Hi everybody, I´m Dr. José Trasviña, or just Dr T., Internal Medicine Doctor, Board Certified, I´m the Internist of the Tijuana BariatricPal Surgeons Staff. I´m here to help you clarify any doubt about medical conditions, medications interactions, (non surgical questions, those should be answered by your surgeon preferably), preoperatively (via email), before surgery once you are in the hospital, and after surgery, to prevent you from having any medical complication.

What kind of medical clearance do you have to get from your doctor at home before you come there for surgery?

How long after surgery before the tiredness goes away?

Britt: Your own physician´s clearance in town is very valuable, and bring as many previous tests that you might have done in the past (EKG´s, Chest Xrays, Mammograms, Blood tests, etc), they will be useful as a baseline status... But given that you´re having your surgery done in a different country you need to get cleared by a different physican, to reevaluate you, it´s a federal standard... But, if you see it positively, it´s a good thing, I´ve discovered tons of things in patients and initiated treatments for some medical conditions that were unknown until then...

Kimmie: It´s very personal, some patients take less than a week, others take a month... It all depends on the previous physical condition of the person, and let´s not forget that tiredness might be confused with some other organic untreated issues, like hypothyroidism, depression, or a side effect of the medication you´re one (specially pain medications).