Question:
Has anyone else experienced jitters about not passing preop tests?
I have no reason to believe that I won't qualify for surgery based on my preop tests, but I am still petrified. I have a surgery date (in 4 weeks). I want this to happen so bad that I am afraid somethings going to throw a kink in it. Has anyone else had this problem? I am scared that if I make too many preparations or tell too many people and then have my preop tests (in 2 weeks) and something stops it I will be devasted and feel like a fool. — Jennifer H. (posted on April 17, 2003)
April 17, 2003
Try to relax, the tests are for our safety. Even if something turns up it
should be fixable. Chances are great you will have no showstoppers. Every
one of us worries about the same thing.
— bob-haller
April 17, 2003
Try to relax, the tests are for our safety. Even if something turns up it
should be fixable. Chances are great you will have no showstoppers. Every
one of us worries about the same thing.
— bob-haller
April 17, 2003
Hello Jennifer! I have felt jitters with EVERY test I have taken. BUT,
when I get the results back...I am so very happy that my DR required the
testing and that I am as healthy as a person with my BMI can be. I am
having surgery on May first and I have only the cardiologist appointment
left to do. I am hoping and praying that all is well with my ticker, so
nothing stops or delays my surgery. They are all precautionary measures
that we all should have to go throuh.
I wish you the BEST of luck in your journey! I hope you have a smooth road
ahead of you! Take good care!
— Chapin H.
April 17, 2003
Ya must be my sister. I am so positive about anyone else's pre surgery but
negative about myself and always have been!!! how about me being positive
for you and you being positive for me and we can cancel out our negative
sides *twirls blonde hair* good luck. I have "upped" my daily
vitamin and will take 1 dose of pepto bismo two days before testing for
H-Pylori (pepto sometimes makes positive tests show negative) just to cover
what I can on those pre op tests. Im anemic and have had h-pylori *lol* in
past.... those two will be my problems if I get cancelled due to testing.
Oh yeah and sicknesses going around.. I have already figured I'll be the
first in my area with SARS...*rolls eyes* before surgery... told ya I was
yer sister....
seriously if we don't pass tests i guess this really means we are not in
best condition - maybe God knows more than us and we should fix it before
surgery so nothing REAL BAD happens... May 28th if Lord willing on my
end.... best wishes (hugs)
— WLS_Deb
April 17, 2003
WLS Deb's was a sweet and entertaining answer. I am sure you will be fine.
Everything went fine for me until I did my preop tests. Blood work,
everything was right on the nail. Until I found out I have a 6 mm kidney
stone. I never even knew I had it!!! I have waited for two years for this
surgery date and now it might be put off. :-( Unfortunately things come
up, but just hang in there!
— Marcy G.
April 17, 2003
OMG, I had to make sure it wasn't me who posted this question! I have been
totally freaked out because I am SO afraid that something is going to stop
this whole process. We just bought my moms plane tickets so she can watch
my son while I am having surgery and I was so nervous buying them because
if something happens with my pre-op results then we are screwed!! So, I
feel your nervousnes and anxiousness! I am having surgery May 19th and
pre-op May 12th. I wish you the best of luck! I am sure everything will
be fine and it is just nerves but I don't think I will feel better about it
until I am waking up in recovery!
— Tami H.
April 17, 2003
Jennifer, I'm almost 9 months out, but I, too, could have posted this
before my surgery. I thought the psychologist and the dietician were both
going to tell me to forget about it. Then the pulmonologist. Then I
figured my PCP would find something. Then, there was some glitch at the
lab where I did my pre-op bloodwork and urine tests, and I had to go back 3
different times. I was in tears the Friday before my surgery on Tuesday
because of this lab thing, and I thought it was over and they just weren't
TELLING me. Then I started thinking about the previous 2 months and how
I'd thought it was over at every step. You're perfectly normal. This is
going to happen, and you'll do great! :) Oh yes... and I like the SARS
thing. Good thing we weren't worrying about this last summer... I'm not
sure I could have withstood the extra worries! LOL. Good Luck! Kelly
— Kelly B.
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