Pre-op Test Anxiety

[GoddessNar 0]

Well, we're down to the final week. I'm supposed to have my pre-op tests on Friday. It's basically a physical, from what I've been told. If all goes well, I should have the surgery on Saturday. Right now, though, all I can think of is, 'What if I don't pass the pre-op tests? I feel like I'm healthy enough to have the surgery, but what if they find something?' I'm so nervous that something will go wrong and I'll have gotten my hopes up, only to have them dashed by not being able to have the surgery.

I have to stop driving myself nuts! :thumbup:

[Richardson 1]

Well, we're down to the final week. I'm supposed to have my pre-op tests on Friday. It's basically a physical, from what I've been told. If all goes well, I should have the surgery on Saturday. Right now, though, all I can think of is, 'What if I don't pass the pre-op tests? I feel like I'm healthy enough to have the surgery, but what if they find something?' I'm so nervous that something will go wrong and I'll have gotten my hopes up, only to have them dashed by not being able to have the surgery.

I have to stop driving myself nuts! :thumbup:

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[ParrotheadCathy 0]

I had to have more than a physical .... Upper GI and swallow stufy; chest xray; sleep study; and, cardiologist clearance. But even with all that, it was not so much to rule out surgery as it was to eliminate any surprises in the operating room. The upper GI would have shown if I had a hiatal hernia (which would have been repaired during the band surgery); the sleep study was to see if I had sleep apnea (which if I had it would have required me to get the CPAP machine and use it for 2 weeks before having the surgery and bringing the CPAP with me to surgery); and the cardiologist was just to make sure my heart was okay for general anesthesia. You should be fine! Relax a little, take a deep breath. You're on your way!