Question about Pre-Op Physical & Testing

[lil miss scare all 0]

I am scheduled for Feb.19th and will be starting my testing / bloodwork/ physical appointments this week.. Can anyone tell me what is all involved in that? particularly the physical ? I just want to know what to expect. Thank you in advance for any advice / info you can give me :w00t:

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I didn't really have a physical. I had an upper GI, psych, and nutrition visits and once I passed them, everything was submitted to my insurance. When I was "approved" I had preop tests (the week before surgery) consisting of a chest x-ray, an abdominal ultrasound, blood draw, quick visit with an internist, an ecg...and that's it. They asked when I'd last been to my gynecologist (under a year) and knew that I was under the care of an internist who prescribed my bloodpressure meds, and whom I see at least annually. That was it.

HAD my ecg been abnormal my doc said he'd have wanted a cardiologist to clear me for surgery, but I was fine.

Of course the surgeon's office weighs me and takes my vitals each visit, but that's nothing.

No formal "physical".