I had my last weight in last week, the doc gave me a prescription to get the EKG and other lab work done. I am not sure when I am supposed to get this work done. Do I need to wait to get a Date first??? and then schedule it.

When did you guys had your Labs and EKG done?

TIA

Jenny

I got mine done 8 days before my surgery date ! upon my approval the surgeons office called and scheduled everything at the hospital !

My doc gave me an order at my first appointment and said I can get them done anytime. I got my labs done right away. Still haven't done my ekg but I'm planning to when I go to my next appointment.

I had my EKG done a month prior to surgery. Depending upon your insurance company labs have to be done within 30days of the submittal. I made a mistake and got my labs done too early with my PCP thinking I could use those same labs and I couldn't So, I got stuck twice within a few weeks time span. Grrr!

I got mine done 8 days before my surgery date ! upon my approval the surgeons office called and scheduled everything at the hospital !

Same for me ^

I had my annual physical on Tuesday and they did the EKG, Chest X-Ray and H Pylori test then. He will fax the results to the surgeon when I am approved ( info was submitted to Cigna yesterday).

My insurance requires two. I had one in may the other yesterday. I had bloodwork done in may and I have to get new labs 7-10 days before surgury.

I have kaiser and when I saw the surgeon he said to get them done soon so I was already at the hospital and just went from department to department and had them all done.

my doc gave me my lab work order yesterday at my first appt. I was just told to get it done M-Th. I figured I'd do it the day I have my psych eval 8/28 since I'll be near the hospital and I've got to go into work late anyway. EKG & EGD I think they are going to wait until I get preapproved and have a surgery date.

The surgeon gave me an order for all the necessary labs, ekg, bone density scan, echocardiogram, and endoscopy. After I did that his secretary then made my appt for NUT, PSYCH, and endocrindologist. I will then meet with the surgeon again. They wanted to make sure I am healthy etc, before approving me on the surgeons side. Then I will send it to insurance.

There was some blood work I needed to complete before insurance approval. My upper GI was required prior to my dr appointment one month before date My other bloods, urine, EKG and check x ray needed to be done within 2 weeks of my date (8/20/12). Always best to ask you doctor. There is usually a surgery coordinator that knows everything!

Good luck.

When labs, ekg and other testing is done depends on several things. Is the testing being done as a baseline or is the testing pre operatively. Some doctors want baseline results so any issues can be corrected prior to your procedure.

The anesthesia department at the facility where your surgery is being done will dictate to some extent when your pre operative testing will be done. Some will only accept results within a specific time frame, and that time frame could depend on the particular lab or test. For example, if you are on certain medications that effect results, they may want the test the day before surgery or even the morning of your procedure. Just depends on many factors.

My very first appointment this was all done on the same day!