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Q: Disc Fusion Surgery
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dmaxson72
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Hello,
I have been fighting with my surgeon for the past 6 months on my disc fusion that I was originally supposed to have in May of this year. They have moved my surgery date 4 times now because of issues that they say the surgeon was having with his family and a couple of other excuses. I finally called the patient affairs department and filed a complaint and was scheduled for surgery on 9-14-07. I went for pre op this past Thursday and got a phone call from the surgeon's assistant telling me that the surgery was now on hold because my blood clot numbers were outside the range of what the surgeon accepts and that I have to now see my primary care physician to get clearance for surgery. They gave my some numbers for a PT/PTT count in my blood and told me they were higher than normal and asked me if I was taking Coumadin or some big word like that
. I am now worried that my surgery will be postponed again because of this. I have had several people tell me that the Acetometophin in my pain medication can cause abnormal readings. I have been on my pain medication for over 2 1/2 years and have been taking a total of 4000mg total per day of Acetometophin. Has anyone had any issues like this before? Is this something that is going to require a bunch of testing? What are the chances of my surgery being cancelled again? Is the surgeon just covering his butt? Please, any suggestions or input would be very appreciated.
I have been fighting with my surgeon for the past 6 months on my disc fusion that I was originally supposed to have in May of this year. They have moved my surgery date 4 times now because of issues that they say the surgeon was having with his family and a couple of other excuses. I finally called the patient affairs department and filed a complaint and was scheduled for surgery on 9-14-07. I went for pre op this past Thursday and got a phone call from the surgeon's assistant telling me that the surgery was now on hold because my blood clot numbers were outside the range of what the surgeon accepts and that I have to now see my primary care physician to get clearance for surgery. They gave my some numbers for a PT/PTT count in my blood and told me they were higher than normal and asked me if I was taking Coumadin or some big word like that
. I am now worried that my surgery will be postponed again because of this. I have had several people tell me that the Acetometophin in my pain medication can cause abnormal readings. I have been on my pain medication for over 2 1/2 years and have been taking a total of 4000mg total per day of Acetometophin. Has anyone had any issues like this before? Is this something that is going to require a bunch of testing? What are the chances of my surgery being cancelled again? Is the surgeon just covering his butt? Please, any suggestions or input would be very appreciated.
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