I am seriously about to have a breakdown. I went in to my pre-op appt and my doctor was reviewing my blood work and it shows that my potassium is high. He said we will need to re-test this the morning of surgery and I said well what does that mean, could it affect my surgery? And he said yes, if your numbers are still high we would cancel surgery that morning. And I'm like OMG!!! WHAT?????? And I said well what are the chances of it coming down by Tuesday (my surgery date) and he looked at the rest of my blood work and said that my kidney numbers are better than his so he thinks it is probably just an issue with how they drew my blood at the lab. I said I would like to get re-tested NOW, I don't want to wait until Tuesday morning right before surgery to find out so I went and got my blood re-done and I let the lady know that this is for surgery and the last lady went into my arm three separate times until she got blood and I don't want the same thing happening again. So she got blood the first time and now I wait.............................Prayers please!!!!!!

Stand down!!!! This happens all the time and it’s generally because the blood has just clotted in the tube before it’s got to the lab. I’d bet ya a thousand dollars it will be fine on the day, pretty horrible to freak you out like that though! It will be fine!!! I’m medical by the way
Good luck with your surgery :-)

2 minutes ago, eden30 said:

Stand down!!!! This happens all the time and it’s generally because the blood has just clotted in the tube before it’s got to the lab. I’d bet ya a thousand dollars it will be fine on the day, pretty horrible to freak you out like that though! It will be fine!!! I’m medical by the way
Good luck with your surgery :-)

eden30,

Thank you for your words. I have been reading about it NON STOP since it happened and I pray you are right. I wish it wasn't mentioned to me at all and he just asked me to re-do the potassium test.....but I will do my best to remain calm. Thank you again!!

Stop worrying, docs are annoying for mentioning stuff it’s going to be fine [emoji173]️

3 minutes ago, eden30 said:

Stop worrying, docs are annoying for mentioning stuff it’s going to be fine ️

Now that I think back to our conversation he wasn't one bit worked up about it and I had to ask him what would happen if the potassium came back high or he wouldn't have even mentioned not having surgery.........I wish he would have told me not to over worry about this.

Absolutely! It would have been better. But I promise you, you don’t have to worry. Also high potassium levels often mean you’re dead. You seem to be live and kicking to me! Look forward to your surgery [emoji16]

My pre op appointment is tomorrow, I get my blood work then. I usually have low potassium. I have to drive 45 minuets away to even get my blood work at my Drs perfered hospital.

My potassium came back today at 4.6 so I am good to go Thanks for calming me down yesterday!!!!! So very much appreciated!!!!

19 hours ago, Nataliesmom said:

My pre op appointment is tomorrow, I get my blood work then. I usually have low potassium. I have to drive 45 minuets away to even get my blood work at my Drs perfered hospital.

Best of luck to you!!!!!

On your way now!!! Wahoo!!

My potassium came back today at 4.6 so I am good to go [emoji4] Thanks for calming me down yesterday!!!!! So very much appreciated!!!!

Whoooooppppppp best of luck to you! Gosh all this stuff is so nerve racking isn’t it?! You are more than welcome, I’m super happy for you xxx

So glad you're back on track and schedule! During my last visit with my PCP she asked how I felt about my conversation with the surgeon and more specifically, was his staff friendly and responsive. She commented that surgeons don't deal with patients much while they're awake so their talking skills are not as good as other docs! I laughed, but it kind of makes sense. They're focussing on other skills!