I am in the hospital, doing my preop testing. I am now getting a little nervous. Arterial Blood Gas test... Um, holy long needle, she had to dig deep in my arm to get it

Next, ultrasound!

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@@gettingsleeved1 Is this the testing immediately before surgery or was this a while before?

Yes...what tests do they mostly due just right before surgery?

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My surgery is on Tuesday!

The barium swallow was NASTY

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I had to do:

A urine sample

Blood draw

Ekg

Arterial blood gas

Ultrasound

Barium swallow while on the X-ray machine

And an X-ray

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I needed an upper GI, chest x-ray, ekg, and blood work. I was surprised and happy that they didn't require a lot of the things that I have read or heard that other doctors require.

I had rny, but my surgeon requires the same tests for both...which was just a basic CBC panel, EKG(it was less than a minute), and answer a bunch of questions to determine if they need to watch for signs of sleep apnea. He likes to keep things simple and I was grateful.