Hello,

I am just starting on this exciting journey, scheduled my first informational seminar on Dec 10th and then I'll begin the 6 month requirements requested by my insurance company. I was curious as to what tests you need to have done before surgery, is it standard things? I had my gall bladder out in 2005 and had to have an EKG and chest X-ray before my surgery, also I know they do blood work. Just preparing for what is to come.

Thanks everyone.

hello i had to do the six months dietian classes, started the process in april. still not banded yet, call your insurance company an see what the requirements are .anyway my pre-op testing.

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stress test part one&two

chest xray

pulmonary test

cardio thats part of stress test where they take pictures of your heart, to see is their any blockage.

blood test.

good luck on your journey. an call the doctor office an see what tests they require also.

I am self pay. My pre-op testing consisted of:

Blood work

EKG

Urinalysis

Psych eval

and that's it!

Regarding the blood work, it is extensive, but I'm already seeing the benefit. I had a physical with my family doctor complaining of fatique, he did extensive blood work that showed nothing alarming. He did 80% of what bariatric program wanted. The additional tes showed a very low vitamin D despite my one-a-day 400% RDR. Since taking the D supplement, I'm feeling better.

Hello,

I am just starting on this exciting journey, scheduled my first informational seminar on Dec 10th and then I'll begin the 6 month requirements requested by my insurance company. I was curious as to what tests you need to have done before surgery, is it standard things? I had my gall bladder out in 2005 and had to have an EKG and chest X-ray before my surgery, also I know they do blood work. Just preparing for what is to come.

Thanks everyone.

As you can see from my signature these are the thigns I had to do with AETNA health Insurance:lol:. In addition i had to do 6 mo's of a diet. I was up and down and all over but I did make changes. Doing Bloodwork on money and meeting with the surgical nurses at the Hospital.

My surgery date is Dec 4th. I was lucky and didn't have to do much preop testing. Listed below for ya

Psy Eval

Blood work

EKG

Excercise Consult

Nutrional Consult

Everything came back good except for my liver function. Dr said it was elevated just a little bit. The dr wanted me to start my preop diet early and be on it for 5 weeks vs the 2 she normally puts her patients on.

Best of luck to you!

As you can see, it varies by doctor, insurance, AND patient. I had to have:

blood work

psych eval

upper GI

ecg

chest x-ray

abdominal ultrasound

I could have needed, but didn't:

test for sleep apnea

cardiac clearance....using whatever tests cardiac doc wanted (stress tests etc)

Some docs even require a current pap smear/mammo for eligible females.

The urinalysis, the day of surgery, was to make sure I wasn't pregnant.

In addition to all of the above I had to have a mammogram.:eek:

hey, i am going on this journey as well, i go back to see the doc. this week on the 13th. This will be my 3rd time seeing them.

last month i did the testings and they consisted of;

*Blood work and urinalysis

*Chest Xrays

*Abdominal Ultra Sound

*Tested the lungs and the heart

i also talked to the nutrisionist and the exercising trainer

i hope i get the surgery in December after my birthday, or jan/feb, anyways, goodluck! (:

Edited November 9, 200817 yr by Erin18