Surgery Update - NJQT466

Y'all are gonna love this. :rolleyes: There was no surgery. Thats's right, I said no surgery. I didn't make it up the way some people make up personas around here, :rolleyes: it was cancelled.

First off, I was a bit miffed because I had to do a clear liquid diet yesterday followed by a bowel prep Thursday night. Much like one does prior to a colonoscopy. :irked: :yuck: :mad:

I was slated to arrive 3/6/09 at 10:30 AM for check-in; and surgery was to start at noon. I've been through this before in December, when I had the D&C and hysteroscopy. I know he only does 4 surgerys a day and I am the last scheduled patient. We arrived at 10:50 AM due to an incredible amount of construction on I-20. This was not a problem as the nurse told me he had run-in to complications with the first patient and had just taken in the 2nd patient about 15 minutes before I got there. I said okay, Ive experienced this before, my guess is he will take me around 1:00 PM providing patient #2 and #3 have no complications.

I sit next to an outlet so I can charge my cell phone. and pull out my Yoga mag to read. My mom is with me and she goes to the cafeteria to get something to eat.

At about 12:25 PM my doctor comes into the waiting room and asks to see me in the consultation room. I'm not paniced. I don't know that I thought anything. I certainly was unprepared for what he said. As a matter of fact I made him say it twice. He wanted to know if I was okay with him cancelling my surgery and referring me to another doctor at a sister hospital in Atlanta. It seemed he had recently reviewed my patient file (like that morning, evidently) and discussed it with a colleague at Emory Crawford Long Hospital. He and Dr. Parker decided that since my goal is to preserve my fertility that it would be better to remove my fibroids endoscopically, via hysteroscopic myomectomy. So it would be 3 small incisions, rather than 1 long one similar to the one used for c-sections.

Since my doc, while very good, is not comfortable taking out a fibroid as huge (7x6.5x6 cm) as mine using that procedure he has passed me off to this new doc at a sister hospital. Health wise this is better for me because: it reduces recovery time, there is less chance of adhesions, infection, and it leaves the uterus in a more stable condition to support a pregnancy.

While a bit upset, as I have a great repore with him. Now I have to do a whole new set of tests, and get to know a new doctor and hospital. :angryfire2: I do feel good knowing that I am being referred to a reproductive endocriniologist.

Now that I am done being a rationale understanding adult. Why the fuck couldn't he call and tell me this at say 9:00 AM!?! :mad: Before I had left home. :mad:

He said they would call me on Monday to schedule the appt. with the new doc. I of course not wanting to wait called his nurse who does scheduling and she knew nothing about my surgery being cancelled! She thought I was calling from home when I was calling from the parking garage. :tongue: She was more pissed than my mom that he hadn't called to tell me and had made me drive an hour into Atlanta for nothing.

Added inconvenience, because I was supposed to spend two nights in the hospital, my mom was going to stay with me and we had made arrangements for my dad to stay with his brother. Dad's Parkinson's is pretty advanced now and he really can't be left alone for 48 hours because he tends to fall and he just needs specialized care. :frown1:

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Have you looked into freezing your eggs? Just in case? You could always go the surrogate route-- very expensive, but it's an option just in case preserving your fertility stops being an option at any point.

Hopefully that won't happen. I'm sorry you had to wait. I'm sure it's frustrating. I am glad that you'll be getting a surgery that meshes with your goals more. Those c-section scars suck. I think you'll be a lot happier with the surgery you're looking at now in that department.
 
Snoozan, I may look into the egg freezing thing if necessary. I just hate the idea of causing my kid to have permanent brain freeze. :biggrin1:
 
Ahhh! but they'd be pretty 'cool' kids! :tongue:

Sorry you had such a wasted day, but I am sure it's all for the best my lovely!!!

:hug:
 
I'm getting a mental image of the drone bees running around the queen doing what they do to take care of her eggs.

OK! Now that I have that flip image out of the way .......

Yeah, I'll bet this is for the best. Doesn't mean it's not frustrating as hell at the same time.

Personally, I get feeling a little traumatized with almost any medical procedure; I hate being poked and prodded. And I get stressed out about rearranging my schedule to give up control to the docs and nurses and techs. So I feel encouraged that the docs have figured out something to help preserve your fertility; at the same time, sheesh! TALK ABOUT STRESS!!!!!!! <head explodes>
 
That's kinda shitty news because it means it's not over and done with yet, but it's also pretty awesome that they're thinking about you as a person! Not just someone who needs this removed but someone who still wants to have a baby afterwards. Will it take just as long to book the next surgery do you think?
Gosh, I hope not! If I have to wait another 3 months I'm gonna be pissed!
 
And with your biological clock ticking, and the side effects of the cyst, you do have a right to be pissed.

Hope all goes well for you.
 

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