Why NOT to have your preop blood work done at Durham

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Well the number one reason NOT to have it is.,,,,well they NEED the

money.....(just joking)

Seriously.........If I had done this I would have flipped. I did NOT

know I had anemia. It was picked up ---by a simple CBC. I then found

I had a linear esophageal ulcer. Not something I would want to make a

trip from SW Ohio to find out.

Surgery on hold due to anemia

PS

Everyone Please kindly post in the " subject " the topic you are

writing about.....we are starting to slip again....I sure was glad I

checked this post out........usually I would have skipped it.

In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e, " Lori " wrote:

> Dr. R wants your pcp to see all you tests first and be involved

with

> your health care as much as possible.. I belive those who have

> received tests the day of surgery is because theres were outside

the

> 30 day time frame, that were already completed by the pcp..........

> Just my 2 sense and now that i think I lost an once .1.5 sense :-D

> Lori

> 5-31-00---

>

>

> In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e,

McQuarter

> wrote:

> > This is just my two cents about required pre-testing. I don't

know

> if this

> > is because I am an out of state person or not( I'm from

Michigan).

> But I

> > had seen quite a few posts about people getting thier pre op EKG

> and blood

> > work done at the hospital in Durham before surgery. I emailed

Dr.

> R and

> > asked him a few questions, with that being one of them. I asked

if

> I could

> > have EKG and blood work done in Durham the day of surgery and he

> said NO.

> > He didn't say why. Like I said maybe it's because if your from

out

> of

> > state and your EKG or blood work came back with something wrong,

it

> would

> > be a wasted trip. But you might want to make sure with Dr. R if

> you can or

> > can't have testing done at Durham and not just assume that it is

> OK. Like

> > I said just my 2 cents.

> >

> > from Michigan