My Left Knee Replacement Surgery Has Been Cancelled For Tomorrow
[ Wednesday November 4th 2026 at 4:46 pm ]
I hadn't heard from my surgeons office this afternoon as promised. I tried calling. The phone rang several times and then went to voice mail. I decided to call the phone number in the "Patient's Guide To Knee Replacement" for if the hospital doesn't get hold of you on the day before surgery. This is to find out what time the operation is scheduled for. I gave the woman that answered my name and date of birth. I explained my surgeon called yesterday and had a critically ill cancer patient to operate on if her health could be stabilized. Then I asked if she would check that my surgery for tomorrow is indeed cancelled. I am not on the list of surgeries for tomorrow.
When I was on the phone with my surgeon yesterday morning he said tomorrow is his only operating room hours for this week. Personally I was rooting for the cancer patient with a broken bone to have their surgery tomorrow. I remember going through this with my parents both dying from cancer. My left knee joint really sucks. But it isn't going to kill me. I will head home after I eat my breakfast tomorrow morning. This has been a really nice two day get-away.