Had some tests done recently that ended in being told I need a triple bypass. Saw the surgeon in clinic on Wednesday 2nd July, during which he told me that ideally he would like me to lose some weight but we haven't got time for that - I need to be done urgently because, and I quote, *you've* *got* *critical* *heart* *disease,* and with that he scheduled the operation for the following week, on the 10th.
Unfortunately, pre-op blood tests threw up a problem and the op was postponed. Turns out I was starting with an infection - a dental abscess. The tooth has now been pulled out and I've had two courses of antibiotics that have sorted the infection. Repeat blood test has now come back as normal.
Thing is, the operation is now pencilled in for *24th* *SEPTEMBER* and my question to you is this - do I trust that the guy knows what he's doing? He's the one who's been to uni and med school and trained for years and years to do his job, and he also sees things like this day in and day out. If he says 24th September, he must reckon I can wait that long.
On the other hand, as the patient, hearing the words *"urgent"* and
*"critical"* being used when talking about me and my heart is putting the fear of God into me and I feel I should be done this very minute. There's already been a three-week delay because of my tooth - to find out this morning that I've now got to wait another SEVEN weeks has just blown my head!!But how do you approach this? What sort of a can of worms do you open up if you start to complain? What would you do?