Ok here we go: I have been approved for my lapband by the insurance and dr Krish (Zephyrhills, FL). The problem is this. I just had my wonderful yearly with my PCP and they did an ekg as well as the "stirrups" lol. Anyways, it came up abnormal. My PCP wants me to have a 5 hour test this monday, nuclear stress test. I am now wondering if I will still be able to have my lapband or not.....

Has anyone else been through this? Do you know if the surgeon will deny doing the surgery now? I hate to have come this far, and now have to wait, or worse, not get it at all....

What do you guys think?

Debbie:help::faint:

No.....but i hope everything turns out ok for you. Think positive thoughts. Let us know Donna

No.....but i hope everything turns out ok for you. Think positive thoughts. Let us know Donna

ok, reposting in hopes, that people dont just read, and maybe will have a comment or two....thanks again

debbie

ok, reposting in hopes, that people dont just read, and maybe will have a comment or two....thanks again

debbie

Kuchiegrl1...

You haven't had the test yet so there is no way to know what the results will be. We have no way of knowing if they will be normal or not so we have no clue what to tell you.

If your doc can't tell you the results of the tests before they are done, you have to admit... we can't either.

Ok here we go: I have been approved for my lapband by the insurance and dr Krish (Zephyrhills, FL). The problem is this. I just had my wonderful yearly with my PCP and they did an ekg as well as the "stirrups" lol. Anyways, it came up abnormal. My PCP wants me to have a 5 hour test this monday, nuclear stress test. I am now wondering if I will still be able to have my lapband or not.....

Has anyone else been through this? Do you know if the surgeon will deny doing the surgery now? I hate to have come this far, and now have to wait, or worse, not get it at all....:eek:

What do you guys think?

Debbie:help::faint:

I had a nuclear stress test - cuz my heart rate didn't get high enought on the stress test (treadmill) but i take antenoal (sp) which reduces your heart rate.

The test is no biggie - you go in and these put you under a machine

that takes pic of heart (viedo really) then you come back - they shoot you up with meds that make your heart race while hooked up to ekg - then you go back to the machine that viedo tapes your heart - it's to make sure you don't have aterey (sp) problems...

Good Luck - they just want to make sure you are healthy enough for surgery.. I had to do every test in the world to get approved for mine - your doc want successfull surgerys on his record - he doesn't want problems... This is a good thing - if you have a problem it can be fixed.

kuchiegrl1,

I agree with IndoGirl55 - try to be positive that your pcp might have seen something on your ekg, and you have time to have it checked out before the surgery. It may be nothing, or maybe it will delay your lapband surgery for a bit - but you will be even healthier in the end! Chances are your lapband surgeon may have given you an ekg in your pre-op and saw the same thing anyway.

It's better that your surgeon has ALL the info going into surgery!

Please keep us updated, and GOOD LUCK!!

Forestcat