pre-op testing

[angieboyd 0]

Hi Everyone!

Hope all is well ! I am not sure if this has been posted yet or not, and I know that not everyone's pre-op testing is the same. My question is what did everyone have to do for their pretesting? I go tomorrow for mine and I am just nervous and wondering what is awaiting for me. Thanks for all the feedback!

[bwhitty 1]

Blood work, sleep test, dietician, psychiatrist, mammagram, ecocardiagram (I took phen-phen).... I think that is all. It was the most Dr. Appointments I've ever had in one month... a pain but worth it.

[CheckYes 46]

I had blood drawn, an EKG and a chest xray. The chest xray was because I had smoked for a long time but quit 18 months before. I didn't have to do psych or sleep or anything.

Best wishes,

[CheckYes 46]

Oh.. And none of these were done at my surgeons office. I had to go to my primary physician for the EKG and chest xray. Had to go to a lab for the blood draw.

[angieboyd 0]

thanks ! i have to go to the hospital where i will be banded at. They told me to be there at six thirty in the morning and to not plan on being out of there until at least one thirty in the afternoon! wow going to be a long day tomorrow

[LeesMimi 0]

I had cardio work-up (an EKG, stress test, and ultra sound), a pulmonary fitness test. Then at the surgeon's I had another PFT, a chest ultrasound, a psych evaluation, and then an EGD (where they stick a camera into your stomach - don't worry, you're knocked out)

[nomorejellybelly 77]

I got really lucky and only had to do labs, a check-up and pysch eval. I think that's all I had to do.

[nomorejellybelly 77]

P.S. I already met several conditions. Morbidly obese and family history of diabetes, my pcos and cholesterol. for example.

[Dave_NW 92]

After attending a mandatory seminar by my surgeon, and getting my PCM referral to him, I've had to do a few things:

A marathon of appointments at the surgeon's offices - Information and intake, then EKG done by the staff, psyche eval, meet with a physician, meet with a nutritionist, and interview with the WLS surgeon. These were all done on the same day, between 8:00 and Noon.

Two days later I went to a lab and gave what seemed like a gallon of blood. By the time they were done, it was 13 tubes. I later went for a blood gas test at a different lab.

Two weeks after the lab work, I had an Endoscopy done by my WLS surgeon. (Insurance request and surgery approval happened within a few days after this procedure.)

I have an evaluation appointment on the 16th of this month with a hernia surgeon who assists my WLS with his surgeries. When I have my band surgery, they'll also be repairing the two hernias I have. I'll also sign surgery papers and meet with my WLS surgeon one last time before surgery day.

December 6th is surgery day.

Note that I did not need a chest xray, supervised diet, sleep test, ultrasound, or anything else. All in all, it's been pretty easy.

Dave

Edited November 4, 2010 by Dave_NW