Any advice for someone who just got approved? Anything I should do or know that would help me out? Thanks so much!!

Go eat some bread and pasta!! j/k

Congratulations.

Just ask once in awhile (till your date) if there are any tests or paperwork they still need at the surgeon's office. Just in case, because it is never nice to get a call at the last minute saying they're missing something. Other than that, good luck to you, hope you're pre-op diet isn't too horrid. :thumbup:

Congrats! A few days after I got my approval letter, my doctor's office called me to attend a final pre-op seminar. It lasted a couple of hours. Then a few weeks later, I had my final pre-op appointment and got the last-minute instructions for going to the hospital. Since my doctor's office is adjacent to the hospital, I went over there and did a pre-registration and some last-minute pre-admission tests -- urine, blood, EKG, and a couple of chest X-rays. I didn't expect to do all the pre-admission stuff and I ended up spending most of a day there, instead of the time it usually takes for an appointment. Glad I was able to do that instead of at 5:30 a.m., which is my report time.

Good luck!