I have my first appointment with the surgeon tomorrow!

[PghMomof3 0]

I already attended my seminar, already had my pulmonary consult done and sleep study done, now for my initial appointment with him. What should I expect? How long before I find out my surgery date? I am self-pay so I don't have to wait for insurance approval! I have so many questions running through my head, I hope I don't forget them! What are the most important things to find out?

TIA

Amy

[PghMomof3 0]

Wow--it might take me all night to read through all the responses! :faint:

[faithmd 14]

I already attended my seminar, already had my pulmonary consult done and sleep study done, now for my initial appointment with him. What should I expect? How long before I find out my surgery date? I am self-pay so I don't have to wait for insurance approval! I have so many questions running through my head, I hope I don't forget them! What are the most important things to find out?

TIA

Amy

Congrats on your appointment!! You titled the thread in such a way that you might not have gotten many looks. A suggestion for the future would be to title the threads so that they let the reader know what's in it. Like: First appointment tomorrow, what to expect? Or somethinglike that.

Since you haven't gotten a lot of responses (or to use anytime), I would suggest you use the wonderful Search function found on the blue toolbar on the upper part of the page. It's been a great help to me. Many of the questions you have asked have loads of good answers out there.

First, I don't think any of us can tell you how long it will be until surgery. Boy, how I wish we could! Certainly since you are self pay and you've gotten things done already (in terms of testing, etc) it should take much less time. It will depend on some factors:

Does your surgeon require a pre-op diet? Will you have to order it?

What is the surgeon's schedule? How far ahead are they scheduling OR's?

Will you have to meet with a dietician (you probably will tomorrow)?

You may need an appointment for things like blood draws, EKG, etc. just before surgery.

In terms of what to ask your surgeon, there's a few threads about that, and here's a link to a whole forum that's helpful:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/lap-band-faqs-f73.html

[faithmd 14]

Here's a link to a thread similar to yours where I posted my list of pre-op questions that I asked:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/questions-ask-consultation-t32224.html

Here are links to other threads that might be helpful:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/pre-op-qu...6.html?t=31866

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/pre-op-qu...5.html?t=31865

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/questions...5.html?t=28945

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/some-ques...1.html?t=12541

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/questions...7.html?t=20287

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[PghMomof3 0]

Thank you! I printed out a lot of information and have started reading through it and making notes so I have a good idea of what to ask him! I appreciate you taking the time to answer!

Amy

[JudiM 1]

Hi PghMomof3----

Welcome! Now there's at least 3 of us here!!!

If you've had those tests done, you are definitely ahead of where most people are before they have their first visit with the surgeon! And, with your self-pay, things should go very quickly! My appt with the surgeon is May 1.....at Magee. My situation is different since I hope to have my insurance cover this (which it should). But, there's a few extra hoops to jump through. However, just the mere fact that I made this decision and am committed to it, I'm feeling so much better. No weight loss on the scale but a real weight has been lifted off my mind!

Good luck! Judi