Is anyone else close to their surgery date and have this fear of getting sick; a cold, flu, kidney stones, chicken pox, etc and having their surgery cancelled? Lol

Every time I sneeze, have an itch or a headache I freak out that I am coming down with something and they will cancel my surgery in 10 days. Haha

That would be my luck!

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Yep and it happened like 2 weeks before. I was freaking out about my cold but my doctor said it wouldn’t keep me from getting surgery. The prob was that I had a cough from hell and I felt like if I coughed like that after my surgery I’d deff snap every single staple and stitch but the antibiotics they gave me after surgery to prevent infection completely cured my cough. I totally understand what you feel, it’s been such a long and difficult road to get here and with our luck the chances of something getting in the way it’s not very unlikely lol..


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Yes, that is a pretty common concern Good luck with your surgery!

By far not the only, I'm maybe,less than a month, waiting for the last piddly piece to fall into,place and having,an advanced case of the "What Ifs?", this is a syndrome only a successful surgery cures.
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3 hours ago, sammi123 said:

Is anyone else close to their surgery date and have this fear of getting sick; a cold, flu, kidney stones, chicken pox, etc and having their surgery cancelled? Lol

Every time I sneeze, have an itch or a Headache I freak out that I am coming down with something and they will cancel my surgery in 10 days. Haha

That would be my luck!

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Omg, I was extremely frightened of this. The flu was taking people out left and right. I had gotten my flu shot in the fall, but I was terrified. In fact, they bumped up my surgery time because the 3 people before me had to reschedule due to the flu. What made matters worse was, I had to stop all vitamins for 10 days prior to surgery. So, my regimen of Vitamin C wasn't an option. I carried around hand sanitizer and washed every chance I could get. I also avoided going out unnecessarily for the few weeks before. I cooked at home, and was EXTREMELY paranoid. I literally took my temperature 3 times a day in the days leading up to surgery. I had everything planned to the "T". My surgery was over 3 hours away, and I had already timed out my Primary Physician's release, the pre op testing, all of my travel arrangements, and pet/house sitting deposits. I would have lost hundreds of dollars if it had been canceled. Thankfully it worked out, and I had surgery as scheduled. I think the stress really took a toll. I ended up with Shingles (I'm 29 btw) before I left the hospital after surgery.

13 minutes ago, AshAsh1 said:

I literally took my temperature 3 times a day in the days leading up to surgery.

Little bit of control freak came out, huh? LOL

But seriously, like you, I had my surgery in prime flu season, and did the whole hand sanitizer/avoid people thing, too.

10 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

Little bit of control freak came out, huh? LOL

Oh yea!

LOL! So glad I'm not the only one. I worked in my flowers and mosquitoes bit me. I am looking at every little bite as it they look abnormal and thinking, maybe it' not a bite. Maybe I have chicken pox! Geeze! I'm losing it!! Haha

My surgery is in 11 days and I woke up 3 days ago with strep throat. I had my preop that day and my doctor said as long as I finish my antibiotics I'll be fine for my surgery the 20th.

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You are so not the only one. I stay away for anyone who is sick. It has been a long three months and i dont want to risk getting sick lol