Hi, my husband has been waiting for mitral valve repair since last December. After chasing, he was offered a date for surgery at the end of July. That was cancelled the day he was due to be admitted. The week after, he was gowned up and ready to go when it was cancelled. The following week, he got a call the day before he was due in to say the surgeon was ill. He was rescheduled for 5th September because the surgeon was due to be on holiday for two weeks from 17th August. We have now received two weeks notice that 5th September is cancelled.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
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Ahh I really hope it does happen 😕💔. Ive had that experience when I was like 13 and they kept cancelling when they basically saying that I wouldn't last long with out the surgery 😩😪.
My MV repair wasn’t cancelled but I did wait for 11 months after being told it needed doing urgently within 3 months. Unfortunately, the surgery is so specialised that there aren’t many surgeons who do it.
The waiting is so much worse than the recovery. I feel for you both.
I ended up with 4 days notice which was not a bad thing.
Hi, I was cancelled twice, once when I was ready to go to the theatre. It seems emergencies come in and they have to deal with them first. It is very frustrating. I hope he gets a new date very soon.
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