EGD before surgery date?

[LINZ62383 39]

Today I finally got the call to schedule my EGD, four weeks after the call saying they were going to schedule it. Unfortunately, the date they scheduled it for is during my family vacation. I called them back this afternoon to see if they could do it the day before my vacation since I'll be off that day anyway, and I am worried about missing too much work. Of course, they said that they only do EGDs once a month. So now I am concerned I will have to wait until the end of October, and whether or not that affects them scheduling my surgery date. Did anyone get their date scheduled before the EGD? I'm am so frustrated at this point.

[jrmoseley 101]

Do you live in a place where you could have the EGD done somewhere else? I had mine done at my regular clinic, because my surgery program is a 2 hour drive from me, and they just sent the results to my bariatric surgeon.

[LINZ62383 39]

Oh yes, I live in a large city where I'm sure they're done by someone every single day. I called them and accepted to September 28 date to be safe. I go in for my final weigh in on Monday to submit to insurance so I'm hoping they will agree to give me a referral or do something. Otherwise I'm going to have try to move my vacation or will have to come home early. I can't believe they wouldn't refer me to someone rather than make me wait another month. I'm going to be sick about it all weekend, I wish they hadn't done this to me on a Friday.