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pre op appointment

I just scheduled my pre op testing.

Can anyone tell me what to expect?

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Well, I guess it varies depending on your surgeon and other medical conditions but I had

an ekg,

upper gi,

gall bladder ultra sound,

lots and lots of blood work,

two pregnancy tests,

2 nutritional classes,

5 meetings with nutritionist,

I was required to loss 10% of excess body weight (for me it was 10 pounds),

support group attended,

and a pysch evaluation.

Hope that answers your question. Good luck to you.

I blogged about my consultation: http://theamazingdisappearingme.blogspot.com/2010/10/consultation.html

Basically, they took my weight, gave me an exam and went over insurance requirements. I already knew that I wanted the sleeve, so we didn't really go over options. They put me on what they call the Fast Track because I have minimal insurance requirements and no serious health issues. They gave me a list of things to do. I already knew some of them, so I got them done before I even had the appointment. I just had my PCP send me for the stress test and the sleep study. All I have left to do is the endoscopy, chest xray, labwork and psych eval. Hope that helps!

They deffinatly do vary depending on the surgen and you health at the time of consultation for me I have do...

get and Ummper GI

blood work

H.pilori test

phych eval

nutrition apt

and he also has the Higher bmi'ers see a cardiologist and pulminologist

I also had to have for my insurance

two tobaco tests

and 5 EAP sessions

Good Luck and have fun with all your testing

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