First Appointment tomorrow

[Ourlifecomplete 17]

So tomorrow is my first appointment with the Surgeon. I had to go to a seminar so I met him and his staff already. Wondering what I should expect. I know we get measured and they take our weight but what else?

[Faithoftheheart 42]

I had my first appt June 4th. I live about 3 hours from the Bariatric center of Kansas city. The way it worked there is you submit your health history and insurance information and attend the seminar then once they had all my paperwork they assigned me a case manager. The case manager arranged for all my required appts in one day it was a long day lol. This was how that day went. At 8am I checked in for my pysch evaluation which involved filling out about 5 pages of bubble questions that took about 40 mins then I saw the psych Dr (his office works in conjunction with their office) I met with him for about 40 mins answered his questions and he reviewed my forms and by the end of the session he said I was clear on the psych portion. After that I had to attend a class from 10:30 to 1pm it is a patient education and guideline session they go over in detail the type of surgery what to expect information regarding preop diet Vitamins Protein Shakes guidelines on what to eat at each phase of recovery and more. The class is a requirement for everyone at our clinic and is extremely informative and I learned a whole lot. Then my next appt was after 1 I had weight and height done then they gave me an ekg. After that was done I went to a room and waited for the dietian appt where we went over the diet portion of the program. After that appt around 2 I saw the surgeon. He asked a bunch of questions and said he thought my choice for the RNY was the most appropriate for me and said I had to have an EGD to look at my stomach and test for h pylori which he has all patients do. When that appt was over I met with my case manager who gave me an order for the EGD to be done by a local gastroentologist and we went over the checklist provided and they also gave me the consent and request for my actual medical records from my primary care physician. Then I was finally done I had all my appointments completed in one day. I was able to get my EGD done the week after and my Dr faxed my medical records to the clinic. I then paid my program fee and now all I have to do is have the surgeon review my medical records and make sure I had the previous failed diet documented then we submit to insurance. It seems almost to easy lol but it has been a realitivly painless process so far.

[Ourlifecomplete 17]

Wow awesome you got it all done in a day. I already filled out all my health information online to them and did the seminar. I think this is just an appointment with the surgeon and nothing else, maybe with the coordinator too for all the insurance stuff, but not sure. So you didnt have to do anything that required undressing did you? Not even sure what to expect haha but hate getting in those stupid gowns and crap.

[Faithoftheheart 42]

I did have to dress down for the eeg the tech said just take off your shirt and leave the bra on. No gown lol but the surgeon didn't exam me the first visit. My next visit will be my two pre op appt. Not sure what to expect that visit expect another weigh in I know they give you a bottle of antiseptic soap to wash with the night before and morning off surgery.

[Sajijoma 1,324]

I think each office must really run things differently OR I'm greatly unprepared for my first appt! My coordinator told me that my first appt will be roughly 1 1/2hrs and that is split between the dietitian and the surgeon. I assume scales will be involved, because well, it's a doctor's office and they love that sort of thing and it's for weightloss so they can't tell me how much to lose if we don't have a starting point, but *gasp* no one has mentioned the psych eval, EKG's or anything else. I hope I'm not in for a surprise.