I have my appointment for my pre-op tests tomorrow and I was just wondering what tests I have to look forward to. I know they will do a standard blood test and probably an EKG but what else do they do?

Hello,

You will probably have to take to psychologist, dietician and do a sleep study. Depending on your insurance, you may have to talk to the dietician for six months.

Good luck!

Ive actually done all of that. My surgery is scheduled for Thursday. I was just wondering what tests they will do at the hospital prior to surgery. Will they do an Upper GI?

Did you have to see a Gastroenterologist as part of your pre-op consults? If so then they should've done the GI scope on you. Hospital pre-op testing varies, but i had, blood work, EKG, and chest xray.

Hey there,

For me I had (not in any particular order):

1 Consultation with Bariatric Coordinator

2 Visits with a dietician

1 Visit (so far) with the surgeon and nutritionist*

*There will be one more meeting this week, which I presume will start my 2 week pre-op diet (since my insurance finally approved me)

1 sleep study - to check for sleep apnea (strangest night of my life)

1 Follow-up to the sleep study

2 Visits to the Cardiologist (the first one had an EKG the second one was for an electrocardiogram)

1 Complete blood work panel

2 Attendances to a hospital sponsored support group (which I TOTALLY recommend to keep going to after surgery too)

1 Meeting with the anesthisiologist

Aetna also got a 2 year weight history from my doctor.

My pre-op testing included blood work, chest x-ray, and EKG. I also had to attend a 4 hr. meeting last week with a bariatric nurse and dietician concerning all aspects of the surgery itself and the diet progression. It was very informative. Good luck! Peg

Hey there,

For me I had (not in any particular order):

1 Consultation with Bariatric Coordinator

2 Visits with a dietician

1 Visit (so far) with the surgeon and nutritionist*

*There will be one more meeting this week, which I presume will start my 2 week pre-op diet (since my insurance finally approved me)

1 sleep study - to check for sleep apnea (strangest night of my life)

1 Follow-up to the sleep study

2 Visits to the Cardiologist (the first one had an EKG the second one was for an electrocardiogram)

1 Complete blood work panel

2 Attendances to a hospital sponsored support group (which I TOTALLY recommend to keep going to after surgery too)

1 Meeting with the anesthisiologist

Aetna also got a 2 year weight history from my doctor.

Almost forgot - and a psych evalution. Thankfully I've been deemed sane enough for surgery!

I did my preop stuff friday at hospital. I did all my paperwork, blood work, mrsa test, met with a bariatric nurse for about 30 minutes who told me a bunch of stuff i already knew, got some freebee vitamins and protein shakes, met with the anesthesiologist for about 15 minutes and was given a tour of the place. I had already had my pysch, ekg and blood work done. I am assuming you would know if you'd be getting a egd bc my prior surgeon (who i switched from) required that and i had to have someone drive me home.