Canceled Procedure

[NorCol]

Ready to go as I need and what this to happen; however, not in my future at this time. Found out all medical OR suite locations require nasal PCR swab 48 hours prior to procedure. Such testing is not required for any other issue and I am against intrusion into personal medical decisions. Going on 5 years now since RALP left me in this situation so I guess the good Lord just added to my burden. Bless you gentlemen.

[dg_moore]

Most facilities in the US require a negative Covid test before initiating a procedure. I was hospitalized for CABG surgery for 11 days this past January, during which I had 6 covid tests, as did everybody else in the hospital. No big deal, just part of the process.

[Gt1956]

I had to get a covid test before an either an MRI or an Endoscopy. I forget which or maybe it was both. Absolutely no trouble at all. Gave me a tissue to blow my nose, ran a swab around my nostril on each side. I have been vaccinated but if I was not. A weekly nasal test wouldn't bother me at all.

[Txagq8]

NorCol: I am as big a believer in “keep the government’s nose outta my business” as any poster on this site.

I’m also running for a seat in the Texas State Legislature as a R and as you can imagine, that’s not exactly a bastion of leftist authoritarianism.

Here’s the real deal: take the nose test. If you have a mild case of covid, otherwise undetectable, having surgery and being intubated during anesthesia could impede a quick and rapid recovery. And if you’re getting implanted, you want that quick and rapid recovery so you can put that bone to good use.

Take the government out of the equation. A competent and prudent doctor is going to want to ensure you are healthy and don’t have anything that will complicate the surgery or your recovery. So despite the government acting like authoritarian pricks, pretend for a while that it’s the doc doing his due diligence.

My wife and I have my 90 yr old mom living with us.When our son comes home from college we make him get a test a day or so prior to make sure he’s not bringing a virus home. We have taken the vaccine-not because the government said to, but because it made sense in our situation.

Getting a covid test before a surgery passes the common sense test. Do it because it’s smart, not because of some nanny state government employees decreeing that it must be so.

Texas. It’s still America down here. We have dealt with this pandemic by trying to avoid stupidity. Early on, there were a lot of unknowns, time to try masks and I used Lysol as my underarm deodorant (note:it works much better than axe or Right guard). As more data has emerged, and a good chunk of folks who think they needed the vaccine have gotten it, we’ve sort of returned to normal life.

Normal life. You’re looking at a surgery. It’s only normal that you want to be healthy while having it and during recovery. Look at it from that perspective.

Best of luck!

[GoodWood]

This isn’t an issue of “freedom” or government intervention. It’s just common sense. If you are walking around with high blood pressure it doesn’t effect the people walking by you on the street. But if you have COVID you are a health menace to everyone who comes within close contact with you. The medical staff will be in close contact with you. Don’t be a menace.

[tomas1]

I'm going to regret posting this, but here it goes.

Don't we miss the good old days when we were free to get polio, and smallpox?
I wonder what ever happened to them?

[Trav8701]

Seems you really thought you did something with this post but everyone is unanimously “not having it” with you

Ready to go as I need and what this to happen; however, not in my future at this time. Found out all medical OR suite locations require nasal PCR swab 48 hours prior to procedure. Such testing is not required for any other issue and I am against intrusion into personal medical decisions. Going on 5 years now since RALP left me in this situation so I guess the good Lord just added to my burden. Bless you gentlemen.

[Txagq8]

I'm going to regret posting this, but here it goes.

Don't we miss the good old days when we were free to get polio, and smallpox?
I wonder what ever happened to them?

Tomas: I routinely enjoy reading your remarks.

My first thought is “ Non, je ne regrette rien “

I’m not sure if you remember the French singer Edith Piaf, she sang in sort of a weepy French, but that was one of her biggest hits. It means “No, I regret nothing!”

So please, don’t ever regret saying what you think. Your opinion matters, and if others disagree, piss on ‘em. That includes me. I doubt we agree on everything. We might not agree on much.

I was among the first to get polio vaccine via shot in 56/57 time frame, and later got the oral version on a sugar cube. I have enjoyed not having polio.

I’ve been vaccinated for smallpox multiple times. They have yet to get a reaction to the vaccine from me. No boil, blister, scab, nothing. I don’t know if that means I’m naturally immune or can’t acquire immunity. Fortunately, I’ve steered clear of any smallpox.

As far as covid goes, I’ve taken two doses of Pfizer plus a booster. I hope it works. If it does what it should, I shouldn’t catch it and if I do, it ought to be a mild case. If someone else refuses to take the shot, and gets sick, it’s no skin off my nose. I’m still protected.

I’d like to see encouragement, not coercion. I’d prefer to see advertising using real numbers instead of mandates. If the shot works as described, folks ought to want it….the same way you want a tetanus shot after impaling your foot on a rusty nail, (which I did, several weeks back)

The problem here is not a vaccine or a nasal swab. I’ll grant that government overreach can be an issue but that isn’t the real problem at hand. The real problem is society has collectively decided to hell with exercising a shred of common sense, ever.

You’re fixing to have surgery. There’s a nasty virus going around. The doctors want to make sure that you dont have it before they operate. Duh. Let them stick a q-tip up your nose.

[Gt1956]

Ready to go as I need and what this to happen; however, not in my future at this time. Found out all medical OR suite locations require nasal PCR swab 48 hours prior to procedure. Such testing is not required for any other issue and I am against intrusion into personal medical decisions. Going on 5 years now since RALP left me in this situation so I guess the good Lord just added to my burden. Bless you gentlemen.

Just one mans opinion. Covid isn't going away in any version of "the near future". Thus, me being a realist on dealing with the future. I suggest to get the swab. At 72 you might not live long enough to see the medical industry not test for Covid prior to in facility procedures. On the other hand. You can bet that they'll fill your slot with someone else.
Your stand on this isn't teaching them any kind of a lesson. Sorry for being so harsh.

[LeRoastBeef]

I'm Scottish, hugely against the authoritarianism measures which have been introduced, however, testing you before an operation is just good clinical prudence.
If you come into a health care setting with Covid then you are endangering everyone else as well as yourself. Everyone there is going to be weak and more vulnerable to Covid.
That's why they want you tested.

Gt is right also, Covid will never go away, it will probably get much weaker over time, become akin to the common cold, but these measures are going to be around for years. You're 72, you don't have time to waste.
So get it and crack on!