So I had my endoscopy planned for this Monday at 8 am at an outpatient place , they called me today and said the annacstetialogist (I know that is spelled horribly wrong) looked at my file and because of my BMI they want me to have my Endoscopy in the hospital instead. Now I'm like is something wrong, I'm so nervous about it now. I told the doctors office why don't you just set it up at the hospital first....also I was like I can't be he first person seeing u for wls with a high bmi, they were recommended by by wls doctor. Is this weird, should I be worried, did anyone else have it in the hospital or have this situation happen to them? Thanks for your help.

I certainly understand how you feel. My doc said I need to get my BMI below 55 to have surgery in the surgical center (as opposed to the hospital). I know it's for my own safety but seems kind of weird since I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have a weight problem. Don't worry ... As long as you get checked out, it doesn't matter where, right? :-)

I had a BMI of 43 at the time I had mine done and it was done in Hospital. Went home an hour later. Just precaution I'm sure

Consider the safety aspect.. IF something were to go wrong you are in the optimal place for that to happen. There are many more resources at a hospital than a free standing clinic (trust me, I am a nurse and work at both a clinic--endoscopy and in a critical care unit in the hospital). Someone with a really high BMI just has more risk factors and more can go wrong. It is totally in your best interest

Jenn

Jenny is right... I work for gastroenterology and our physicians do high risk patients at hospitals simply out of precaution! Even those with low bmi who have serious health risk such as OSA/ sleep apnea, diabetes, heart conditions etc... It's in your best interest!

Jenny is right... I work for gastroenterology and our physicians do high risk patients at hospitals simply out of precaution! Even those with low bmi who have serious health risk such as OSA/ sleep apnea, diabetes, heart conditions etc... It's in your best interest!

Well there you go...I had diabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea. So makes sense.

I was getting pretty worked up over all the doctors, tests and hoops I had to jump through before surgery. I had to have a filter installed and then removed after surgery as well. When they removed that filter from my vena cava and it had caught not one but two life-threatening clots, I realized that I was GLAD I'd had to do all the hoops! They saved my life and gave me the chance to be here 7 months later instead of that 1 in a million person who didn't survive surgery. Thank God for the hoop-jumping!

Thanks so much, you all r right its just precaution, I will try to be calm on Tues. Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly.

Lissa, so the dr.s found something in your preop test that was suspicious for dvt or blood clots. Do you know what test they found this in?

Had the Endoscopy today...so easy, everything went great! Thanks

First, I am so sorry that this made you feel bad. My BMI was 40 and I have 0 risk factors and it was done in a hospital. I think that higher our BMI, the higher our anesthesia risk. It is a precaution and I hope that you look at it that way.