So I'm all ready for my surgery on October 6th, On September 11th out of all days I was sent to the emergency room with abdominal pain on my right side, I was admitted for 4 days come to find out I have a 10.5 cm Demroid cysts in my right ovary, Aint this a mess!!! I have to have surgery to remove the cysts, so my surgery was cancelled for Oct 6, I am so depressed right now but my surgeons office said that my approval is good for 6 months. has anyone dealt with this b4 someone pick up my sprits!! :w00t::thumbup::smile::cool2:

I am sorry to hear that . . . however, this should be just a small bump in the road. What is a month or two compared to the rest of your life post banding???

Can you go ahead and get the surgery rescheduled now?

Do you mean a Dermoid cyst? If so they're usually benign but you totally want to get it removed before it bursts or something.

I agree with HeatherO (as usual!) It's just another month if they can go ahead and remove the cyst asap! You'll get the band and it's good they found the cyst and can excise it!

yes i had them repeatly to the point i needed a hysterectomy so its best that they caught it now then you to loose everything later ( if you want to have kids) yes its all good for 6months give your self time to heal from that and re-set your dates its all good gurlly!

thanks everyone I guess it's not as bad as I thought I was just really hoping to get my surgery to start my new life!!

I'm really sorry it's happened to you.

Two years ago last month, I was due to be banded. A week before my surgery they did some blood work and discovered I was severely anemic. It has taken a hysterectomy and two years of Iron therapy, but I'm finally back on track.

It was frustrating, but I decided to look at it this way: it is better to go into this new phase of my life healthy.

Good luck. Get healthy and get going.

I too had a delay in getting my surgery but I made up my mind to turn a negative into a positive. Don't know if this will work for you but it has worked for me. After reading post after post on this site I learned that people have this surgery with a wide range of experiences post op. Obviously, I wanted to be on the "good" side of things. So I made up my mind that I was going to get the healthiest I could be in the time I had leading up to my surgery. I believe it paid off. I was banded 9/23, came home 9/24, totally off pain meds completely 9/25. Really have not had any problems to speak of. Went back to work today, left a little early, I was tired but I have a stressful job. Taking care of all my household chores but staying within the doctors guidelines for lifting. Incisions look great. I burp, I leave fluffers, but nothing too dramatic. I am on what my doctor calls ploppy food (sf jello, sf pudding, plain yogurt, lowfat cottage cheese) and have had no problems. I really believe trying to get myself as healthy as possible going into the surgery has paid off. So get this taken care of, be diligent in living healthy until your surgery, and I really really believe you will be thankful. Good luck and all my best to you.

Hey, I am TriCare also. Can you give me any info on how long it took them to approve. I went to a seminar on Sat. and I want to do this, but not looking forward to the hassles. I am 240 5'2" BMI 44 with high blood pressure