Surgeon gone for several weeks after hysterectomy on sep 28

I am having a hysterectomy on sep 28. They will decide during whether this is laparoscopic, vaginal, or abdominal.

Went for preop today. They said I have to be seen two weeks post op for an exam and biopsy results. I told them my post op had been booked for only one week after. Both nurses said that was too soon and that there would be no results and the exam would not be useful.

But when they checked into it, they found that my surgeon will be away. So suddenly one week is now okay. I feel like I'm not going to get the aftercare I need. I'm scared that I have a surgeon/group that is not going to be there.

I saw the NP at 2 weeks. No exam, just chatting about recovery and an incision check.

Is that an option for you? Or possibly someone else in the group?

Thank you - that is what I am trying to find out. They don't seem to be giving me any options other than seeing the dr at one week.

Thank you for letting me know what you did afterwards.

Are they going to get the results then by the one week appt? If so, I would think it would be ok. At my 2 week, all the dr did was talk about how the surgery went, review restrictions and take a look at the incision. I would think that if you can do that at one week, it will be fine. I'm sure that there's another dr that you would see in the unlikely event that something went wrong with your recovery after the week?

They said they will not have the results at that appt and that it is too early to examine me. But since the dr will be away, it's all they can do.

I have a very bad feeling about the type of care I am getting

Feeling the way you do, unless it is imperative to have the surgery now, you might want to consider delaying it. I would definitely want to know who will be taking your doctors patients while he is gone. Who do you call to check in with if there are problems - or something you don't understand is going on even though it might be normal? I would want to meet that doctor beforehand, maybe when you have pre-op with your surgeon.

I would be apprehensive too if my doctor was going to operate and then take off for a few weeks.

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Originally Posted by lauradd They said they will not have the results at that appt and that it is too early to examine me. But since the dr will be away, it's all they can do. I have a very bad feeling about the type of care I am getting

I think that most patients don't get examined even when the post op is at 2 weeks. My dr didn't examine me until the 6 week. She only looked at the abdominal incision.

How long is your doc going to be away? Can you have your exam at four or six weeks instead?

I had my staples removed by a nurse at a local clinic at two weeks. She checked my incision and said it looked good.

I saw my doc in my surgery city at four weeks. He gave me a more thorough exam (although not a pelvic exam) and we reviewed my post-op pathology report.