Did ya'll have to get so many tests done before surgery??

Hello! I finally got my surgery date...yayyyyyyyy....Valentines, February 14, 2012

 Congratulations! I am almost 4 weeks out and I haven't had a single moment of regret and I am down 24 pounds! I did have to go to a seminar, get bloodwork, a chest x-ray, and ultrasound of my galbladder, a psych eval, a nutritionist visit, 2 visits with my dr and a pre op class. It was a lot of appts and moving around my schedule, but so worth it for my health. Good luck to you!

     Congrats on your surgery date!! This will be a very excitng year for you! I had my surgery on June 22 2011. I was soooo nervous but I am SO HAPPY I went through with it. I have had no problems and have lost a great deal of weight so far. The beginning was very rough for me because I had to adjust to my new lifestyle. I can honestly say everything is back to normal now except I'm 115lbs smaller!
     When I went for my pre op I had a chest xray, an EKG and bloodwork. It was super easy! Good luck with everything andf keep in touch with us all!

I had a crapload of tests! 3 nutrition,endoscopy(cause I said I took an occasional advil) echocardiogram(heart murmur) chest xray, ultrasound of legs and carotid artery, psych, tons of bloodwork. Like Erin M said...it was so worth it.

 so happy for you...mine is in less than 2 weeks...YIPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEE

lets see...a buttload of bloodwork...a sonogram of all my organs, sleep apnea test, chest xray, upper gi, bone density test, ekg, and psych test, nutritionist consult....and then a battle with the insurance...GOOD LUCK

AWESOME!! Thank you all for the responses!! Now I feel like I didn't get ENOUGH tests scheduled LOL. So glad to see you are all doing so well and look so great!!! Will keep you posted and hope you keep me posted as well on your progresses.


(((((HUGS)))))))

Congrats on the awesome Valentine's gift to yourself :)

Congrats!!!!

All I had done before getting my surgery date was labs.... The Nutritionist and Psych evaluation had to be given to my Dr. BEFORE getting my date.

 Shelia,

I started my journey in October 2010. I had all most of all the same test as the previous post. And it still took me till November 21, 2011 for my surgery date. It was a long wait for me, but so worth it. 

Congratulations on getting your surgery date.

Pam

I just got a set of labs (bloodwork) 2 days before the surgery.

But in the 6 months before that I had a heart echo, nuclear stress test, psych test, respiratory function test, initial labs and 2 orientations.... not to mention monthly weigh-ins as BCBS required me to lose 10 pounds before surgery (I lost more LOL).  This was all standard by my surgeon and BCBS... I had no history of problems in any of these departments....

Audrey