date again to the 22ndbecause he wants a certain doctor to assist him. I just want my surgery over with. I have so much going on with my life right.

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[AvaFern 3,516]

Let your doctor know that you will change it to the 22nd and after that will not be changing it again. Your time is valuable too. Doctors like to get their way and they are used to patients doing what they want them to, but ultimately they are regular people to. Explain to them that you have now changed the date twice and will not be changing it again. Leave it there. If they try to change it again let them know that you will be consulting another surgeon and will review the current practice appropriately online.

I can appreciate that it is annoying to have the surgery pushed to the 22- I would be mad too. Think though...the surgeon is cutting your stomach out and he wants someone special there to assist him. My question would be...why? Why is my case different, why do you need someone to help you, why are you not comfortable doing this on your own, why is this special helper so important that you need to derail 10 days of my time? I would probably even ask him those questions, but in the end I would rather he have his special helper with him than he kill me because he doesn't feel confident doing the surgery alone. 10 days is not asking a lot if the exchange is a successful surgery.