I had Gastric Plication and now I work for a Surgeon and don't want to tell her about my plication surgery. However, I am having one of my breast implants fixed by her. Does she really need to know about my past surgery? I would rather she didn't know, it's embarrassing.

I had Gastric Plication and now I work for a Surgeon and don't want to tell her about my plication surgery. However, I am having one of my breast implants fixed by her. Does she really need to know about my past surgery? I would rather she didn't know, it's embarrassing.

Your health is more important than what your employer, the surgeon thinks! I hope you have the courage to tell her because she absolutely needs to know for medical reasons. Wishing you good health and a speedy recovery.

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I had the feeling that would be the answer. I guess I was just looking for someone to say, "Breast surgery has nothing to do with gastric plication". I'm thinking my anesthesiologist is the one that needs to know. However, I guess I just need to tell her. Ugh! Thanks for replying

I had the feeling that would be the answer. I guess I was just looking for someone to say, "Breast surgery has nothing to do with gastric plication". I'm thinking my anesthesiologist is the one that needs to know. However, I guess I just need to tell her. Ugh! Thanks for replying [emoji4]

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I have to agree with you on that. I’m a nurse and I don’t think placation is relevant to breast surgery. Sure they want you to disclose everything, but in this instance one has not much to do with the other. So, I would not tell her, and if you follow the instructions of no eating after midnight and take your meds, you should be fine.

I know, I don't see how one has to do with the other. I'm wondering if the anesthesiologist may need to change my medication; like nausea meds or is the intubating process different? I don't see that changing. Also, she is requiring a chest X-ray. Will my plication show on that? These are just things that I was thinking about. I'm dreading telling her. When we have lunch and other meals, she and the rest of the staff make comments like, "You eat like a bird". I wish I would've just told her in the beginning. Ugh. If you get a chance, please mention this to an anesthesiologist or doctor and see what they say if possible or you remember. I would so appreciate the feedback. I ready to just live with the broken implant rather than tell her. I can't even picture the conversation.

If you had bariatric surgery your anesthesiologist ABSOLUTELY needs to know. They have to intubate you for surgery and sometimes insert oral or nasogastric tubes while you are under anesthesia. If they don't know you had bariatric surgery and insert one of them they could seriously hurt you.

Honestly it "probably" won't make a difference in regards to your surgeon, but that's assuming that nothing goes wrong (which while incredibly likely for something serious to happen during a breast implant surgery, is still possible).

But if you're not willing to disclose everything with your anesthesiologist you probably shouldn't be having surgery.

(I'll note that it's very unlikely they would use an OG/NG tube for a breast implant exchange, but the point is there are viable scenarios where you could get seriously hurt by not disclosing something as significant as bariatric surgery)

Edited January 2, 20188 yr by Mhy12784

Don't be embarrassed! Just pull her to the side and tell her you'd like it to be just between you two and not the whole office. Honestly, I tell everyone about me having gastric bypass in the near future. Idc whay anyone thinks. I'm so excited!

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Ok, if I tell the anesthesiologist, is there a law that he has to tell my surgeon?

If you're not comfortable in telling your surgeon, maybe this isn't the right surgeon for you? Do you have other options?

Best wishes for your surgery.

Yes, I think that I'd rather pay than tell my co-worker/s

It's likely going to be in your medical chart, I know my whole prior surgical history is and I had to update my past surgical history for the pre-op for my pending gallbladder surgery. While prior surgery might not directly relate to current surgery in location, your surgeon is going to want to know you past medical history because it could effect medications they give as well as how they proceed in case of emergency. I mean my brother has hardware in his ankle from an accident (plates, screws and pins) and his actually had to change the way they treat him in office due to that.