What Are The Next Steps To Follow?

[EMR83 5]

Hi,

I am officially waiting for my insurance approval and I am wondering what comes next? I know that after the approval the Dr. Office will call me to schedule a surgery date, but I have heard about pre-op appointments, sleep studies, EKGs etc….

Can someone please tell me what to expect on this stage of the process??

Thank you so much!

[Izuri 428]

It depends on your doctor's office and your general health. My doctor's office only required a psych evaluation out of office. But they did an EKG, blood work, chest x-rays, gallbladder ultrasound, and a general health assessment/questions at my pre-admission testing appointment (It is a bariatric clinic so all of it was done in clinic). It was done over a 3-4 hour period and I knew immediately after if I was ready for surgery. Some doctor's offices do not do this type of testing in office and will require you to go to an outside clinic for some of these.

I know some of them are based on history. Since I was sleeping fine, it was deemed I didn't need a sleep apnea test. I found the best thing to do to see what to expect from my clinic was to go to their message boards. Not all doctor's offices have them, but many do, or have an outline on their website with the steps they take. They will also need to know your full medical history, so it might be good to look up dates of old surgeries, have a list of medications ready, etc so that you're prepared to answer their questions if you have had other medical problems in the past.

I was anxious before the pre-op testing appointment, but they were very relaxed and after all the tests we had a short nutrition class that told me the basics, which I'd already looked into.

Good luck! I'm sure everything will go great =)

[joyful noise 101]

I had already done my 6 month nut visits, the psych, the EKG, Chest X-Ray, H Pylori. The coordinator said the only thing left was a clearance from a pulmonologist because I have sleep Apnea.

Since I received the approval today, I will find out anything else on my visit on Wednesday.

[EMR83 5]

Thank you! I guess every doc is different and I just have to wait patiently and see what they request of me... Thank you once again!!