I am getting closer to surgery date and I am tring to do all of the pre op stuff. I was wondering if other doctors are requiring a pre op EGD(stomach scope). My doctor said it was to check for hiatal hernias or ulcers. Everything else going smoothly just scared that insurance will deny me.

Hi newmel - I didn't have to have the scope, but I did have to do a barium swallow upper GI xray. I have talked to quite a few pre-banders though who did have to do the scope. I imagine it depends on the Dr, or maybe something in your medical history. For instance, my Dr sent me to a vascular specialist based on the fact that my sister developed a clot once. I'd rather that the surgeon know EVERYTHING he can before the surgery.....I'd hate to wake up after surgery only to be told they couldn't do it because of something they found!!

I'm waiting for insurance approval too. Hang in there!!!

Forestcat

I am getting closer to surgery date and I am tring to do all of the pre op stuff. I was wondering if other doctors are requiring a pre op EGD(stomach scope). My doctor said it was to check for hiatal hernias or ulcers. Everything else going smoothly just scared that insurance will deny me.

It depends on the doctor whether they will require this. Some do, some don't.

I did. It wasn't a big deal. They knocked me out and it lasted about 10 minutes. I'm glad they did it - turns out I had the start of 2 little ulcers and we got that taken care of.

The bad part was my insurance has a $500 co-pay on "in-patient services" and I didn't know about that until after ... errrr!!