Would getting back labs results from another doctor interfere with my surgery? I’m waiting to hear back from an endocrinologist who had me do an cortisol test. I’m 2 months away from surgery day and I was curious.

Would depend upon what the results revealed & whether it had any direct impact upon your surgery & recovery. It’s always helpful if your surgeon is aware of all your health issues. It may not delay or halt your surgery but may help your surgeon better prepare for your surgery & support your recovery.

My doctor can see my blood work results requested by any of my doctors or specialists. Would think it would be the same in the US too. Got a printout of my last 6 lots of lab results from my surgeon’s colleague last month & it included two tests requested by my GP. I do go to the same pathology company for all my tests so not sure if that is a factor in what they can see.

Edited March 27, 20224 yr by Arabesque

5 hours ago, MochiYochi said:

Would getting back labs results from another doctor interfere with my surgery? I’m waiting to hear back from an endocrinologist who had me do an cortisol test. I’m 2 months away from surgery day and I was curious.

Depends on what the results are. If they contraindicate surgery that's a good thing, you don't want to go into surgery if there's a problem that could endanger you.

It depends on what the results say and whether or not they'd impact your surgery in any way. Mostly it won't just pop up in your bariatric surgeon's screen but he/she can see most records from any and all of your doctors and labs in the system, so you should know that if for some reason you're trying to hide the results.

I discovered that my bariatric center does not have access to my medical records from my primary care physician or any other medical facilities. I make a point of sharing all test results with my bariatric surgeon.

Thank you everyone. I’m not in any way trying to keep anything from him. They have access to all my labs, including any future labs I get and each appointment they ask and I’m always honest. It just recently hit me that these results could set me back or have some impact on my outcome. He already knows about my PCOS and we are going ahead with surgery and these labs being done coincide with my PCOS so I was just curious and overthinking as I do. Thanks again. ?

Curious if others have had nicotine blood tests? I was a smoker 21+ years ago but quit. Ive had 2 nicotine tests already and I was just told the other day that I had to get another 1 week before surgery. I may have been told but dont remember, why is this necessary?