Full Bold Faced WHINE, I feel better now
Hurry up and wait seems to be the credo of today’s health
care system. Dr Hagen scared the
begeebers out of me Friday about the consequences of my stomach getting “incarcerated
in my chest cavity etc. He convinced me
to take some time off work today, go in to see him and book my surgery,
originally planned for January, ASAP. WOW I am so glad I went!! (She
says sarcastically) my surgery is booked a full 2 weeks earlier
18-DEC-12!!! He is not pleased with the
date and asked me to leave it with him. He also told me that if the pain is “intolerable" to go to
the ER and that would speed things up. I
told him I wasn’t keen on doing that as I was hoping for an MIS rather than
open procedure, and he had lead me to believe that if I went through ER it would
be open. He corrected that by saying
that if my stomach was “incarcerated" he would have to do an open Emergency
surgery, but if it wasn’t he would admit me and bump an elective.
I really do not want to push the issue as I want Dr Hagen,
and fear that if I complain too much one of his partners, all of whom are very
talented and qualified may get asked to do the procedure. I pray I can make it to 18-DEC. In the interim all I really want to do is
cry, and I do not think it’s related to my iron deficiency.
Oknee's just gotta dance 
Weight at the start of Optifast 378 T-1 OR Weight 352
Broke the 300 pound Barrier 13-Dec-2009 291.2lbs 01-APR-11 "onederland"
HGBA1C 5.2 d/c from the care of my Endocrinolgist 09-JUL-10 "diabetes resolved"
10-MAR-11 Extreme Sleep Apnea (dx 2007) resolved-"b-bye CPAP won't miss ya"
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IRON AND/OR http://theironmaiden.ca/
Sandy
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up"
Mark Twain 
Oknee's just gotta dance
Weight at the start of Optifast 378 T-1 OR Weight 352
Broke the 300 pound Barrier 13-Dec-2009 291.2lbs 01-APR-11 "onederland"
HGBA1C 5.2 d/c from the care of my Endocrinolgist 09-JUL-10 "diabetes resolved"
10-MAR-11 Extreme Sleep Apnea (dx 2007) resolved-"b-bye CPAP won't miss ya"
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IRON AND/OR http://theironmaiden.ca/
sorry i missed you today at dr hagens. I agree that you should want him to do your surgery. I am sure he will get you bumped up to a sooner date. I doubt that he wants you going in through the emerg either. Is there anything that you can do in the meantime to keep your stomach in line? type of foods? prevacid? Try not to stress over it too much (i know easy for me to say) . You have gone through so much in your life already, just think of this as a small splinter as you are sliding down the staircase bannister of life. owch! Once this is behind you will feel so much better.
take care, hugs
This isn't whining .....whining to me is "I haven't lost any weight in three days.....how can this be".....your concern is very real .....I am so sorry you have to go thru this...
I like that Dr Hagen said to leave the date with him....sounds like he is going to re-arrange things to get you into an OR sooner rather then later....
I hope you will be posting a November date for us soon.......and prayers for you Leona...
Barb
Good luck Leona!!!
Surgery March 23/2011. Completed three full marathons and two half marathons, two half Ironman distances. Completed my first Full Ironman distance (4 km swim, 180 km bike, 42.2 km (full marathon) run) in Muskoka August 30/2015. Next Ironman Lake Placid July 23/2017!
Referral to registry: Oct 21, 2011 Orientation (TWH): Feb 22, 2012 Surgery: Nov 7, 2012
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