Hi-

Just wondering if any of you were weighed the day of your surgery.

I was weighed the day of surgery. It's not common practice, but I did request it because my scale hadn't been working for over a week. More than anything, it gave me a peace of mind but it was also a part of my official surgical record.

My surgeon required it. For one, we are required to lose 5% of our body weight before we even get a date. And then we need to keep it off or the surgery gets cancelled. I also think its so the anesthesiologist has a very accurate weight to measure his drugs properly for you.

Every patient should be weighed the day of any surgery.. So the anesthesiologist wont give you to much or to little anesthetic. The day I went in to have my band out they couldn't weigh me cause there scales didn't go over 150kg (331lbs) So they went by my most resent weigh in 153kgs.

If they don't weigh you I would ask to be weighed. Even if its only for a personal record of the day.